You know, the first stock I bought was 1 share of Facebook in 2012. It cost me $19 and I’ve kept it as a sentimental thing. I looked at it today and it was over $785. I am no investment guru, but I don’t know anyone who’s made significant money from their job. That comes from investments and being a little savvy with money. Buy all kinds of things that you have some understanding of and seem like they might go up in value. Then, leave them alone for a while and see.
@picofarad Oh true, I’m not arguing for best investments. I bought that stock just playing around and figured it might be worth less today. I owned over 100 bitcoin at one time, but took minuscule profits. The advice I wish I could tell my past self would be to just not look at the investments and let them mature. 40x is still WAY better than most people see.
@daniel around 2010 or so i mined 1.25 bitcoins, it cost $40 in electricity and was worth $25. to put your ~40x growth into perspective, 1BTC is ~$117,000 now.