First, you should know that I don’t suffer from triskaidekaphobia (fear of Friday the 13th). But, today’s post covers an issue that many of you may come to fear, should you not heed the warnings herein.
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Back when I went to school, we had to learn about the stock market and family budgets.
We were provided $ 1000 in funny money. And, we could buy stocks, puts, or calls. (Back when I went to school, you had to buy stock in lots of 100, which is why we were given that quantity of funny money. Nowadays, we can buy a single share of stock.) The contest revolved about the person with the highest balance after two months would win.
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I became deeply interested in the stock market back some 60 years ago.
Our class was given $ 1000 (no, not in real money) and we were to buy and sell stocks- even options (puts and calls)- over the course of a few months. The ones who had the most money at the end of the program would win an award.
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