Daniel Riley:
CLASS OF 1977
Crystal Lake Central High SchoolClass of 1977
Crystal lake, IL
Oak Park River Forest High SchoolClass of 1989
Oak park, IL
Lake Forest High SchoolClass of 1983
Lake forest, IL
Daniel's Story
First I would like to say that I have had mammoth reservations about dong anything like this. That said I think as people get older they cant but remember all the people and friends that they grew up with. So, I guess the saying curiosity killed the cat fits best in this situation. If you were to ask what I was and what I am today it would be like night and day. I was a wild kid that liked to lip off and get in fights. That didnt go away very quickly. After leaving CLHS I ended up going to La Lumiere Prep and then went on to graduate at Oak Park River Forest. I work for the family company until the own of a bar in Forest Park asked me why I was so depressed, I told her I hated working for the family business and she offered me a job as a runner on the Chicago Board of Trade floor. I started out making $125.00s a week. That was almost 30 years ago. I meet my wife Gina in high at OPRFHS, she was always trying to introduce me to other girls and one night we went out and we have been together ever since. We have a beautiful daughter Isabella Marie Riley, she's 14 and we live in Old Town. I still like going out but I like my Saturday and Sunday mornings too much. That took a long time to figur...Expand for more
e that out too. In the end I do not have much to complain about , I guess if I could do it over I would have gone to collage but to tell the truth with what I do my street smarts have done me pretty well.
I am still on the trading floor today and as we all know the credit crisis has demolished many people¿s savings. Funny, my mother always used to ask me if I had any tips right around Christmas time. I would do a few trades in her accounts so she would not have to dig into her own savings during the holidays. I never really gave her any tips because I did not want to be responsible for paying back any losses in her account. Its one thing to screw a buddy but not your mom or dad. Anyways the world is a different place now. Companies like Bear Sterns and Lehman are gone. Merrill Lynch is owned by Bank of America. They say 160k retail stores went out of business last year and that 200k more will this year. This is not over and will get worse before it get better. The best advice is to buckle down your finances and don't take on any more debt. Maybe Warren Buffett can double up when a stock goes down 50% but that's not good advice for the general public. That' all I have to say about that.
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