[biker59]

IBM, RCA, and GE at age 30 or so. Just sold the IBM this year, sold GE several years ago when it tanked. GE bought RCA decades ago, so that's gone, too.

[jeepjim]

Roblin Steel age 13 with money from my paper route. They went bankrupt after a price fixing scandal. Have done much better since. Thank you Motley Fool

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Southern Company (SO).

Age 17.

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

Starting buying stocks at about age 50. At 1st, bought the main names - GE, MSFT, MOT, etc. The 1st big risk / reward stock was ImClone. Early on, it went up, then dropped precipitously. I followed it down and then it turned around and was a big winner for me. I became more like W. Buffet and tended to buy and HOLD for long periods. I made a big mistake and sold Apple after a big gain, but, looking back, I should have HELD. Buffet currently has Apple as a LT HOLD.

[Michaellinda]

Glaxo on the recommendation of a college professor. Paid to be a Finance major.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by 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

The biggest mistake i ever made was not to buy Apple in 1988. But we had just bought our first house, had a toddler and I was still building my practice... Every dime I had, I plowed back into the business... Ahhh, hindsight...

[DylanTodd]

Sirius XM back in 2004, I was 23 at the time and had just graduated university.

Now I am almost exclusively in crypto currency and couldn't be happier.

[villagetinker]

I bought pennystock (I do not remember the name), it was part of a pump and dump scheme, I lost, a few years later I saw the entity I purchased from was finally caught and charged. I lost $1000, gained a lifetime lesson, and saw the perpetrators brought to justice.

[valuemkt]

Philadelphia Electric - Age 19

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

I lived much of my life outside USA in very volatile situations , I pretty much lived in the moment , because I never thought I would get to retirement some times, so waking up with my ears still ringing from a car bomb going off 2 days before in Pakistan at 60 I said that’s enough I’m retiring ,my sister then turned me on to vanguard index funds , dollar cost averaging,I’ve had 5 funds for 23 years now and they are just sooooo boring and made me soooooo much money lol