Anyone earned money from stock markets

[thirty]

How much if yes?

Or how much did you lose?

 

[juttjaw]

multi multi multi billions.. I made it by investing in douchbagary. Honest..

 

[thirty]

multi multi multi billions.. I made it by investing in douchbagary. Honest..

sperms, you mean?

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

I bought seven grand of Apple stock when it was at $51 per share.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I buy land. Land is something I have a knack for.

I do what the newspaper does. When the niggers burn the hood down the paper buys the land beneath the hood. When it has enough land it sells the land to the city for whatever. It improves the city 2 ways: The city gets a new hospital or jail or stadium, and the niggers gotta move away to a new shithole.

 

[warrior queen]

A few years ago, my credit union decided to become a bank and listed on the stock exchange.
One of the criteria for opening a credit union account was the requirement to invest in the co - $10/share.
I bought 10 shares.
When they listed, each share became worth $980.
I cashed out when they hit 1120/share.

So yes, I made money.

I also own shares in several other mining and exploration companies. Those are for my retirement fund.

 

[albertaboy]

I have been self investing for about 10 years and have averaged about 75 compound returns.

Some big winners, a few big losers in the financial crisis, but I am pretty conservative.

 

[Lord Pmann]

I don't like individual stocks. They are too risky, in my opinion. At least for me. They need to be monitored pretty closely. I don't have time to do that. I prefer mutual funds which spread out the risk.

With that said, I wished I had bought some Apple and Google stock back in the day. But hindsight is always a lot better.

 

[MNGuy]

Yes, I have hit my goal for retirement and have at least ten years left to go.

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

I am what's known as a 'deemed expert' or 'deemed expert professional' in a certain aspect of financial markets. I haven't made any kind of real money in any markets for AT LEAST 10 years and I don't know how it could be done other than by having extremely privileged access to very narrow flows of unusual buying - in other words by cheating, which I am not personally prepared to be involved with.

Ben Bernanke this week claimed that the Fed's low interest rates were not indicative of the Fed itself 'creating artificially low interest rates, but a reflection of equilibrium interest rate calculations showing subdued growth.'

I'm inclined to disagree with him there. And what I would do to him and his ilk is, I believe, at last glance, still illegal.

 

[doowdniw]

I've made significant money with individual stocks and lost significant money with individual stocks. Biggest winner - entertainment. Biggest loser - retail.

I've learned several valuable lessons in the process:
It's better to be lucky than good.
Diversify
Rebalance
Don't fall in love
Don't risk more than you're willing to lose
You won't go broke taking a profit
Sell into strength
Buy into weakness
Don't invest in anything you don't understand
Read the annual reports, and listen to the shareholder conference calls
Ignoring lessons increases risk (and, coincidentally, that is when I have suffered my biggest losses).

Not exactly rocket science, but neither is it for the faint of heart. Like riding a roller-coaster, sometimes you have to just grit your teeth, and hang on for the ride. Like oil stocks, now.

 

[doowdniw]

multi multi multi billions.. I made it by investing in douchbagary. Honest..

If you had bought PBH (producer of Massengill Douche) in March of 2009 when the bottom dropped out of the market, you would be up by over 700% today. Not a bad return, and that doesn't include dividends.

 

[Killswitch]

I have some funds and individual stocks. I trade on Scottrade and recommend it highly.

Everyones had winners the last five years but some good ones for me have been Apple, Berkshire Hathaway, American Airlines, Hawaiian Air, Jet Blue, Home Depot, Kayne Anderson, and others.

American Airlines was a big win for me. Few years ago Terra Nitrogen was huge for me. Thats a good stock to watch. Pays a healthy dividend too.

 

[doowdniw]

I agree regarding Scottrade. DIS is a 4+ bagger and pays right at 5% based on my purchase price. SHLD, on the other hand, is dead money right now.

 

[thør]

I have some funds and individual stocks. I trade on Scottrade and recommend it highly.

Everyones had winners the last five years but some good ones for me have been Apple, Berkshire Hathaway, American Airlines, Hawaiian Air, Jet Blue, Home Depot, Kayne Anderson, and others.

American Airlines was a big win for me. Few years ago Terra Nitrogen was huge for me. Thats a good stock to watch. Pays a healthy dividend too.

I like it that my Apple position has split a few times and a single share purchased has turned into 28 shares.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

So far for the year my portfolio has increased by about $8K. If it continues at this rate it'll be up by about $32K by the end of the year.
Last year it gained a little over $45K.

I'm not complaining.

 

[thirty]

I believe long time investment is good

 

[curiousalways]

I had 10K shares in biomed that averaged about .85 per share in cost. They got bought about 5 years later for about 32.5 per share. Paid off the vacation house because I had doubts that the mortgage deduction on second houses was going to continue and reinvested the rest. The deduction hasn't gone away but I'm glad to not have another house payment.

There's a definite ebb and flow. I prefer smallcaps for stocks because I have a better chance of understanding their business. I also prefer niches because the big companies are often in a different mindset than I prefer. That said, I mix it up too with some index funds, a small percentage in international, and some tax-free munis. I'm also in California so having some real estate purchased a while ago also helps.

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

I like it that my Apple position has split a few times and a single share purchased has turned into 28 shares.

I started with 136 Apple shares that turned into 952 shares when the 7-1 split happened. I get around $450 each quarter with the dividend which is nice.

 

[thirty]

I had 10K shares in biomed that averaged about .85 per share in cost. They got bought about 5 years later for about 32.5 per share. Paid off the vacation house because I had doubts that the mortgage deduction on second houses was going to continue and reinvested the rest. The deduction hasn't gone away but I'm glad to not have another house payment.

There's a definite ebb and flow. I prefer smallcaps for stocks because I have a better chance of understanding their business. I also prefer niches because the big companies are often in a different mindset than I prefer. That said, I mix it up too with some index funds, a small percentage in international, and some tax-free munis. I'm also in California so having some real estate purchased a while ago also helps.

You made a fortune!

 

[GiaCat]

multi multi multi billions.. I made it by investing in douchbagary. Honest..

douchbagary has gone through the roof in the past ten years.

 

[curiousalways]

You made a fortune!

I also remember writing checks to the Feds and State for over 50K that year. It was nice but not life changing. Have at least another 10-15 years before I can even consider retiring.

 

[thirty]

I also remember writing checks to the Feds and State for over 50K that year. It was nice but not life changing. Have at least another 10-15 years before I can even consider retiring.

Wrote checks to the Feds and State for over 50K? Tax?

 

[curiousalways]

Wrote checks to the Feds and State for over 50K? Tax?

Yep, even though it was long term capital gains the state income tax rate is almost 10% and I had a relatively good year working as well. Not complaining but there's times I wish it had come in other years when the money wasn't nearly as good. Alternative minimum especially sucks if you live in a state with a high cost of living. Gets me every year.

 

[nastynaven]

nope i dont gamble.