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You shouldn't take investment advice from strangers on the Internet, but you also should know what you're buying before you buy it.

Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company. So then I got a call from him, saying we don't have to worry about money no more.

Likewise, the film Forrest Gump should not be considered sound investment advice

Forrest Gump is from 1995. Apple had barely begun going up then.

OMG. Back of the envelop. $5K into $APPL because Forrest Gump did would be more than $5M today. [1]

> You shouldn't take investment advice from strangers on the Internet, but you also should know what you're buying before you buy it.

and* you also...