I'm guessing your one of the ones you just wrote about. Let me sugggest you go to the next level and ask why. Consider that 30% of a young persons stake is a lot different than 30% of the stake of a 60 year old who's also keeping up with the debts of their 85 year old parents.
Being young and basically unencumbered by the obligations that mount over 50-60 years is easy.
To be honest, you had an opportunity to do an extraordinary piece and instead, filled a column-hole. I bet you can do better and I wish you would.
Grant Ellis
of TX
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Oct 15, 2009 22:07:17 PM
investing, HA!
I can't AFFORD to invest. After being unemployed, being offered a job, only to have the hours cut, my credit card bill is ginormous along with my student loan bills. I'll be lucky to actually save money in the next year....investing is YEARS away.
veronica
of NH
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Oct 14, 2009 12:27:24 PM
Thoughtful 18-26 year olds
increasingly know they WILL NOT make it in life without the compounding power that comes from successful investing. UNFORTUNATELY, there are all kinds of sharks in the investment sea that plan on taking money from those enthusiastic kids---not giving money to them. Markets are tough neighborhoods. Some will succeed, of course. Those who do will not be stuck in the mindset of buy and hold----where bubbles build and then go bust.
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Grant Ellis of TX @ Oct 15, 2009 22:07:17 PM
veronica of NH @ Oct 14, 2009 12:27:24 PM
Muser of NM @ Oct 13, 2009 13:55:56 PM
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