In 1935, An Illinois Secretary Bought 3 Shares Of Her Company’s Stock For $180. She Never Sold A Single Share And Always Reinvested Dividends. By The Time She Died In 2010 Her 3 Abbott Shares Had Turned Into $7.2 Million.
A secretary at an Illinois pharmaceutical company made a single, unremarkable stock purchase in 1935 and then did almost nothing for the next 75 years. What...