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To: Steve Felix who wrote (22027)	3/1/2015 8:38:57 PM
From: Mannie	7 Recommendations Recommended By Cactus Jack CusterInvestor E_K_S JimisJim sm1th and 2 more members Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

I can't even remember the name or symbol of the first stock I bought. I do...and I should have quit right there....$10k of MSFT when it went public! I sold it to buy my first house, and a piece of property for my business. I did well, but not nearly as well as I would have if I had just left it alone! Lots of great posts over the last couple days.. I've been self employed since I was 18 (40 years!), and always knew my financial health, and retirement, was all on my shoulders, there would be no pensions or inheritance. I'm very happy that I had self control and started saving early....I even set up a retirement program for my employees, not that I could convince many that it was a smart thing to do. I eventually got tired of having employees altogether about 20 years ago...