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LAUGHnCOW
I was born in the late 60s, so technically I am a Generation X. I am no boomer lets be very clear. I graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelors Degree in Finance.
From college I went on to Olde Discount Stockbrokers as a broker. It was there I learned to trade the markets, particularly growth stocks. While there in the 90s, I accumulated 40m+ worth of assets under management while managing client portfolios'. What I did not realize until later in life, was that was the best education I could of received. It was during this time that I learned how to trade markets with other people's money. A vast majority of the clients that came to Olde wanted to trade. Discount trading was new to the US and I accumulated client assets very fast. I had a vast amount of clients that wanted to trade growth stocks and use margin. Through this experience I was able to learn at an accelerated rate how the markets worked, how leverage worked and what made up a good long term growth opportunities. Technology fascinated me and from that point on I learned to stay on the cutting edge of technology. If something new came into my vision I would study it, learn it and then trade it. If it looked very promising I would make sure to hodl some. It was at this time that I began to learn to follow the money. When you have a portfolio of clients you constantly have new companies being put in front of you. It's like an army of researchers at your disposal.
Coming out of the 90s I felt like I did not capitalize on the opportunity at hand. I was young, had limited personal capital compared to my clients and I only able to increase my wealth by a small amount during the 90s internet boom. This was very frustrating to me for I was given a first hand look at the millions that were made through the 90s specifically from the invention of the internet. It was at this point that I realized I would see a powerful invention like that in my life again and when I did I would capitalize on it. This forced me to dig deeper into our economy and discover the new inventions that were driving it. This became my hobby. While most of my associates were following football players, I was following capitalist and their money. It was in 2013 I stumbled upon bitcoin at $185. Once I figured out what it was, I immediately started buying under $200. This then lead me to VItalik and his Ethereum ICO