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Planet Money

Walter Shram's Etrade Account Was Empty.

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Amazon.com launched around the same time as a new onland retailer, which was another great investment opportunity. Walter had a characteristically chill investment strategy, buy this stock and then just let it sit. He waited until two thousand and 15 years to finally cash in his amazon stock. At that point, the stock he'd bought for around six thousand dollars should be worth around a hundred thousand dollars. After years and years of not looking, walter finally logs back into his etrade account. Do remember what you saw when you logged in? I saw nothing. The account was empty. Soit was shook, a very walter shram way of saying he was terrified. He

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