hayekcapitalist
Dryer sheet aficionado
- Joined
- Jul 29, 2007
- Messages
- 38
Thanks YIAS.
What are y'all doing with your portfolios at this time? Standing firm, selling, buying; what about new money, where are you putting it to work? Just trying to develop a consensus opinion among our erudite and savvy group.
Brandywine:
Being truly illeterate to the protocol(s) of this forum, and lacking knowledge of the referred ("A&SFUOTF") I improvised: "YIAS"= yes I am stupid.
I agree with your comments about bschool. You should consider going back to teach part time about personal finance. I am sure a lot of people would benefit from your disciplined approach!!
52 year old son of coal miners and lumber men, raised poor. Decided 20 years ago (summer 1987) to not stay that way and set arbitrary goal of $1,000,000 liquid. Hit $1,000,000+ net worth last year
Alan: It's a pleasure to meet you! Your story is a testimony and the parallels inescapable but uncanny: same age, got serious about financial independence in 1987 and to think that we are both millionaires now...pretty cool, even if a million ain't what it used to be, it's still worth more than not having a million. I am dollar averaging into the markets through my 403-b and wife's 401-k. I am pretty interested in the Aussie miners. With your brother still in the mines where the sun never shines, "digging his own grave" my "grandpa" used to say: What are your thoughts about same: will the global growth story concentrated in the Pacific Rim keep minerals, miniing, hard commodities same, higher, lower, over what time horizon?
This board has introduced ME to LBYM (living below your means) and FIRE (financial indepence retire early).
Everyone LBYM.
Unfortunately, most incorrectly translated the acronym as Live Beyond Your Means.
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I've been scared a few times since then but fear and desire mixed, accompanied by a faith relationship, and a supportive spouse got me through them. After I prayed,however, I had to get up and do something...and that is where so many fail, they see, they desire, but they don't put their coveralls on and do some very hard work, which is to look at the person in the mirror and demand a change from that person. "I can't" usually means "I won't." I am not embarassed of where I come from, but I was not foolish enough to glory in my poverty and blame those that had more than I. Instead I looked at what successful people did/do, and that is where this forum can help.
Kudos to you.