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My $25,000 potion

How I cooked up a five-figure gain.

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Darnell Mayberry
Sep 23, 2024
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My eyes were glued to my phone Friday.

It was the monumental day I assumed was another three years away.

Every few seconds, from the morning until the early afternoon, I refreshed the brokerage app that houses my Roth IRA.

My money was moving in the right direction.

The money that I mistakenly left untouched for nearly five years is doing better than I ever dreamed it would.

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