Originally Posted by Hotel Kilo

I inherited some money end of 1989. I took my inheritance and bought two shares of Berk A. I think I paid like 8k/share. Now it's up to around 722k/share. Total luck. But I had a hunch and decided to roll with it. Stock market is gambling. Seems I got very lucky on that one. I also took a blood bath in the tech bust and again in 2008-10 during the financial crisis. Again, the market is a gamble just depends on your level of sacrifice you are willing to tolerate as the market swings around. We've been on a very good run lately whether that is inflated or not, I don't care, I'm not losing money so that's good for me.