I would rather invest in myself than stocks, I can buy a truck with a blown up engine at the auction for say $5000, stick in an engine for $2500 and sell the same truck for $12,000 so that's where my money goes. Average time for me to flip one is less than 6 months, the more cars I buy the more I have on the lot the more money I make, can't make those kinds of returns in the stock market on a regular basis.
That's great, I love flipping stuff for a buck as well. But that's work/business, not investing. Investing is using your capital to make money off of other people's work.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/boeexFms.jpg[/img] 31 Plymouth Coupe, 392 Hemi, T56 magnum RS23J71 RS27J77 RP23J71 RO23J71 WM21J8A I don't regret the things I've done. I only regret the things I didn't do. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato"