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Bought a classic car in pieces for virtually nothing (the cost of hiring a trailer to take the bits away). Have spent c40k over the last 15years putting it together in my garage at the weekend... it’s now worth £750k. Never gonna sell it though, so unfortunately that investment will never be realised. 🤷🏼‍♂️
I have bought and sold other cars in the same way but they have ‘made’ considerably less.
Lesson... invest in what you know and love... because if the market falls apart, you’re left with something you love irrespective of value...

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Made a healthy killing on some QCOM puts a while back. Long term though, my target date fund has done the best

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