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A day after New York magazine published a story online describing how Stuyvesant High School senior Mohammed Islam made millions of dollars […]
Update: Mohammed Islam has admitted that he lied about his earnings. He was only trading in simulated stocks and has made zero dollars trading on the stock market.Read About His Full Confession HERE. Mohammed Islam is rich and he’s not even out of high school. However, recent reports suggesting that the high schooler has earned $72 million trading stocks, are greatly exaggerated.The […]
You may have seen the amazing story today about the high school kid who made $72 million trading stocks. There were plenty of red flags in the original New York Magazine article. But now CNBC is reporting that the $72 million figure is totally bogus.Mohammed Islam, a 17-year-old high school kid in New York, was profiled as a Wall Street […]
NEW YORK CITY, New York (PIX11) – Most high school students save up money by working at a store or fast food restaurant.However, one 17-year-old from New York has made a cool $72 million on Wall Street, according to PIX11.New York Magazine reports that during his lunch breaks Mohammed Islam would play the stock market.First, the Manhattan teen started trading […]
Updated 12/15/14 at 2:54 p.m.(CNBC) — The story about a high school student making outrageous amounts of money playing stocks has apparently been over-exaggerated.17-year-old, Mohammed Islam says that he does not know where the reported number came from, but claims that it is inaccurate.Islam says the actual number is still believed to be in the millions, but he declined to say […]
US high school wiz makes $72mn on stock marketPublished time: December 15, 2014 12:13Get short URLMohammed Islam (Photo from linkedin.com)TagsFinanceMohammed Islam, a 17-year old school student from New York’s Stuyvesant High School, has made a $72 million fortune trading stocks in lunch breaks. The young investor hopes to become a billionaire next year.The son of Bengali immigrants from Queens, Islam […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Since this story was originally published, the New York Magazine has admitted that Mohammad Islam lied and his claims were false.NEW YORK CITY — The New York Post called him, “the teen wolf of Wall Street.”Mohammed Islam is a 17-year-old from Queens and he has made tens of millions of dollars playing the stock market during his lunch […]
NEW YORK, New York – A 17-year-old student at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan decided to use his lunch break to play the stock market — and he’s good at it.New York Magazine reported Mohammed Islam has made tens of millions of dollars playing the stock market. The teen has a rumored net-worth of $72 million, according to the New York […]
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