[quote=munytalks]

Not that my opinion really matters here, but Mr. BEF- it seems you take issue most in this forum when people don't capatilize, spell correctly or use proper grammer so I hafta ask...were you an English Major?

And how does that help you in advising your clients?

Just wondering....

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Any person with an iota of self respect would want to always be at their best.

One does not have to be an English major to recognize sloppy writing, poor punctuation, and lousy spelling.

Why anybody seeks to excuse poor performance and sloppy work escapes those of us who accomplished something with our own lives.

But then why would someone give up an executive level position at a major brokerage to sell stuff on eBay for a living?

That truly smacks of a sophisticated intellect.

Mr. Bef,

Okay, but I also wonder how valid is a Degree when earned that uses information, technology and ideas from 40 years ago?

Like, back when you started in the Financial Industry, I bet a guy who could read a ticker-tape really fast was Top Dog.  But now, who needs it?

The other thing is, it seems like dude is very young. He is just starting his life. How do you know he won't accomplish anything with it?

If I were you I'd be hoping dude doesn't flunk out of the Financial world. He might end up in the Medical profession. There you'll be one day, sitting in your wheelchair - resident of a Nursing Home for Retired Put Traders.... you'll be correcting grammer and pointing out spelling errors and BAM! dude will recognize you as BEF. He'll volunteer to take you out on stroll.

The last thing you hear as he gives you one big shove down Lombard Street is  "i must be stoopid!"

I think it's a Zen saying "One mans' heaven is another mans' hell."

[quote=Starka]

But then why would someone give up an executive level position at a major brokerage to sell stuff on eBay for a living?

That truly smacks of a sophisticated intellect.

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Who gave up a job to sell things on e-Bay?  E-Bay is fun, have you ever tried it?

[quote=munytalks]

Mr. Bef,

Okay, but I also wonder how valid is a Degree when earned that uses information, technology and ideas from 40 years ago?

Like, back when you started in the Financial Industry, I bet a guy who could read a ticker-tape really fast was Top Dog.  But now, who needs it?

The other thing is, it seems like dude is very young. He is just starting his life. How do you know he won't accomplish anything with it?

If I were you I'd be hoping dude doesn't flunk out of the Financial world. He might end up in the Medical profession. There you'll be one day, sitting in your wheelchair - resident of a Nursing Home for Retired Put Traders.... you'll be correcting grammer and pointing out spelling errors and BAM! dude will recognize you as BEF. He'll volunteer to take you out on stroll.

The last thing you hear as he gives you one big shove down Lombard Street is  "i must be stoopid!"

I think it's a Zen saying "One mans' heaven is another mans' hell."

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Degrees prove you were able to set a goal and finish it.

It is impossible to have gone to high school in this country and not encountered a teacher, coach, principal or counsellor who did not tell you that you should go to college.  That does not mean  enroll for a semester and then quit, it means graduate.

If you did not graduate you made a choice.  That choice means you cannot be a school teacher, you cannot be a doctor, you cannot be a lawyer, you cannot be an accountant, you cannot be a lot of things.

Financial planner should be on that list too. That it isn't has been a bone of contention within the industry for years.  It appears as though it may be changing, and such change is for the good.

It is ridiculous that a guy who dropped out of school because fifth grade was too challenging can later come back and become a financial advisor.

It's a joke, and anybody who has an inkling of what qualifications and standards are all about agrees.

Flying airplanes is fun.  Competition shooting is fun.  Driving a performance car is fun.  Selling stuff on eBay is work.

Or perhaps that's your contribution to society.

Oh well.  Macht nixt to me.  Carry on with your "life".

I forgot to say that rolling down Lombard Street in a wheel chair would be a great way to go.

Right now my plan is to dance off the back of a boat like The Silver Wind while it cruises somewhere near Surabaya.

But not for a number of years.

The problem with suicide plans like that is by the time the plan is  appropriate you can no longer pull it off, if you can even remember what the plan was.

[quote=Starka]

Selling stuff on eBay is work.

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Only if you're world-class lazy.

I must yield to your expertise on the subject and practice of “laziness”.

Let me tell you a quick e-Bay story.

About fifteen years ago--maybe even longer--I was in Frankfurt to call on a German bank who was considering hedging their US equities with index options.

I flew over on Delta but for some reason I had to take Lufthansa back to New York.

They gave everybody in first class a Swatch watch--celebrating something or other.  It was in a plastic case and then in a cardboard container with the event commerated in German--and then that was in a cardboard box suitable for mailing.

I slipped it into my briefcase and then into a drawer where it was forgotten for years.

About five or six years ago my wife came across it, took a photograph of it and put it on e-Bay.

She sold it for $2,201 US to a guy from Madrid. He got into a bidding war with a guy from Hong Kong and another from Copenhagen.  It took him close to a month to send the money--but he did send it.

E-Bay is like the ultimate garage sale.  Worldwide shoppers.

I went to see Sunset Boulevard several times in New York.  Once was when Betty Buckley was playing the lead.  On the way out of the theater I made a spontaneous purchase--a four song CD for $20.

Two years ago my wife sold it for $275.  Some went for as much as $1,000.

A Coca Cola bottle--commerating 49 years of Delta Air Lines flight attendants, issued to make them think the airline loved them so they would not unionize.  About 5 years ago they were selling for $100 apiece on e-Bay.

You have to be there at the right time, but one man's junk is another man's treasure.

BEF,

You just proved what a piker you really are....

[quote=bankrep1]

BEF,

You just proved what a piker you really are....

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Why because my wife has found some stuff and sold it on e-Bay?  How does that make me a piker?

Because you’re so excited over making $100 on some junk that you packrats held onto for a very long time.

[quote=bankrep1]Because you're so excited over making $100 on some junk that you packrats held onto for a very long time.[/quote]

Excited?  I commented on selling a watch I was given and a CD I bought for $20.

These two items were sold for close to $2,500 which is more than you've ever seen at one time.

BEF,

You obviously think $2500 is alot of money, probably made your year, did you get to take the wifey to the Holiday inn in Aruba

Why do u have a WIFE at such a young, tender age?

[quote=Scorpio]

[quote=entrylevelFA]

5. I’m kind of a “company man.” I’ve worked for the same company since I was in 11th grade (it’s not McDonalds, it’s a Fortune 500 company).

Which company is better for “career” purposes? I don’t want a

job, I want a career. I also don’t want to have to explain to my

book why I’m changing wirehouses every 3-5 years.

Thanks all for your help.

Oops sorry…this showed up as an “Active Thread” but it looks like its so old that by now the OP is so fed up of ML & retired. My bad!