Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Adventures in Investing

It's been about a year since Toyota starting having problems with claims that their vehicles were unsafe. Shortly after these claims surfaced (and their stock's value dropped considerably), we decided to buy a handful of shares. Luckily, we happened to buy at just about the perfect time:


Other buys we've made have not worked out quite so well. Our first joint ventures into the market (S&P index funds) were bought in September 2008 and then again in February 2009. Both of these investments were swiftly followed by large drops in the market:


Oh well, these are supposed to be long-term investments anyway. And, hindsight is always 20/20 :)
Posted by Heather at 6:58 PM
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  1. JohnathanFebruary 16, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    Luckily, I dragged my feet after Aaron started his whole investing thing... so I entered the market shortly after the stock market crash in 2008! Woot Woot!

    Of course, then I tried a gamble on some bankrupt Charter pink sheet stocks and lost.

    Like you say, it's best to stick with it for the long haul. I'll leave day-trading for rich boys on wall street with time to kill and money to burn.

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