Jasson.Pass
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Anyone play stocks? And if so what do you currently or what area do you trade and how has it worked out for you?
Currently playing around with JVA.
Currently playing around with JVA.
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Nah. I've got some physical silver and that's about it. I do have an old Investopedia stock market simulator account from 2008 where I got to trade 'fake' money on the live market, and it's doing actually alright. I don't make enough money to to risk it on the live market anyhow.
I've been fake trading the Australian market for the last year using Google finance to track the stock movements. Turns out I should have gone with my gut to start with and actually purchased them. 99.50% increase over the last year...
Looking to actually get into it now, just waiting and researching.
Looking to actually get into it now, just waiting and researching.
The only stocks I own are the free shares my company gives me each year. I almost have 182 shares after 7 years, but at $55 per share I'll enjoy the free money. It's the only stock I follow even though it doesn't matter since I don't plan on selling or buying while I'm still employed here. I do regret not doing the discount stock purchases when I first started here when I could have picked it up for closer to $10 a share.
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Kayaba Akihiko
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I thought you owned SecureDragon?
He does. He has a full time job too.
Technically I am a co-owner. My father and I each own 50% of the company.
This is correct. I have a family to support and I like having health insurance.
I day traded while I was in school (high school all the way through grad school). I focused more on tech related stocks as well as conglomerates and probably earned more doing that than any job I've worked. I also lost a lot of hair on my head and what remains turned gray (I'm not even 30 yet). I pulled all of my money out over the past year since I haven't had much time to really follow the markets - now I'm just sitting by waiting for the next crash to come. Last time I earned 100%-150% returns within a 18 month period on all but one stock I purchased (-50%) - luckily that one was my smallest purchase.
Going a bit off topic what did you do for grad school? What specialization/field did you study in? What was your thesis on?
Went for my MBA with a focus on finance - my capstone project was working with a local bank to develop a plan for increasing their market share over the next 5 years. Easily the biggest waste of time and money - I'd say MBAs are worthless now. An MS in finance (or anything else really) would have been a much better idea.
Undergraduate was dual major in engineering (mechanical and industrial) - next plan is PhD in either materials science or mechanical engineering.
Jasson.Pass
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Same here. Hosting is more of a hobby to me I do because I enjoy having clients to support and take care of and lots of learning, meeting people and having fun comes with it
Almost the same -- local consulting/contract jobs are the majority of my business and it started out as a hobby, but getting to know people from around the world is the most fulfilling. I love talking to and meeting customers from regions I've never been to. It has gotten to the point where the majority of my e-mail exchanges are friendly chats rather than support/hosting related.Same here. Hosting is more of a hobby to me I do because I enjoy having clients to support and take care of and lots of learning, meeting people and having fun comes with it
Haha well I'd say MBA is pretty useful in general with useful knowledge in everyday business sense (in my opinion anyways). That's interesting though, a masters in Finance! I won't detract from this discussion anymore but glad to meet more people who pursued higher education! I personally am in academia with Civil Engineering
(BS and working on the MS now). 