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I've held shares (BHP and ONESTEEL) , but sold them all prior to Onesteel closing the Newcastle Steelworks - all these came via an employee share plan - great while you are working for them , they eventually would have in theory paid themselves off via the dividends , but if I had kept them I would have to pay out the Share Plan Debt , too big a dent in my super and separation package which was not huge. So I offloaded them all and pocketed any surplus once the debt was payed. Paid for my double garage.
Not bothered with share trading since. Too dambed risky for my liking and I've not got a lot of surplus $ laying about that I can afford to loose. More people go down the tubes share trading than every get rich from a small starting point- in shares - you need money (and lots of it) to make good money out of it.
You've gotta be in it for the long haul (hold for several years) hopefully the ups will be more than the downs.
I never bothered taking TELSTRA SHARES - glad I didn't.
And when NRMA gave me shares - I sold them immediately.
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