If you're an index fund investor and follow the NASDAQ composite you may or may not have realized that you had an opportunity, not so long ago, to double your money in less than two years. It was pretty simple actually, all you had to do was predict exactly when the market would hit bottom, and purchase stocks...
Christmas at my house has always had a tradition for as long as I can remember knowing about the stock market. Without a doubt every year I would ask for the same thing. It wasn't a new bike, it wasn't a pair of socks, or a new TV; it was stocks. I've always enjoyed money, finance,...