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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:46 PM Original message |
The Stock Market is still a High Risk Investment?? |
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fertilizeonarbusto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd stay the fuck out n/t |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. The stock market is a sure thing |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I agree. |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. yes |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Trust me, inventing something cool doesn't mean jack. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. The market is still high risk |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yup-- it's risky... |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. It is no sure thing, and the market is NOT a rational animal. . . |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. No, it hasn't changed at all. |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. "they will explode within the next 15 years" |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. LOL I didn't even think of it in that fashion. |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I agree with you.....I'm paper trading on a "dream team" portfolio |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 01:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
48. I was with you Selteri until |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. your better off doing Real Estate |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. real property doesn't disappear |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 01:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Then again, the Japanese bought a lot of real estate.... |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. as it stands right now i feel i have no choice but to invest int he market |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 01:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Pensions for companies are history |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. I agree.... |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. No the market is not a sure thing |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. You are choosing the worst five year period in the market since the 1929- |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. to a certain extent i agree with you |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. For me, I'm 18 and I have been invested since I was 13. |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. With these people who've taken a bath with their retirement accounts.... |
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Lone Pawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. What risk? |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. Some Good Advice in these posts. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. Buy beer instead |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Darn, we been throwing those |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. And anyone who bought those stocks was a douche. |
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deadcenter (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. it's still risky, but... |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. And don't count on a 90's style bubble either! |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. everyone who says they'll get 10 percent a year over 40 years |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. hmmm....... |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I believe 'nominal' |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Agreed - inflation isn't accounted for in these figures. |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. And from Salomon Brothers in 1993...before there was a Bubble: |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. Now is not a bad time to stick it in. |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. about that dividend paying stock |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Ford is a horrid example. |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Precisely...... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 01:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. And will people PLEASE DO RESEARCH?! *smacks self* |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 01:13 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Taser!! Bastards! |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 11:40 AM Response to Reply #43 |
57. well i worked for Nortel in their heyday..... |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. You bought because they pay dividends? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Warning |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. *lol* of course i've got money set aside and protected as well. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. In the long run, it is very difficult to lose money in the market. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Tell my 70 year old neighbor |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 12:56 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. When did he buy in and what did he buy? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 01:29 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. No, I don't |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 01:38 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. In general though |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 01:57 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. But most do |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 02:17 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. They have bad brokers, or |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 03:03 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I don't know |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. But when y ou're close to retirement isn't the best time to be trying |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
44. In a nutshell! |
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Pockets (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
52. I'll surely be criticized for saying this.... |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #52 |
59. I somewhat agree..... |
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Melynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-05 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
54. The stock market has always been a high risk investment |
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