Not so far, if you are in that situation & happy to chat please give me a call - we can discuss ground rules first to check you are comfortable!
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Not so far, if you are in that situation & happy to chat please give me a call - we can discuss ground rules first to check you are comfortable!
I WANTED to get in on the IPO all those years ago as I thought it was a great idea and was backed by some great investors.
Unfortunately I was moving to Malaysia and had to save my money, but I had 30k at the time ready to go. And to think that would be worth 600k now... oh dear! Ahhh well, live and learn, now I realise investing is about following your gut too! In the end I got in at $2.75 but due to life circumstances had to leave at a measly 100% profit, despite wanting to stay in for the long haul...
Now I will hopefully go and work for them (as an IT guy about to come back into the country) and get some of my imaginary lost earnings back!
I told my boys, 6 and 8, that I owned a gold mine (NTL). Instant interest. I explained how it worked and my youngest wanted to own some planes so I explained how that worked and went in with him on some Air NZ shares. He bought $30 with his savings and I got some as well.(a few more than $30). I pay him his dividend share when it comes out and keep track of it in a spreadsheet for him. The oldest hasn't decided yet but keeps looking at the NZX site.
I was an early investor in XRO, as well as BLT, RAK and SNK (the latter because it was said they were "another Xero - yeah, right!). Oddly enough three accountant friends of mine were quite negative every time I bought Xero shares and I suspect I just went opposite to their views. Needless to say the other shares apart from XRO have turned belly up, but thankfully I held on to XRO. No, I am not go to tell how much I have lost with my BLT investment which I thought would make me a millionaire.....