Investing 102

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

Ray -- # 1 congratulations on doing HALF your job... the savings early part! But you slacker -- you then promptly ignored MAKING YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU. No days off -- no sick pay... You need to pay a bit of attention to your money or they (I pretend every dollar is one employee!) walk off the job when you're not looking.

This is not to say you start to become a micro manager! It means that you need to pay attention and if you're guys are slacking - you need to do a bit of work yourself and see if you can't' get some of those guys "retrained" or "redeployed".

Go back and read from page one -- that's your homework assignment... and see if you can get reengaged and make that dream come back to life! It's not too late.

Your right I am a slacker and my employes are following my lead. I am going to take charge of those lazy b*******. I did the assigned homework. And I wish some had explained to me how crappy mutual funds are before I bought them. But better late than never. I am going to do some research and pick some stocks. I was thinking I would divided the 21k into 4 or 8 so either $5250 or $2625 per company. How would you divide the money? The dream is still alive.
Also I took the "slacker" comment as it was intended, I enjoy the casual feel to this thread I feel like I am hanging out with buddies in the shop.
Thanks Greg!