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How I Made A Million Dollars In The Stock Market

It was a lot easier than you think

Matt Lillywhite
3 min readJun 9, 2022

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Chances are, you’ve read countless articles on making money in the stock market. Writers often say to invest thousands of dollars and pray for a bull market.

We all know 99% of financial advice on the internet is total BS.

The good news? I’m not like other writers on Medium. If you search “successful” on Google, you’ll see a picture of me with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

Anyway, I want to share the details regarding how I built a million-dollar stock portfolio. Hopefully, this article will inspire you to get rich (like me) someday.

I Invested My Life Savings Into Tesla

Back in October 2019, Tesla’s stock price was approximately fifty bucks.

Admittedly, I was hesitant to invest my life savings into one company. Most people diversify their portfolios to mitigate the risk of a stock dropping unexpectedly. But since I’ve always been an Elon fanboy, I invested $90k and hoped for the best.

In November 2021, Tesla’s stock price skyrocketed to more than $1,200. My portfolio was at an all-time high. $2,160,000 to be precise. Suddenly, I was rich and could retire early. But a few…

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Matt Lillywhite
Matt Lillywhite

Written by Matt Lillywhite

Storyteller and part-time procrastinator. Writing to inspire, entertain, and avoid doing laundry. Substack: https://mattlillywhite.substack.com/subscribe

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