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Check this out.
Imagine what just a $100 investment back then would get you today.

http://www.investopedia.com/article...-you-had-invested-right-after-amazons-ipo.asp

 

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10-4 if we only knew. But look how many others go kaput.

 

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Hey, speaking of "what ifs".....

What if we all would have saved our comic books and baseball cards from when we were kids, mine would have been from the 50's and 60's !

 

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Yeah,,but a hundred dollars wouldn't that much money 20 years ago.

Lots more spent on powerball tickets,,,and the return was most likely--NEGATIVE.

 

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tnsharpshooter said:

Check this out.
Imagine what just a $100 investment back then would get you today.

http://www.investopedia.com/article...-you-had-invested-right-after-amazons-ipo.asp

Click to expand...

And most people don't remember that they only sold books. I remember my first electronic purchase from Amazon, being slightly skeptical, do they really have something in stock other than books?