Chapter 1: Beginner
Having closed the year with a gain of 1,000+ on a 3,000+ Stock account Chekta sat back and relaxed.
Let's start at the beginning: Chekta grew up in a family that was middle class and was taught to work for what he wanted. As time went on though that changed. One day he happened upon a book in the attic of a church that he was attending at the time. The book peeked his interest and he decided to read it. As he read through the book his eyes started to open to a world that he knew was out there but hadn't taken a part of himself.
Chekta had learned a little bit about Stocks and the gain/loss they could have in Junior High school but it didn't click at the time. At the same time he was in a house that his Mom and Dad rented out. He also knew that his Grandfather was the owner of rental properties at that point as well. he also had heard that his Great-grandfather was able to sell rabbit furs to the US government and made a nice amount from that, enough to try to leave his grandkids and great-grandkids a total of 300,000 dollars.
By the time Chekta picked up the book most of the 300,000 was gone, that was no fault of his own though.
The paragraphs above explain how he knew that the stuff was out there and the main reasons why he didn't actually get into the act of investing until after he picked up the book and read it.
Back in 2002 Chekta finally opened a small trading account and picked his own stock to buy because he didn't want Mutual funds to get most of the money. As time went on Chekta purchased a board game by the same company that wrote the book and started playing it with his Dad. His Dad and Mom encouraged him to try to figure out ways to make money but they didn't give him anything to put towards stock so that he could fund his account to a point where he could actually start making money from it.
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