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<p>[QUOTE="Tom B, post: 1650534, member: 11854"]Let me predicate my answer by writing that I don't believe you know what you want and don't believe you understand as much as you think you understand. Neither of those statements is meant in any way as a slam, but reading your posts illustrates to me large gaps in knowledge and/or experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, please allow me to get to my answer. Education is <i>great; </i> heck, I even have a PhD so you know I value education, but real world ownership and experience can trump lots of reading and studying. There is a time for research and there can be a time for spending. These two times need not be mutually exclusive. My <i>opinion, </i> based upon this thread, is that you don't have a good feel for what you want or for what direction you may be pulled. This is <i>fine. </i> Spend your funds. Buy some coins you find interesting. After a while you will likely not feel as interested in those coins, but that happens to most everyone. The experience of finding a coin, buying it, studying it and then either putting it aside, returning to it again and again or selling it (likely at a loss) will teach you tons. Therefore, while knowledge might be King, there is something to be said for experience, too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tom B, post: 1650534, member: 11854"]Let me predicate my answer by writing that I don't believe you know what you want and don't believe you understand as much as you think you understand. Neither of those statements is meant in any way as a slam, but reading your posts illustrates to me large gaps in knowledge and/or experience. Now, please allow me to get to my answer. Education is [i]great; [/i] heck, I even have a PhD so you know I value education, but real world ownership and experience can trump lots of reading and studying. There is a time for research and there can be a time for spending. These two times need not be mutually exclusive. My [i]opinion, [/i] based upon this thread, is that you don't have a good feel for what you want or for what direction you may be pulled. This is [i]fine. [/i] Spend your funds. Buy some coins you find interesting. After a while you will likely not feel as interested in those coins, but that happens to most everyone. The experience of finding a coin, buying it, studying it and then either putting it aside, returning to it again and again or selling it (likely at a loss) will teach you tons. Therefore, while knowledge might be King, there is something to be said for experience, too.[/QUOTE]
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