If you are a good investor and have some money, you can get rich. I know a guy who sold his company in 2004, and invested the money in 10 different stocks. One of them was Apple Computer, and he’s now collecting a quarter of a million a year in dividends.
So true. I remember reading an article on Oprah Winfrey (I dislike her, but respect her financial smarts). Another woman was telling her how fantastic a new pair of shoes were, that she was telling all her friends to buy the shoes. Oprah bought lots of stock in the shoe company, and made lots of money on it. When she likes a product, she buys the stock in the company making the product; while regular folks just buy the product.