It was a Lost Decade of investing, only if you bought at the beginning - did nothing else - and then sold at the end. Of course, that is really not how people should be investing their money.
It is such a simple thing that people seem to always mess it up by complicating it. Buy low - sell high! Or …if need be, sell high - buy low. Few things in life are this simple.
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richard on October 15 at 7:58 p.m.
It was a Lost Decade of investing, only if you bought at the beginning - did nothing else - and then sold at the end. Of course, that is really not how people should be investing their money.
It is such a simple thing that people seem to always mess it up by complicating it. Buy low - sell high! Or …if need be, sell high - buy low. Few things in life are this simple.
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spoketucky on October 16 at 9:05 a.m.
I purchased $10,000 worth of Apple stock for $4.00 a share back in the day and have mostly sat on it since.
I believe it is around $200.00 a share presently.
Get out there and buy new ipods and laptops for Xmas. I want to retire soon!
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richard on October 16 at 6:52 p.m.
Great buy Spoke! Isn't capitalism great? Way to go!
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