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What's the worse advice anyone's given you and you followed it?

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A friend who's fairly intelligent told me to buy Washington Mutual stocks a few years ago, when it was at 5 dollars a share. The reasoning is that large banks don't fail. So I did, and I lost 3 thousand dollars.

What are some not so smart advice that you've followed through? and the results so that others may learn.

#1 Billy Bob, Aug 31, 2010

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"Lets just get married" is pretty high up there. :grin:

#2 moestavern19, Aug 31, 2010
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Billy Bob said:

A friend who's fairly intelligent told me to buy Washington Mutual stocks a few years ago, when it was at 5 dollars a share. The reasoning is that large banks don't fail. So I did, and I lost 3 thousand dollars.
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The inverse:

Called my father in law (financial adviser) circa 2008 and asked what to do with my IRA cash from a recent 401k rollover. He told me to hold it in cash because there were indications of some serious **** going down.

I did not listen.

And lost ~40%.

FML.

#3 rhadamanthus, Aug 31, 2010
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Plastics.

#4 g1184, Aug 31, 2010
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To invest in rental properties.

#5 REEKO_HTOWN, Aug 31, 2010
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"Give me your life-savings and I'll quadruple it in 6 months, guaranteed"

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#6 Qball, Aug 31, 2010
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Worse than what?

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Somebody once told me to watch Fox News.

#8 Lil Pun, Aug 31, 2010
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deadlybulb said:

Worse than what?
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:grin: I caught that too. The superlative and comparative words confuse many people and make them write one instead of the other, but I don't know which one of the two is worse.

#9 SwoLy-D, Aug 31, 2010
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:grin: I caught that too. The superlative and comparative words confuse many people and make them write one instead of the other, but I don't know which one of the two is worse.
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I knew you would come and post here just as I reviewed the title! Worse(sic) poster ever....

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Some folks here advised that I buy a rifle and shoot back. My lawyer tells me not to comment on it while my case is pending, though.

#11 JuanValdez, Aug 31, 2010
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SwoLy-D said:

:grin: I caught that too. The superlative and comparative words confuse many people and make them write one instead of the other, but I don't know which one of the two is worse.
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They aren't the ones who are confused. The comparative/superlative distinction simply doesn't exist in some forms of written English.

#12 LScolaDominates, Aug 31, 2010
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Jumping off this cliff is easy, dude.

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"You like music...why don't you major in Music instead of Accounting?" Took this advice in 1988.

"Now is the perfect time to buy a house!" Took this advice in 2004.

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Once, someone convinced me that I should do everything the opposite of what I usually did. I didn't get the job with the Yankees as a result.

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They aren't the ones who are confused. The comparative/superlative distinction simply doesn't exist in some forms of written English.
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In the case of the title of this thread, the distinction exists, and it was not used properly.

#15 SwoLy-D, Aug 31, 2010
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I think for 90% of people it's probably "buying a house is a good investment."

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I'm different, I ignore most advice.

I can think of some good advice I should have taken.

#17 Mr. Clutch, Aug 31, 2010
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moestavern19 said:

"Lets just get married" is pretty high up there. :grin:
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You should just have kids and save the marriage.

#18 KingCheetah, Aug 31, 2010

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KingCheetah said:

You should just have kids and save the marriage.
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Hispanics????

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