LOL my first plunge into the stock market was a bottled water company and the damn oil fire fighting company John Wayne played in the movie "Hell fighters". LOL can't remember the symbols or names was 2003 or 2 I think. But got hooked when my 2 week pre Iraq war trades, gave me more then triples in a few weeks.
The rest has been years of a learning experience. Best thing I've learned is treat the market, like a business, not hobby and devise a business plan and stick to it. Second was to take profits when they present.
Never got rich, just stopped working LOL Using the original cash available, over each year, to live off the profits. Guess if I added it up, I'd be close to a millionaire. But just making a living. Starting new each year with the same cash pot. Spending the profits like a drunken sailor, in good years LOL. And drinking water in the bad years. Not getting rich. LOL
Nice exchanging war stories.
