Two days to finish getting through this thread.

Thanks to all who have contributed, and a special thanks to Greg.
I have been planing on sitting down with my daughters ( 18 and 19 ) to talk finances. This thread lit a fire under my rump, I am excited as they are young enough were it can make an enormous difference.
As far as I go, I'm getting ready to move my Roth over to the brokerage account. The credit union is only paying .750%

I want control of it.
Scottrade account:
Own Ford
Played with AMR recently ouch!!
Added:
Verizon
Merck
Altria
Kinder Morgan
I'm one that has never been diversified and always made the wrong choice.
I own SNWT not sure why just a click of the keyboard, Duh! look if you dare. reverse split to 5000 shares worth $12 now started with $1500
I'm liking the steady less risky approach to well known names.
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