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"There&amp;amp;#8217;s a school of thought in the investment world that says the best way to invest is to put money in the companies that you believe in. Hmm ...Which stock will I invest all this change in?! If only I could read those small numbers! I know, I know. The theory sounds nutty. I can barely use a coupon, never mind buy stocks. However, you might remember this old post, where I suggested you all invest fake money in the real stock market, just to see how your investments went. Well, I followed my own advice, and I&amp;amp;#8217;m way up. Like, more than $400,000 up. Here&amp;amp;#8217;s how it went down. Anyone who signs up with WeSeed gets $1,000,000 (in fake money) to invest. You can research your stock options there or just buy on a whim, which I did. Here&amp;amp;#8217;s a sample of companies I invested in and why, their stock market symbols, and how much the stocks made me: Apple (AAPL) +208,663.98 In three words: I&amp;amp;#8217;m a Mac. American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) +$12,900 What can I say? Their pants are a perfect fit. Amazon (AMZN) $31,949 I&amp;amp;#8217;m not going to discuss how much I love Amazon&amp;amp;#8212;or how often I place an order there. I&amp;amp;#8217;m just not. Target (TGT) $1,191 &amp;amp;#8217;Nuff said. In the end, investing in companies I love paid off big time for me. (Granted, in fake money. But whatever!) If you had to invest in a company, based strictly on the fact that you love it, which company would you put your money in? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering for or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow glamour_sexlove on Twitter. Photo: Jupiter Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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