What if President Obama loses ?

[thankyouOB]

a cost analysis of that 35 year investment scheme does not pan out. for one thing; the ability to invest in that kind of stuff relatively cheaply is a fairly recent phenomena. $9.99 online trades have not been available forever now. also, the ability to invest a few dollars at a time is also something relatively recent.

but one thing that is even tougher is gaining the type of personality that is able to take a small piece of their check every week and save it in ANYTHING...

yes, and ask folks still suffering from the 2008-9 collapse, how they feel about investing SS in the market or by themselves.
that is a recipe for millions of seniors eating catfood and losing their homes because they cant pay their property taxes.

 

[DaveinOlyWA]

ya its easy to extrapolate woulda coulda shouldas. after all, dont need weekly paycheck withdrawals to do well. only needed that $100 an intel secretary invested when intel went public. she stated she figured she would never see that money again but "felt sorry for the boys". she retired 32 years later with 2.5 million in stock...

 

[mkjayakumar]

Now that Romney has already put Tesla in the 'loser' category, if he is elected his minions will make sure Tesla indeed loses. As Tesla is already the most shorted stock in Nasdaq, the headwinds will be so strong after November there is a good chance it might end up in the dustbins of history.

 

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but one thing that is even tougher is gaining the type of personality that is able to take a small piece of their check every week and save it in ANYTHING...

Especially with Apple coming out with a new version of the iPhone every year.

 

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Now that Romney has already put Tesla in the 'loser' category, if he is elected his minions will make sure Tesla indeed loses. As Tesla is already the most shorted stock in Nasdaq, the headwinds will be so strong after November there is a good chance it might end up in the dustbins of history.

You know it. His first official act will be to outlaw electric cars so his friends at Bain can close out their short positions. Then he will round up all the women and have them fitted for chastity belts. Hope and change will be a distant memory.