[triflex]

Oracle (ORCL)

[Biker Dog]

Keystone S4 Mutual Fund. Age 14,

[dshoberg]

Ecolab (ECL) - 40

[birdawg]

At&t 18

[Priebehouse]

About 1984, I had a discussion with a friend who recommended 2 stocks from his research. I was going to go with one or the other. One was Mattel, the toymaker who was about to get into some new ventures, so I bought $1000 worth @ $.75 a share. 2 years later I sold it for $100 less commission. The one I did not choose was a small startup company called Netflix. Life is full of choices...

[Bkosloski]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Southern Company (SO).

Age 17.

Still like it today.........it's more like a bond than a stock.

USAirways after 1994 crash. Was in single digits, sold it at $81.

[Luggage]

The first stock actually owned was EF McDonald which was a trading stamp company where you get stamps at the supermarket and trade them for products as you feel their books. I remember it was three shares and worth $50. It went into bankruptcy if you years later but just getting the stocks hiked my interest and if you ever want to lose money just wait till I start going into the stock market cuz that's what happens I pick the worst times. However during the first internet bubble I bought Apple for my daughter and it doubled to $22 and I sold it of course then I will be worth a lots more if she kept it and she's hated me ever since for that decision

[MidWestIA]

Not sure of 1st but in 2020 INN was my best

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by mkjelenbaas

None of your business.

Thank you for taking the time to type this................I thought it was.

[fcgiii]

I spent my last few months in Vietnam in a staff job and used my free franking to send for annual reports on every company I could find an address for. Meanwhile my savings were in the 10% pot the government gave us while in the war zone.

I finally selected stocks
Roan Selection Trust, paying a very nice high dividend
RCA, major TV manufacturer
Superscope, sole importer of Sony products

On arrival back in the states I went to retrieve my pile of money, which was about $4000 as I recall, and was told I had to wait 3 months. I was upset. After all that heavy planning and research. But during that 3 months RCA got out of the TV business and the stock tanked, Sony told Superscope that it would henceforth market its own products in the USA, and Roan Selection Trust was taken over by the Zambian government.

I trudged over to my local savings and loan and put the money in CDs. Later CDs would be a great investment during the Carter Administration.

When I got out of the Army I put all I could afford into 401k funds. Now my nest egg is in ETFs.

There are lessons there

[NY2TV]

In 1987 I bought 10,000 shares of a home shopping penny stock at $.035 per share. Years later I saw a similarly named stock selling for $100 per share and I thought I was a millionaire. NOT. Mine went bankrupt. I had the right idea. Just picked the wrong one.

[Old Bob]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Southern Company (SO).

Age 17.

Still like it today.........it's more like a bond than a stock.

I bought 100 shares of Walgreens for $2500, when I was 38 years old. It has split 2 for 1 so many times that I now own 3000 shares.

[karenzeee]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

I invested in the Titanic at the age of 6, and 4 months later it sank.

WOW... This one caught my eye!

[vinricci]

Bought Apple back in 1979. Still have it today.. Tempted to sell many times over the years when they almost went under a few times, now approaching 3 Trillion mark. Best decision I ever made

[coralway]

AAPL - 200 shares in June 1986. I was 22