Comment More sour grapes whining from another loser (Score 1) 219
What amuses me is that the main reason I haven't become an active investor despite years of parental prodding and sporadic research: I view it as a strange, risky game that frankly doesn't interest me at all.
So, Red Hat seems like such a nice boy. I've bought their trinkets before, and I was willing to throw at them some money I don't need, and hold a couple hundred shares for the long term, despite some qualms about their business plan.
Sure, there's a lingering thought of maybe becoming insanely rich, but ultimately that's not why I came to the party. Fudging the form would have been easy.
Ah well. This means I don't have to find a nice way of telling my parents, "No, I won't buy shares with your money."
I'm left with the impression that the people who play the game generally want people who are willing to play the same way, possibly because it makes the game more predictable.
Not sure if I'm going to keep the e*trade account. Their interface doesn't thrill me. (First-impression gripes are: heavy reliance on javascript, and 6-char passwords.)
So, Red Hat seems like such a nice boy. I've bought their trinkets before, and I was willing to throw at them some money I don't need, and hold a couple hundred shares for the long term, despite some qualms about their business plan.
Sure, there's a lingering thought of maybe becoming insanely rich, but ultimately that's not why I came to the party. Fudging the form would have been easy.
Ah well. This means I don't have to find a nice way of telling my parents, "No, I won't buy shares with your money."
I'm left with the impression that the people who play the game generally want people who are willing to play the same way, possibly because it makes the game more predictable.
Not sure if I'm going to keep the e*trade account. Their interface doesn't thrill me. (First-impression gripes are: heavy reliance on javascript, and 6-char passwords.)
