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Student with life savings of $1,500 turns it to $1 million in 3 years (cnn.com)
4 points by pallian on Dec 17, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



"He knows what to look for and recognizes how to make money out of pump-and-dump scams without doing any pumping or dumping himself." So, just a parasite on others' scamming in a sewer of a market.


For every one of these guys, there's hundreds of others (like my brother-in-law) still living in his mom's basement... Heh. Some of that money is probably his.


Give him 3 more years ...




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