barman Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 What should 40 somethings invest in Billy? only stock I have done well with long term is ups. keep just reinvesting the dividends for about 15 yearsUPS, FedEx low sex appeal,but relentless growth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookbraker Posted February 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 UPS, FedEx low sex appeal,but relentless growth I bought 75 shares of priceline about 12-13 years ago for $12.21 a share it's $1638.00 today. I sold it for 22 bucks and thought I did great at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barman Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Bookbraker, would love to discuss a plan to bring your best three men, two trucks (one dump) and a good wood chipper down here for Oct-Feb tree work and big leaf cleanups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milwaukee mike Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 First time I saw a black person was my first day of kindergardenI started crying and ran back to my momMrs Fisher(black teacher) tried to comfort meDid not help apparently my brother asked my dad why a guy was so dirty... milwaukee went from 5% black to 50% black in a generation or two, crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookbraker Posted February 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Bookbraker, would love to discuss a plan to bring your best three men, two trucks (one dump) and a good wood chipper down here for Oct-Feb tree work and big leaf cleanups. never got into trees. If I need a stump grinder or chipper I rent them. Snow has been shitty 2 years in a row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAG Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 I bought 75 shares of priceline about 12-13 years ago for $12.21 a share it's $1638.00 today. I sold it for 22 bucks and thought I did great at the time. Oh shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Hitting Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 I bought 75 shares of priceline about 12-13 years ago for $12.21 a share it's $1638.00 today. I sold it for 22 bucks and thought I did great at the time. when i was playing cards was offered 2000 bitcoins for a, I believe, $6000ish dollar payout. I didn't need the money but wasn't sure how bitcoin worked at the time. I declined. few years later it was worth about 1 million. fun times. i did end up making decent money on bitcoin because I accepted 500 and the price soared. I got out when it was near $400/coin though so I still sold myself short. recommended my parents buy a substantial amount at $240/coin. My dad said he wasn't sure because of the volatility. offered to split the investment with him. sold off at $450 a coin - should have held as neither of us needed the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 when i was playing cards was offered 2000 bitcoins for a, I believe, $6000ish dollar payout. I didn't need the money but wasn't sure how bitcoin worked at the time. I declined. few years later it was worth about 1 million. fun times. i did end up making decent money on bitcoin because I accepted 500 and the price soared. I got out when it was near $400/coin though so I still sold myself short. recommended my parents buy a substantial amount at $240/coin. My dad said he wasn't sure because of the volatility. offered to split the investment with him. sold off at $450 a coin - should have held as neither of us needed the money.you sold 500 bitcoins when they were $400 a pop. 200 gs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Hitting Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 you sold 500 bitcoins when they were $400 a pop. 200 gs?good percentage of the investment was not mine, but yeah. no where near 200g's of profit though. cleared about 25k in profit. staker at the time had more of a percentage than me. same group i played with for a couple years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 nice, wish i listened to saab over at whales place when they were like 10 bucks a coin. was really confused about how they worked and had no interest, costly mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Hitting Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 just started playing cards again the past few months because been spending more than i've been making for about 5 years now. getting near the point where the money i put away 6-7 years ago from playing cards is going to become money i'm spending. appreciate my folks for making me put a good percentage of what i made away, but also want to keep it that way for another 20-30 years. no regrets given that one of my stakers were my parents and was nice to give them something for once after draining them for 21 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Hitting Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 nice, wish i listened to saab over at whales place when they were like 10 bucks a coin. was really confused about how they worked and had no interest, costly mistake.just searched this E-Mail I sent my old man when I read this thread: E1/26/15 to David Might be a good time to get back into Bitcoin. I've been sitting here contemplating it all morning.http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/01/26/bitcoin-usa-coinbase/22341301/$274 a coin right. Could see $600+ sometime this year. I missed the first hike this morning by being complacent.I should show some balls and put every dime into it. I sent that to my dad January 26th 2015. We should have bought more. Fucking idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Sitting in the same position now, many people predict them getting to 10k in 5 years....a little too spendy to get into now for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milwaukee mike Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 had so many bitcoins when it was .05 if mtgox had never gone under i would probably be at least a 50 millionaire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Hitting Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Sitting in the same position now, many people predict them getting to 10k in 5 years....a little too spendy to get into now for me.Yeah. At this price though I couldn't buy enough. Even if it reaches 10k I'd do ok but without dipping into money I'd rather not lose I couldn't buy enough coins for it to impact me as much. Not enough liquid funds that aren't already invested. Maybe I can hit some big tournaments the next couple months and put it all in bitcoin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Hitting Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 had so many bitcoins when it was .05 if mtgox had never gone under i would probably be at least a 50 millionaireIt's tough to think about. Poker sites were pushing it on me at 3 and 2 dollars a coin. I just didn't know any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milwaukee mike Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 It's tough to think about. Poker sites were pushing it on me at 3 and 2 dollars a coin. I just didn't know any better. yeah hindsight is always 20/20 i don't think i'd be any happier with 5 million, 50 million, or even 500 million so it really doesn't matter in your case though if money is a daily struggle then the misses are probably more painful... but if you wait long enough there will be another crash in housing/stocks/etc that presents unreal opportunities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Hitting Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 yeah hindsight is always 20/20 i don't think i'd be any happier with 5 million, 50 million, or even 500 million so it really doesn't matter in your case though if money is a daily struggle then the misses are probably more painful... but if you wait long enough there will be another crash in housing/stocks/etc that presents unreal opportunitiesI'd just like to retire already haha. I got really lucky and when I won a good amount of money playing cards for a couple years I put it all in the market and it coincided with the bottom of the market - pure luck. So that investment worked out great for me and is still working great. But that return is so much less than the bitcoins return in that same time frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Hitting Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 I just wish I diversified my portfolio and invested a few grand, at the time, in bitcoin. As opposed to buying in at the higher price I bought in at which presented much more risk so I was scared to not sell when it doubled in price. We live and we learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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