What are you invested in?

[DC Al Fine]

I'm entirely in index funds right now, following a semi-aggressive approach.

20% Canadian Equity
20% US Equity
20% EAFE Equity
10% REITs
30% Canadian Bonds

I'm up about 9% YTD, almost entirely due to my non-Canadian stuff

[© tweed]

a free checking account. 

[Lief 🗽]

Nothing. I guess you could say I've invested $80,000 (so far) in a legal degree. Hopefully the ROI on that is decent.

[PPT Spiral]

Nothing. I guess you could say I've invested $80,000 (so far) in a legal degree. Hopefully the ROI on that is decent.

Nope.

[© tweed]

Nothing. I guess you could say I've invested $80,000 (so far) in a legal degree. Hopefully the ROI on that is decent.

Nope.

he is at one of the best schools so he should manage to get a legal job.  for everyone else the ROI is beyond awful, yes.

[Beet]

Let's just say I'm relieved to have broken even for the year.

[DC Al Fine]

Let's just say I'm relieved to have broken even for the year.

What were you using? I have some vague recollections of you using derivatives.

[Leftbehind]

The overthrow of capitalism.

[opebo]

I own quite a lot of old cheap motorbikes, which I rent out when I can find customers.  On average the monthly income covers the rent of my house.

[Beet]

Let's just say I'm relieved to have broken even for the year.

What were you using? I have some vague recollections of you using derivatives.

I wasn't using derivatives but I had my entire portfolio in the Nikkei 225 in May. At first, it was great; then it fell apart.

[Gustaf]

I generally do quite well. The tiny part I manage myself I usually double each year. With my broader portfolio, selling most of my stock in the Summer of 2007 was a good move. Long term it has gone up a substantial amount.

[TNF]

I don't have any

[barfbag]

Nothing at the moment but my uncle got me invested in bonds when I was born. Those are gone now.

[Redalgo]

Myself and whatever the local credit union does with the $25,000 or so I've got holed away in savings. I don't expect to ever rise above the working class, and am too risk-averse to gamble since there is no adequately secure safety net to catch me if bets go bad.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

My own human capital.

[Indy Texas]

Large-cap value stocks including IBM and Chevron. I generally follow the Warren Buffett/Benjamin Graham school of investing.

[TNF]

Kind of unsurprising that Atlas is full of 1%ers

[courts]

Kind of unsurprising that Atlas is full of 1%ers

[Ban my account ffs!]

yeah... people who can afford to invest..

[DC Al Fine]

Kind of unsurprising that Atlas is full of 1%ers

That's cute.



Yes, only a one percenter could afford $100 in savings to invest in the stock market.

[Ban my account ffs!]

It's gambling DC... they have $100, but they cannot afford to lose it.  Which they will in some manufactured crisis where the top flexes its muscles and takes more and more.

[DC Al Fine]

It's gambling DC... they have $100, but they cannot afford to lose it.  Which they will in some manufactured crisis where the top flexes its muscles and takes more and more.

How does that work exactly? You own a piece of the 500 largest companies in the USA (the fund I posted). The 1% take this from you by creating a crisis and... decreasing the value of those companies that they own?

What am I missing here?

[Indy Texas]

Kind of unsurprising that Atlas is full of 1%ers

That's cute.



Yes, only a one percenter could afford $100 in savings to invest in the stock market.

Mutual funds have such high management fees that they make no sense to invest in unless they're part of a 401(k) plan that your employer is matching. If you're just investing on your own, the expense ratios for ETFs are far more reasonable.

[Beet]

I think there's a pretty good chance TNF will have more money by the time he's my age than I do now.

[Comrade Funk]

Kind of unsurprising that Atlas is full of 1%ers

It's now evil to freely invest in the economy! Lmao, you're a joke.