Anonymous wrote:We never thought building wealth depended on our salaries, DH and I, so we invested in high tech stocks. We've made millions, which we plan to entrust to our kids, so they can continue to invest in emerging technologies. As for jobs, we're not entirely sure what's ahead. Our kids' interest are mainly research or analysis-oriented, one in military security and the other in biomedical research... are these jobs going to go away? I don't think so.
Ok? You speculated and it paid off.
How exactly did you make millions off a presumably modest salary? Leverage? What if it went sideways, would you be homeless — or did you have family who could bail you out? For some of us speculative investments aren’t viable because of a company goes Enron, we could end up in dire straights. And don’t pretend you had any real acumen here.