Investing for Geeks

Re:Investing for Geeks by Stratoscope on Friday September 16, 2016 @01:38PM (#12515761)

> Consider investing all your money in the company you work for.

Since that phrase is somewhat ambiguous, let me clarify for anyone who misunderstood it on first reading, like I did. :-)

I'm pretty sure you don't mean "It may be a good idea to invest all your money in the company you work for."

But rather "Consider this very bad thing that may happen if you invest all your money in the company you work for."

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Re:Investing for Geeks by chollida1 on Friday September 16, 2016 @02:53PM (#12516374)

Yuck!!

Yep, I really mangled that sentence. Sorry to everyone who just invested their life savings into the company they work for.

I guess I really meant...

> Consider the scenario of investing all your money in the company you work for.

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Re:Investing for Geeks by barleymash on Friday September 16, 2016 @02:42PM (#12516281)

Uggh, I wish I had read your comment before I just invested everything into the company I work for. Thanks chollida1.

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Re:Investing for Geeks by infinite8s on Friday September 16, 2016 @02:20PM (#12516083)

I think he meant 'Reconsider...'

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Re:Investing for Geeks by stouset on Friday September 16, 2016 @04:37PM (#12517151)

No, he meant "Think about, for a moment, the scenario..."

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Re:Investing for Geeks by Terr_ on Friday September 16, 2016 @11:37PM (#12519002)

Immediate reaction: "Oh, like all those lucky people at Enron!"

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Re:Investing for Geeks by gxs on Friday September 16, 2016 @02:10PM (#12516000)

I had to reread that sentence a couple of times myself, but I think you captured his intended meaning here.

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