Here I go.
My visions was the same as both of yours. I wanted to be successful. I wanted the big cash. I have always saved my money and never wanted to buy anyhting b/c i knew that whatever it would have bee, it would have been deducted from my savings. The the market rolled around im my life. At my neighbors house my neigbor, Jeff, opened an envelope and said, "Alright a nice $3.67 from Disney. (Before his father died he both each of his sons 15 shares of Disney) I said, "wait a minute, a free $3?!" So i asked him more a he didn't know much about it. SO the idea of the stock market and shares were always in the back of my head from then on.
It later happened my my sister inroduced me to "The Blain Reinkensmeyer." It all happened on Siblings weekend at Western College in Kalamazoo, MI. She was telling me a little about him and said he trading in the stock market. BOOM! Then it clicked. I know had a connection to someone that was willing to help, had the education, and did it on his own, and the best part of it was HE'S SUCESSFUL!" So for the rest of the weekend the name never cleared my head. Not only was it the market that got my attention. We went out to eat later that night, my family and I, downtown KZOO and my sis said " Blain wants to buy an office down here for his business and rent out the botton or soemthing to like a starbucks or subway, etc. " After those few days and informative information, my level of thinking took a different path.
I kinda rambled on but my mentor/question asker was of course, Blain. My dad didn't know much about the market other than a few things about retirement. Another mentor of mine is Robert Kiyosaki. After reading his series, my financial education has taken a different toll.! I am so glad I came across his Books. (THanks blain for mentioned it to me
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Once i got home form Kalamazoo i immediatley emailed Blain. (oh, one more thing. Sister also said he had three monitors for all of his charts and stuff. I couldn't resiste but ask him.
) After my research began I cam eacross stocksquest. The first ever stock simulator game i have ever come across! I didnt' know much so it was nice to just learn about the ticker symbols and differnet types of orders. Hey, ya gotta start somewhere. I htink the first company i bought was Walmart (WMT.) I didnt' know how to look for patterns or the technical aspect of it. I just bought a sold a few things when i though it was right.
As time went buy i read about 5 books on specifically the stock market and trading. I did as much research on the internet i could. I kept up with yahoo finance just typing in random letters to try and find company that corresponded to their tickers. After about 6 months of hard but fun labor, I was a member on the rich dad forums. That was a GREAT experience. After that I soon began to watch the news, Jim Cramers, "Mad Money" And read the "Business" section of our newpaper. Knowledge exppanded as well as my links to help me. I became less shy about talking to others, and as Marks' grandpa used to say, "The sqeeky wheel gets the grease." And how true that was.
By this time I was in Richdad 2. Stock Symbols became more fluent and I would look for new stocks and realize new patterns. It was a great journey from then on. My life has changed dramatically from that first email from Blain and the first page of Rich dad Poor dad. Just for laughs, there was a total of 150 emails from Blain and I. And knowing Blain, they were all about a page long. I know am trading sucessfully in a Scottrade account. Thanks to Everyone who helped along this great journey!
God Bless!