You need to get skin in the game. If you are not invested in the stock market, then you need to do it now -- if only because then you will have a reason to watch Amanda Drury on CNBC.

Do it for your country. Help the U.S. economy!
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she looks kind of low rent and nasty.
Truckstop woman maybe?

She's Australian and yes, I hope she's nasty (or at least she is in my daydreams).

She definitely has the cleavage thing working most days.

Ever wonder why these "experts" have to disclose their holdings in these "hot picks"? Because people like that bald head Cramer shill these stocks to death hoping you will buy so they can sell. Dont be stupid all your life. Does the name Zuckerberg mean anything to you?

Now this is an unfair comparison, but let's see what would have happened if you had purchased one once of gold in 1990 and as much as you could buy in stock of Cisco for the same amount of money.

The gold comparison is easy. We bought an ounce of gold for $424. Now its value is $1774.48.

Cisco we have to adjust for splits, but the adjusted price for share on 9/14/1990 was 9 cents. That means you would today have 4711 shares. The closing price of one share of Cisco now is $19.43.

Your current value of your shares of stock purchased in 1990, held and never sold?

$91,536.88

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I say its an unfair comparison because I have picked one of the best performing stocks of the 1990s. Had you purchased the stock in on September 14, 2000 and an oz of gold for the same amount of money, your returns would be:

Second scenario:

Again, Gold is easy:

2001 = $272.00
2012 = $1773.00


Cisco:
2001 price: $62.63/share x 4.34 shares = $272
current price $19.36 x 4.34 = $85.00

If you bought Cisco at its peak and held it until now you'd be pissed off that you only have 1/3 of your money left.

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Those first two examples might have you thinking, "Hmmm, no matter what, holding gold long term sounds like a good, safe play." Well, let's go back to 1980 and imagine you bought an ounce of gold. That would mean you have held that ounce of gold for over 30 years.

1980 - $680
2012 - $1774.48

"Well", you say, "at least there has been some appreciation!" Investing the same $680 in a 3% CD would have gotten you $1,650.54. Gold would hardly be considered a good place to put your money over that time.

The sad thing is if you had bought an ounce of gold in 1980 and you sold it in any year before 2007, you would have lost money on your investment. 2007 was the first year that the price of gold consistently closed above $600.

Gold seems very attractive now because it is at its highest price it has ever been. But it is a commodity and is subject to more than the depreciation of the U.S. dollar -- supply and demand can knock the bottom right out of the price.

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