June 24th, 2004, 04:33 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Germany / Bielefeld
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Re: OT: Anyone trading stocks here ?
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Originally posted by Slynky:]
Once upon a time, I bought 300 shares of a little company on the day it went public. Oh, it seems like 10 years ago or so. It did nothing for about half a year and the $4,200 I spent looked like it was doing nothing...so I sold at a loss of about $500 and left it. That stock was AOL...and today, had I left it, it would be worth over $100,000 (with splits and growth)... 
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doh thats really sad, or funny in a real cruel way. |