Originally Posted by Clarkm
I hunt with a smart guy who has never invested.

My father, my self, my brother, and my son have all made more in big tech stocks than total income from careers in engineering.

My hunting buddy on fixed income and passbook savings does not want to hear about it.

Over the long haul and with dollar cost averaging it works well.

Our parents being children of the depression years were mostly savers and many had company pensions to rely on.

The boomer generation with lessening pensions and deferred tax plans by necessity became investors.

Of course many boomers made theirs via real estate and other means.