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I'm A Stock/Bond Trader And I'm Not Ashamed
Old 02-22-2006, 11:26 AM   #1
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I'm A Stock/Bond Trader And I'm Not Ashamed

After I retired at 50 in 2001 - I would tell people some of what I did all day - but I would shy away from saying I played the market - Day traders in the 90s had given the rest of us serious stock speculators (whose time frame is often weeks, months and years) a bad reputation - I was afraid I would get a look like I was barely above an alcoholic-gambler-wife beating-good for nothing-idler.

Lately, I've been telling people that part of what I do is stock trading.

The reaction has been positive -I feel like it's time for me to come out of the stock market closet.

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Re: I'm A Stock/Bond Trader And I'm Not Ashamed
Old 02-22-2006, 11:32 AM   #2
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Re: I'm A Stock/Bond Trader And I'm Not Ashamed

Hi Dan!
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Old 02-22-2006, 11:35 AM   #3
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Here boy, got a little stock steak tip for ya
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Old 02-22-2006, 11:50 AM   #4
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Re: I'm A Stock/Bond Trader And I'm Not Ashamed

Just giving you that "Stock Buyers Anonymous" full service experience

But yeah, toss that steak over here. All I had all day is a bagle and a few chunks of the dried fruit the baby threw at me. Thats the food rule here. Anything he throws at me I get to keep.
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Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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Old 02-22-2006, 06:40 PM   #6
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Anonymous stock buying or eating any food the baby throws at me?
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Old 02-22-2006, 07:41 PM   #7
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Not that there's anything wrong with that.
You mean "alcoholic-gambler-wife beating-good for nothing-idler"? or stock trader?
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Old 02-23-2006, 11:16 AM   #8
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"A bitch, a slut, a whore, a stock trader Republican..."

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Old 02-23-2006, 11:28 AM   #9
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"A bitch, a slut, a whore, a stock trader Republican..."

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Go ahead Have Funds,
You'll feel better to tell everyone on the forum - Say It Loud and Say It Proud - I'm all of the above and I'm not ashamed!
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Old 02-23-2006, 11:29 AM   #10
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Well, I'm not a stock trader or a Republican...
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