Do you remember the first stock that you ever purchased? It was a little over 20 years ago. I think that I was 12 years old. I bought a penny stock called AIR FLORIDA. It went bankrupt.
My first trade was to short a company called Zi (symbol. ZICA) at 7 dol., I thought it was too much for a 40 cent stock go that high that fast. I got out at 8, the stock went almost non-stop to 40. Now trades around 2-3 dol.
EGGS, i think..... egghead.com went up like 90something % in a couple days. i then began thinking, "there's probably smart people out there that can detect when these moves might happen.. i have to find out how they're doing it..."
First stock vs first time with a woman Both more than 30 years ago. Money changed hands in both instances. Don't remember the name of either.
Yea, my first stock trade was about 20 years ago, also. I don't remember the name, but it was trading for something like 50 cents a share and I bot 500 I think...hehe. It went to 55 cents and I sold. Thought I was a bad ass...
We saw 11 Harrow House. I think we bought DeBeers Consolidated Mines Ltd for $9.00 reinvested earned 25% dividends each year until the company went private and payed us $11.00 a share.
Santa Fe Int'l (now merged with another...) back in '97 when oil was going for $12 a barrel. Bought at $18, called the broker a few days later.. he sounded like he was mocking me... "down to $16, NO volume" Shortly down the road it hit $20 and I started writing calls.. Sold the last bit at $36... Took me a few years to lose that money... Been hooked ever since...