Bill Gates may be one of the Richest men in the world, but he is a horrible investor.
yngster said 05/01, 06:58 PM
Bill Gates rolls the dice when it comes to investing. Pacific ethanol(PEIX) & Planet Out (LGBT) what is he thinking. Gates lost millions when the ethanol stocks plummeted.
Swerv said 05/13, 01:59 PM
For someone who is worth close to 100 Billion dollars and is one of the richest men in to world he does pretty good with his investments. He invested into IOCS which is a pharmaceutical company that recently created Cialis which is the major competiter to Viagra. Not a bad investment. TeleDesic which is a satelite based broadband internet company, most of us could agree satelite internet is becoming more and more common. Ottertail Power Company went from a small local electric company to one of the largest power companies in the North Midwest. Cox communications is now the largest communications company in the southwest and western United States. Some others he has invested into are AVISTA Corp a very large energy company,Liberty Satellite & Technology, Schnitzer Steel Industries,Canadian National Railway, and many many more. Im sure he has made some bad investments along the way but the good ones have been great. Also are we really going to critisize the man who is worth over 100 Billion Dollars?
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POST | 05/14/08
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When a man has as much money as he does he can afford to take a risk or two.
Skipper04 | 05/15/08
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and doesn't he have his own firm that handles all this for him. I thought he did. I wonder how much of the decision he was really making personally.
Skipper04 | 05/15/08
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I read in some comments, that the counter has a flaw in which it starts all over again, it didn't happen to me yet, but I'd be pissed if it did, especially if I were winning with a margin like yours.
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Swerv wins.
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