Just wanted to point out that I opened an online stock account last week at
Scottrade. It's pretty sweet, you only need $500 in cash or stock to trade with them. The interface and reportin isn't the best but for only $7 a trade it is exactly what I am looking for.
This fits nicely into my plan for richness.
1. Open an online stock trading acount.
2. ??????
3. Retire
See, easy as 1, 2, 5... er... I mean 3.