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Gary Blight from Brisbane QLD

22 September 2006

Posted by: Gary Blight

Topic: Telstra , Shareholder

Tags:    brisbane  gary-blight  queensland  shareholder  shareholder-stories  soapbox  stories

Gary Blight is a 59 year old who lives in Brisbane, QLD, and has been a Telstra shareholder since T1.

If I were Telstra’s CEO I would...Bundle home phone + cable TV + broadband internet for under $1000 per year - well under, e.g. $800-900 per yr.

If you asked me what I did, I'd say...Work full-time

I bought most of my Telstra shares in...T1

I bought Telstra shares because...To help keep Telstra in Australian hands.

My first successful investment was...NSW TAB shares

The best investment I ever made was...Qld TAB shares, and they've had a 7 fold increase.

What I learned from my worst investment decision...Don't go with your heart (bought Australian Magnesium shares to support Rocky, where I lived for 10.5 years, and loved it, but they fell over).

The best investment advice I’ve ever been given...At Talaq in the 1986 Melbourne Cup.

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