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A HERETIC I AM

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4. After the tech stocks, yeah.

Reply to progree (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:23 AM

Dec 2018

Years ago, in a well known daily thread in another group, a particularly clueless-on-a-regular-basis poster was responding to someone who said they were concerned about the performance of a mutual fund they held.

"Here's a way to mimic funds", this genius began,

"Buy stocks that have the potential to rise in the future, and hold them for more than a year"

I. Shit. You. Not.

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I have to say there is one thing I am seriously thankful for regarding this group. [View all] A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 OP

Admin insiders caused the crash after short selling the market and made tons of $$$ progree Dec 2018 #1

.... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #2

I don't have a 401k anymore -- I converted it to an IRA before the fat cats could skim the cream off progree Dec 2018 #3

After the tech stocks, yeah. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #4

Oh darn! Yonnie3 Dec 2018 #5

LOL!! A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #8

Glad you knew my tongue was firmly in cheek. Yonnie3 Dec 2018 #10

Yup. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #12

First, these ups and down led the network news question everything Dec 2018 #6

Thanks for the compliment. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #7

Yeah, there is a lot of nonsense posted in GD about markets and investing. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #9

That always make me shake my head. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #11

Here's one comment from a well-known contributor to a famous regular thread progree Dec 2018 #13

Ah yes. Tansy Gold. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #14

I haven't seen one of those threads in more than a year. Yonnie3 Dec 2018 #15

It has sort of morphed into this DU "tradition" that can't be let go..... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #16