If you invested a $1000 and only made $20 a year would you be happy?

"CaliforniaCheez" wrote:

If you would find that level of profit acceptable, Grave, then YOU'RE the gullible one and I have plenty of sweet financial deals for you. :P

Let's face it. Two percent is a terrible return on investment given the overall risk the owners shoulder (I wouldn't play for that even in a low-limit poker game!). You're focusing strictly on the raw numbers and ignoring the RISK, which is substantial. I believe it's a case of veiled class envy, which is rampant in our country these days. It's convenient, but intellectually facile, to blame the rich for all the problems this country is undergoing.

Please provide evidence that they're cooking the books or stop making these rabid allegations.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

I think I get what Grave is getting at when he says ecstatic in this economy. A friend of mine is a dang good stock investor. His goal is to beat the S&P 500 every year, which he manages to do. That means if it drops 20% in one year and he "only" lost 17%, he had a pretty good year and he's actually content. Which of course also means that when it raises 30% and he makes 33%, he's having a pretty good year and he's stoked.

Or another example...

Let's say you are running Ford Motor Company. Your two other American competitors go bankrupt and have to borrow money from the government. You don't take a penny because you manage your cash better than the other two combined, and you sell better cars. So, this year in this crappy economy you don't make a profit. However, you stay in business and position yourself to make a mint once this stupid recession ends.

Is that what you meant, Grave?

"zombieslayer" wrote: