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   >> Don't forget that anybody's net worth is zero. Life's always fast   
   >> heading that way. But some aren't aware of this and some are. Some   
   >> ruin 95% of life into "money for a better life later", and get to   
   >> enjoy 5% of it the way they want, and some live 95% of life the way   
   >> they want, and ruin only 5% of it for money matters.   
   >>   
   >> Another angle. Do other life forms need money? What is the "net worth"   
   >> of a mosquito buzzing around? You can't escape the fact that life for   
   >> a mosquito is every bit the same thing as life for a human.   
   >>   
   >> Now "buzz" away as I've got to feed the cats, watch a nice pirated   
   >> movie, and hit the sack :)   
   >   
   > No worries - the varmints have been fed here too, obligations have been   
   > met for the day, and its too late to start a movie...   
   >   
   > -hh   
   >   
      
      
      
   Nymshifter? I've never been nymshifter in my life. When I change alias,   
   it is because I really have changed. So depending on what my main type   
   of activity has been, every few years my alias also changed accordingly.   
   And I've never had more than one alias at the same time.   
      
   You're underestimating what an individual can do by himself in the world   
   of stocks and cryptos. Also, you have a ton of money in your mind when   
   you think and speak of it, large enough to make you really concerned. So   
   I understand why you leave it to experts to handle such sums.   
      
   My world of trading is a microcosm of what experts are doing. It is a   
   baby game compared to those who play with hundreds of thousands of   
   dollars and higher.   
      
   Also, presence of experts in the field, or volume of their activities   
   doesn't mean that they are necessarily competing with you. They can't   
   play god, they can't control you down to your baby game if you know what   
   you're doing. There are ample opportunities for an individual to make a   
   few extra thousand dollars a year without even be felt by the big guys.   
   This isn't about suddenly making a ton of money, which can happen but   
   one cannot rely on such strategies. It is about steadily making a little   
   sum of money for "silly" expenses as I described. Especially during   
   retirement.   
      
   Try it if you like. Make a Robinhood account and put, say, $5k in it and   
   try to turn it into $10k in one year. You'll have a lot of fun ahead of   
   you :)   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)