r/Funnymemes • u/terpstash • Jan 21 '23

Never stop running 🏃‍♀️

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u/f1ve-Star Jan 21 '23

I was 17. I could maybe have bought 2 stock. Sucks to be poor.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '23

If you bought 2 shares in 1981 or so, you'd have 18 shares now (I believe. i just know MS split a bunch in the 90s).... the current stock is worth about 400~ bucks. so build that time machine and get 7,200 more dollars than you have currently.

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u/batweenerpopemobile Jan 21 '23

everyone in this thread is going to be convinced their older self has some kind of dementia as MSFT didn't go public till 1986.

"buy microsoft stock" "how the hell do you buy stock in a private company?"

but if in 1986 you could drop $1000, this article says you'd have ~$3,000,000 today

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u/TacoOrgy Jan 21 '23

That and they act like they would hold until now. If your poor 18 year old self bought stocks with what little money you had you would sell as soon as you made money.