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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:28 PM Original message |
How much have you made in the Stock market in the past year? Post success stories here. |
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ProleNoMore (316 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. $ 0 - Have Been Out Of The Stock Market For Three Years |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. I got a set of 6 pair of stockings |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. We lost a bunch before we took the money out June '08. |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Z E R O (actually, my IRA is still below where it was when I rolled in my 401K) |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have not looked at my quarterly statement for at least a year so I do not know. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. I must be consistent and say, technically, nothing, but the current value of my portfolio is up |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Excellent choice on the Index Funds. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
47. This one was just straight DJIA. I'll move it soon I think into a midcap value fund. NT |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
63. down "only" 75 K from your peak |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Is this discounting for the decline in the dollar? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. for me the weak dollar has helped any losses ihave sustained on the market |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. If the up trend in the market continues I'll have had a solid year |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Yeah, Citigroup was one of my big winners this year |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. So YOU won huh? It's all blood money |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. If you do any of the following: live, eat, drive, drink, breathe, sleep, walk, shop |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Disturbing rationale |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Oh give me a break. Either you live in a bunker and have never visited the outside world |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. You're lying |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You typed out that response on a fucking computer.... |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Yeah so |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I suppose you're unwilling to admit.. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. The dude is a self-righteous megalomaniac. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Yeah, bud...I'm good. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 05:59 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. sure he is structure arbitrage aka lucky luciano. nice equivalence. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
56. Your tax dollars have just as much, if not more blood on them. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. 36.5% for 2009 YTD. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Thats been a bummer for small investor like me |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. Vol is fun to trade around. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. ... |
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Agony (865 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Yeah i LOVE my VIX too! |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. About -$250,000 (401K) |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. Right now I have a solid year going |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. I've been holding Apple stock for a while now |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Excellent move w/ Apple |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Not as much as I "lost" last year |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. I've avoided the stock market since 1987. eom |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. Welll...I went to buy some cheap detergent, some emergent nation got my load |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. Zip. I bailed when the handwriting on the wall went neon. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. zero. I was too chicken to get back in. |
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optimator (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. all "success" requires someone to lose |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Not true at all. |
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mullard12ax7 (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'd like to thank all the Goldman Sachs workers who each made $700,000 bonuses |
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morillon (809 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. Zero, on purpose. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. Total up about 25% |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. BURN the heretic! BURN! BURN! |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. I just got in the market in early March, and... |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. You get better odds in Vegas playing13 Black. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. year to date returns have been great |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
39. The stock market is a glorified casino |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. A complete falsehood. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. For every 10 losers there are 10 people who didn't do their research. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. The stock market is not an atm |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. Roughly 325% gain. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #40 |
48. What made you go with Ford stock if you don't mind me asking? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Total gamble. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. It wasn't a "total gamble" for many of us. To anyone paying attention it was clear |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
52. It's in my book..."How I made $30 Dollars in the Stock Market" |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. lol n/t |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
53. I'm about $1000 below where I was 2 years ago in my 401K |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
54. ... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
58. I haven't made anything, even though my stocks are up 45% from last year. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
60. Jump, you fuckers. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
61. why? the uptick this year doesn't make up for the huge losses of the previous 8 yrs |
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