Chapter 5: Eighty-Two Years Ago

Eighty-Two Years Ago

Imagine someone gave you $10,000 eighty-two years ago and you decided to invest in one of the companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  Which one would you choose?  Please scan through the list in the Eighty-Two Years Ago document below and be sure to listen to the audio commentary.  Don't peek at the Don't Peek! document below until you have chosen!  

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Document on class web site Links to an external site.: http://wonderprofessor.com/123s17/Chap05/Chap05_EightyTwoYearsAgo_LeftSide.pdf Links to an external site.
Audio Links to an external site.: http://wonderprofessor.com/123s17/Chap05/Chap05_EightyTwoYearsAgo_Commentary.mp3 Links to an external site.

Don't Peek! Links to an external site. http://wonderprofessor.com/123s17/Chap05/Chap05_EightyTwoYearsAgo_RightSide.pdf Links to an external site.

Pretty amazing, huh?  Can stocks make us rich?  Yes!  Can stocks make us sad?  Yes!  In our next chapter, we will learn techniques that will help us tilt the odds in our favor and choose the companies that will make us rich and avoid the companies that will make us sad.  But you know what I am going to say next, right?  There are no guarantees!