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Maybe stocks weren’t so sexy anyway.

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But this isn’t your grandma’s investment club.

If that clubhouse you had when you were a kid is ready for an upgrade, you may be thinking like the new breed of investment clubs.

Born of the generation more apt to build a business and sell it than they are to work for the company, the new clubbers put more faith in their own ability to research, and in the safety of numbers.

Direct contact invitation in the new age

When granny started an investment club with the ladies from chuch, they met in the living room and pooled the bake sale funds to buy whatever stock was peddled to them by the the pretending-to-be-disinterested folks at betterinvesting, or some other pawn of the Fortune 500.  Not so with Jr.

More likely to ’Facebook’ than phone call, able to have a dozen text conversations going all day long, GenX and younger network like no other generation before them.  Ironically, the same policy that keeps users of social networking sites from spamming each other also fits nicely into securities compliance of investment clubs, which can not mass market or solicit the sale of their shares to the public.

Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, blogging, text messaging and email are the mode.  Starbucks, nightclubs, dinner parties and events are the live venues, but only when not meeting through gotomypc.com or some similar online service.  Far less time

Fine Art Investments Are Back

 consuming, the new methodology puts at the disposal of the member far more intelligence than grandma ever dreamed of. 

Social networking puts it all in the light of day, keeps a record, and attracts more members along the way.  Many clubs have Facebook groups where members can invite friends to view the holdings, or go to the cyber or live meetings.  Those who master the technology also master the capital. 

When the grandparents invested, it was entirely based on their belief in a stock.  Today’s investment clubbers are much more apt to put their money in something they can enjoy while it appreciates.  Fine art, wine, classic or exotic cars, vacation rentals and yes, even castles have attracted the new breed.