[napscoordinator]

Well if I can double or triple my 40K that I am going to invest I will be happy. If I make a few million off it, I will be thrilled. I won’t be dumb enough to lose money. I have been investing 25 years and have done pretty well. I started with 400 dollars in high school graduation gifts in June 1987 and in October 1987 it was about 210 dollars after that October black Tuesday. Anyway, I just left it there and it came back and I started to put 100 a month and raised it along the way until I was putting 4000 dollars a month into stocks and mutual funds. Meanwhile my family and I were living on 2,000 dollars a month and living comfortably. Investing is my hobby. I love it. It is so much fun.

[Sprite518]

That’s great and continue to follow your passion!

ONLY you know what is best for you. Good luck and God Speed!

[The Shrew]

I applaud your investing success. Here is some food for thought after reading this thread. I signed on to Facebook to monitor my son's - and his friends use of the site. It has been a valuable tool for me, and thousands of other parents, to do that very thing. I think this is one of the reasons for chilling the "cool factor" on Facebook.

IMHO, the NEXT Facebook will be a social interactive site that somehow inhibits exactly what I describe above. This will bring the cool factor back in. The key will be to create a social site that you can somehow block employers, ex-spouses and especially parents from viewing your activity.

Regards,

TS