Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Economics
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 02-22-2015, 06:44 AM
 
106,717 posts, read 108,913,061 times
Reputation: 80208

Advertisements

never let the facts get in the way of a good excuse from freemkt.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 02-22-2015, 07:55 AM
 
18,549 posts, read 15,596,590 times
Reputation: 16235
Quote:
Originally Posted by mathjak107 View Post
considering that anyone with a long term perspective of more than 15 years likely never ever lost a penny in diversified funds
Not counting Japan...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-22-2015, 08:34 AM
 
1,782 posts, read 2,746,884 times
Reputation: 5976
Quote:
Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer View Post
Someone has to really not know what they're doing to lose 98% of their account balance investing in stocks.
I guess that's what made my father exceptional!!

Besides, he really plugged away at it for about 25 years.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-22-2015, 08:55 AM
 
106,717 posts, read 108,913,061 times
Reputation: 80208
Quote:
Originally Posted by ncole1 View Post
Not counting Japan...
we don't count anyone but us.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-22-2015, 08:58 AM
 
106,717 posts, read 108,913,061 times
Reputation: 80208
we had majro construction on our building going on for almost 1-1/2 years. i met a woman in the elevator who we know who was telling us her mom who lives in the building got the idea to sell lunches she cooks for 6 bucks a head to the 20-30 weorkers a day here.

she has been making a few hundred bucks a week just being creative.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-22-2015, 09:16 AM
 
10,075 posts, read 7,547,752 times
Reputation: 15501
Quote:
Originally Posted by ncole1 View Post
Not counting Japan...
using a total world, even in japan, they would have done reasonably well, part of why it's better to go diverse at the expense of lower returns sometimes
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-22-2015, 10:07 AM
 
Location: Buckeye, AZ
38,936 posts, read 23,912,657 times
Reputation: 14125
Quote:
Originally Posted by ncole1 View Post
Not counting Japan...
I thought that was a southeast Asia thing so a China or South Korea would be also.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-22-2015, 10:23 AM
 
2,990 posts, read 5,283,601 times
Reputation: 2367
Quote:
Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer View Post
Someone has to really not know what they're doing to lose 98% of their account balance investing in stocks.
Not really. They just have to have a gamblers mentality and make bad picks.

Broadly speaking you either gamble or accept market returns.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-22-2015, 10:56 AM
 
33,016 posts, read 27,473,071 times
Reputation: 9074
Quote:
Originally Posted by ringwise View Post
You had a college degree, which you squandered. Yea, I know, the excuse is that it was supposed to be a stepping stone but that didn't work out. Blah, blah, blah.

You had a college degree. You chose NOT to utilize that degree, as millions of others did. You chose to end up in a minimum wage job, but are full of so may excuses that's it's pretty safe to assume you'll never end up like this janitor.

How is applying for a ton of jobs I didn't get choosing not to use my degree? Those employers chose to not use my degree.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-22-2015, 11:03 AM
 
Location: Sunrise
10,864 posts, read 17,000,203 times
Reputation: 9084
I'm not using my degree as it was intended. But I still use my degree every day. It opens doors any time I want them to open.

I'm guessing that you don't interview well. Maybe try working on that. Because there's a reason you aren't getting hired if you really apply for all the jobs you claim.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Economics

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 10:13 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top