User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Page 2 of 3 FirstFirst 123 LastLast
Results 11 to 20 of 28

Thread: I won

  1. #11
    Points: 11,467, Level: 25
    Level completed: 69%, Points required for next Level: 283
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    SocialVeteran10000 Experience Points
    Cedric's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    1370
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    420
    Points
    11,467
    Level
    25
    Thanks Given
    75
    Thanked 268x in 160 Posts
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by roadmaster View Post
    I got out years ago. Made some money and left. I wouldn't invest right now or anytime soon.
    Right, and as noted I'm not worried about these investors or the stock markets. They will be back and the market will rebound. I am more concerned with business and their consistent refusal to re-invest in their own companies and expand. It's been four years now and eventually they will have to either do something with those assets or begin laying off workers.

    Also California just committed taxation sepuku where businesses are concerned, and will be driving companies out of their already very nearly bankrupt state, and with those businesses will go the jobs.

  2. #12
    Points: 11,467, Level: 25
    Level completed: 69%, Points required for next Level: 283
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    SocialVeteran10000 Experience Points
    Cedric's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    1370
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    420
    Points
    11,467
    Level
    25
    Thanks Given
    75
    Thanked 268x in 160 Posts
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by bladimz View Post
    Is there a mattress involved?
    Not anymore I got out of that business . . . oh . . . er . . . were we talking about the same thing?

  3. #13
    Points: 84,254, Level: 70
    Level completed: 76%, Points required for next Level: 596
    Overall activity: 6.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialVeteranTagger First Class50000 Experience Points
    roadmaster's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    10156
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Posts
    18,747
    Points
    84,254
    Level
    70
    Thanks Given
    3,286
    Thanked 6,299x in 4,606 Posts
    Mentioned
    143 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I was wise enough to invest when I was young. If you are over 50 and can't afford to lose don't. Even those savings bonds I bought for my children every year didn't do what I expected. When they got a certain age it was theirs. Even on a tight budget back then at least put aside some you can't touch for your kids.

  4. #14
    Original Ranter
    Points: 314,886, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 0.2%
    Achievements:
    SocialRecommendation Second Class50000 Experience PointsOverdriveVeteranYour first Group
    Captain Obvious's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    773942
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Posts
    80,473
    Points
    314,886
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    30,199
    Thanked 40,087x in 27,208 Posts
    Mentioned
    1041 Post(s)
    Tagged
    1 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Cedric View Post
    Not anymore I got out of that business . . . oh . . . er . . . were we talking about the same thing?
    "Seasoned years"?

    my junk is ugly

  5. #15
    Points: 60,204, Level: 59
    Level completed: 93%, Points required for next Level: 146
    Overall activity: 0.2%
    Achievements:
    SocialOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    GrassrootsConservative's Avatar Banned
    Karma
    67382
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Alliance, NE
    Posts
    16,010
    Points
    60,204
    Level
    59
    Thanks Given
    10,700
    Thanked 4,273x in 3,200 Posts
    Mentioned
    131 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Still waiting on that link, blaminz.

  6. #16
    Points: 11,467, Level: 25
    Level completed: 69%, Points required for next Level: 283
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    SocialVeteran10000 Experience Points
    Cedric's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    1370
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    420
    Points
    11,467
    Level
    25
    Thanks Given
    75
    Thanked 268x in 160 Posts
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Obvious View Post
    "Seasoned years"?

    Calling myself old got old. Heh.

  7. The Following User Says Thank You to Cedric For This Useful Post:

    Captain Obvious (11-08-2012)

  8. #17
    Points: 29,613, Level: 41
    Level completed: 98%, Points required for next Level: 37
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    SocialRecommendation Second Class50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    oceanloverOH's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    19414
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Posts
    5,622
    Points
    29,613
    Level
    41
    Thanks Given
    2,071
    Thanked 2,745x in 1,897 Posts
    Mentioned
    324 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Hubby is a CPA and has made multi-faceted investments over the years, including some stocks that have done quite well all along. But he's been informed that he will be laid off his job of 17 years in 2013, and right now we have to decide if he's going to try to find another job at age 57 (nearly impossible, even for a highly trained professional these days), or if he can fully retire (we both get military pensions). He's decided not to try to analyze our portfolio himself now that Obama has been elected; he's going to hire a good personal financial planner to look at our assets and make recommendations. I have a feeling it's time to sell our stocks and invest in another direction.

  9. The Following User Says Thank You to oceanloverOH For This Useful Post:

    Cedric (11-08-2012)

  10. #18
    Points: 11,467, Level: 25
    Level completed: 69%, Points required for next Level: 283
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    SocialVeteran10000 Experience Points
    Cedric's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    1370
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    420
    Points
    11,467
    Level
    25
    Thanks Given
    75
    Thanked 268x in 160 Posts
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by oceanloverOH View Post
    Hubby is a CPA and has made multi-faceted investments over the years, including some stocks that have done quite well all along. But he's been informed that he will be laid off his job of 17 years in 2013, and right now we have to decide if he's going to try to find another job at age 57 (nearly impossible, even for a highly trained professional these days), or if he can fully retire (we both get military pensions). He's decided not to try to analyze our portfolio himself now that Obama has been elected; he's going to hire a good personal financial planner to look at our assets and make recommendations. I have a feeling it's time to sell our stocks and invest in another direction.
    It's definitely time to reassess things. The wife and I have scaled back expenses to bare bones and intend to stay that way throughout these rough times. Protect what you already have, counsel family members to be very cautious with expenses and investments and then just wait it out.

  11. #19
    Points: 56,719, Level: 58
    Level completed: 19%, Points required for next Level: 1,631
    Overall activity: 0.0%
    Achievements:
    Veteran50000 Experience PointsTagger Second Class
    patrickt's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    17597
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Living in Oaxaca, Mexico, born in Memphis and worked in Colorado
    Posts
    11,977
    Points
    56,719
    Level
    58
    Thanks Given
    916
    Thanked 5,009x in 3,481 Posts
    Mentioned
    54 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Fortunately for those folks in Washington they're allowed to engage in insider trading. You'll all be happy to hear that they're getting rich.

  12. #20
    Points: 500,453, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    SocialOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Cigar's Avatar Banned
    Karma
    325517
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Wow, what next?
    Posts
    78,900
    Points
    500,453
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    4,088
    Thanked 12,276x in 9,780 Posts
    Mentioned
    1541 Post(s)
    Tagged
    1 Thread(s)
    Only a complete idiot who knows nothing about the market, isn't up in today's market. I guess if you put your money in the market a couple days ago, instead of March 2009, then you deserve to make a fool of yourself on Internet Forums.

+ Reply to Thread

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts