[quote="Fluffy_Bunny":638d8]I have absolutely no idea how any of this stuff works, tho I would like to know... I also completely suck ass at maths... I don't plan on doing any retirement stuff until I get a proper job & then I'll prolly stash most of my savings in a stakeholder pension. As far as the stock markets go though I haven't a bally clue! It's so risky too, imagine if you put shares in Enron oOo: oOo: oOo:[/quote:638d8]
well if you're properly diversified, having had stock in enron shouldnt have hurt you too much.
economics is my major so I could end up with the stock market being my job, probably not tho... but I'll be in it no doubt

fluffy check into like a for dummies book or something, just to get an idea of how it works, the knowledge is very valuable

yeah the main barrier keeping the youth like me from investing in thier retirement is the lack of funds, and the constant substance abuse

whenever i see people like winning the lottery and shit, i would think of how i would make that money grow, as opposed to doing something retarded, like building a moat around my house, or turning my place into pee-wee's play house

but anyway, ive been paying a lot of attn to the biotech industry, namely sanofi-aventis and chiron (the manufacturers of the flu vaccine, who surprisingly are not doing too bad), as well as trimeris, manufactorers of fuzeon, which is the leading treatmant for HIV/AIDS patients, (and another surprise to me, thier stock isnt doing so well...but the price is cheap and could go up if they keep suckin roche's ween and selling that fuzeon)

EDIT: im looking for some biotech to further diversify...not that i have much of a portfolio...pretty sure mcdonalds and abercrombie thus far is all i have

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