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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BGR who wrote (96327)	6/27/2002 11:08:32 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

BGR, No, if there is some fun left over, you can have it. <G> I just get ticked when I see "performance" discussions of indices and funds where taxes and inflation are not mentioned. Those mountain charts soon become molehills in both cases. I have not made my billion. Of course, I didn't have a real job for 13 years and lived well during that time off my investments, so I've spent my millions. Which is what I plan to continue to do. Amassing wealth is not as important as enjoying it, IMHO. BTW, it is in no way a rude question. I think "how have you done, yourself," is a perfectly valid and often unasked question. I am good at saving and good at investing. I am even good at living within a budget. But I am not good at amassing it to amass it. I have had a tendency to make a bunch of money and then "retire" for awhile. 13 years after my last mutual fund job. 2 years after Civil Service. 2 years after the Army. So, the financial goals of a lazy bum are a bit different from those of a Type A go-getter. Have I accumulated enough to live without working? Yes. But then I would have to play trading with a smaller stake than managing money for others. And I am learning that I may have been on the wrong side of the Street in my previous jobs. <g>