Tycoons Row

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Fine.  I drive a Ferrari, 355 Cabriolet, What’s up? I have a ridiculous house in the South Fork.  I have every toy you could possibly imagine.  And best of all kids, I am liquid.

They say money can’t buy happiness? Look at the f’n smile on my face. Ear to ear, baby.  Anybody who tells you money is the root of all evil doesn’t have any.

I read this article a while back, that said that Microsoft employs more millionaire secretary’s than any other company in the world.  They took stock options over Christmas bonuses.  It was a good move. 

I remember there was this pictuer, of one of the groundskeepers next to his Ferrari.  Blew my mind.  You see shit like that, and it just plants seeds, makes you think its possible, even easy. 

And then you turn on the TV, and there’s just more of it.  The $87 Million lottery winner, that kid actor that just made $20 million on his last movie, that Internet stock that shot through the roof. 

You could have made millions if you had just gotten in early, and that’s exactly what I wanted to do:  Get In. I didn’t want to be an innovator anymore, I just wanted to make the quick and easy buck, I just wanted in. 

The Notorious BIG said it best:  “Either you’re slingin’ crack-rock, or you’ve got a wicked jump-shot.”  Nobody wants to work for it anymore.  There’s no honor in taking that after school job at Mickey Dee’s, honor’s in the dollar, kid.

So I went the white boy way of slinging crack-rock:  I became a stock broker.  (Quotes from Boiler Room - 2000). 

 So what’s this about?  Last week I mentioned about a new featured posts which will be called Tycoons Quest.  Today, I am launching my goal to win the Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge, where I will compete in a stock investing contest.  I figured, what better way to bring on the challenge with some memorable Pop Culture from Ben Younger’s Boiler Room (2000).  For the past week, I have been boning up investing research & strategies to share with you all.  It’s going to be touch, challenging and an interesting ride.  Let The Games Begin!