/biz/ - Business & Finance

>be me, shoe shiner, 1929
>daily customer comes over
>some bigtime stock investor
>I know him well, we chat a lot, apparently he's worth millions
>I've got some savings, I wonder if he can help me make money for my family in the market
>ask
>"What do you think about US Steel? My cousin works there and said its a pretty great company."
>The man suddenly stands up mid shine and looks at me like he's just seen a ghots
>"W-what d-did you just say?" he stutters
>"US Steel, should I inv-"
>"NO YOU SHINE SHOES" he screams in my face
>"What? I mean I do but-"
>"YOU CAN'T MAKE MONEY IN THE MARKET"
>The man then sprints away, and I mean he hauls absolute ass
>he shouts at the other people to "get away from the shoe shiner" and "to sell everything before that idiot crashes the market"
>I've been shining this guy's shoes for 5 years, what an asshole. Oh well, I guess I should just not invest
>few weeks later the stock market crashes. People are suicidal and have lost everything
>I still have a nice pile of money that I never invested
>Everything is super cheap
>go buy US Steel
>twenty years later my investment is worth a fortune
>to this day have no idea what that guy was talking about