Post by guycoolspore2 on Sept 23, 2011 20:32:09 GMT -5
Question to discuss:
If you had a million dollars, would you be blonde enough to use it all for shopping?
Stranger 2: hahaah
Stranger 2: no
Stranger 2: i'd invest and turn it into two
Stranger 1: Nope.
Stranger 2: etc etc
Stranger 1: Yeah, the SM doesn't really work that way.
Stranger 1: Nice try though.
Stranger 2: it does, it just takes time
Stranger 1: Yeah not really.
Stranger 2: investments in apple generated a five-fold return dude
Stranger 2: 500% in ten years
Stranger 1: That's because it was Apple, the largest company in the world.
Stranger 2: not at the time people were investing who got those returns
Stranger 1: And the only investors that made that much were the Venture Capitalists.
Stranger 2: and i think you'll find apple isn't the largest company in the world.
Stranger 1: In the United States* sorry.
Stranger 1: Typical american's mix up.
Stranger 2: wal-mart/asda corp?
Stranger 1: Wal-mart is worth less
Stranger 1: Although it employees a loooooooooooot more
Stranger 2: one sec
Stranger 1: I'm assuming you aren't an econ major.
Stranger 2: walmart's top of the fortune 500 this year
Stranger 2: how is that not a large company?
Stranger 1: Wal-mart is in the DOW, not the f500
Stranger 1: and we're saying biggest, not big
Stranger 2: apple's not even in the top 10
Stranger 2: it's in the f500.
Stranger 1: lol
Stranger 1: youre really clueless
Stranger 2: www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/05/fortune-500-list-walmart-exxon-profitable_n_857991.html
Stranger 2: try again
Stranger 1: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average
Stranger 1: wal-mart.
Stranger 1: www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/10/ipad-trumps-oil-apple-is-most-valuable-us-company/
Stranger 2: and i quote "Walmart, despite declining sales, remains atop the Fortune 500 list, followed by three oil companies: Exxon Mobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips, in that order. Also in the top 10 are two financial giants (Fannie Mae and Bank of America), two Detroit stalwart's (General Motors and Ford Motor), Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and energy company General Electric."
Stranger 1: Lol. Read what I sent you.
Stranger 2: fox news are terrible, terrible people.
Stranger 1: True, but that doesn't make it invalid.
Stranger 1: And look at the DOW page.
Stranger 2: bit i'll read. one sec.
Stranger 1: It has the list of DOW companies.
Stranger 1: It is the second to last one.
Stranger 1: Apple's Capital: 337b
Stranger 2 has disconnected
If you had a million dollars, would you be blonde enough to use it all for shopping?
Stranger 2: hahaah
Stranger 2: no
Stranger 2: i'd invest and turn it into two
Stranger 1: Nope.
Stranger 2: etc etc
Stranger 1: Yeah, the SM doesn't really work that way.
Stranger 1: Nice try though.
Stranger 2: it does, it just takes time
Stranger 1: Yeah not really.
Stranger 2: investments in apple generated a five-fold return dude
Stranger 2: 500% in ten years
Stranger 1: That's because it was Apple, the largest company in the world.
Stranger 2: not at the time people were investing who got those returns
Stranger 1: And the only investors that made that much were the Venture Capitalists.
Stranger 2: and i think you'll find apple isn't the largest company in the world.
Stranger 1: In the United States* sorry.
Stranger 1: Typical american's mix up.
Stranger 2: wal-mart/asda corp?
Stranger 1: Wal-mart is worth less
Stranger 1: Although it employees a loooooooooooot more
Stranger 2: one sec
Stranger 1: I'm assuming you aren't an econ major.
Stranger 2: walmart's top of the fortune 500 this year
Stranger 2: how is that not a large company?
Stranger 1: Wal-mart is in the DOW, not the f500
Stranger 1: and we're saying biggest, not big
Stranger 2: apple's not even in the top 10
Stranger 2: it's in the f500.
Stranger 1: lol
Stranger 1: youre really clueless
Stranger 2: www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/05/fortune-500-list-walmart-exxon-profitable_n_857991.html
Stranger 2: try again
Stranger 1: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average
Stranger 1: wal-mart.
Stranger 1: www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/10/ipad-trumps-oil-apple-is-most-valuable-us-company/
Stranger 2: and i quote "Walmart, despite declining sales, remains atop the Fortune 500 list, followed by three oil companies: Exxon Mobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips, in that order. Also in the top 10 are two financial giants (Fannie Mae and Bank of America), two Detroit stalwart's (General Motors and Ford Motor), Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and energy company General Electric."
Stranger 1: Lol. Read what I sent you.
Stranger 2: fox news are terrible, terrible people.
Stranger 1: True, but that doesn't make it invalid.
Stranger 1: And look at the DOW page.
Stranger 2: bit i'll read. one sec.
Stranger 1: It has the list of DOW companies.
Stranger 1: It is the second to last one.
Stranger 1: Apple's Capital: 337b
Stranger 2 has disconnected
