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How do you invest?

How do you invest?

  • Stocks, ETF's, Index Funds, Mutual Funds

    Votes: 15 65.2%
  • 401k, IRA, Pension, etc

    Votes: 12 52.2%
  • Annuties and other fixed income investments

    Votes: 3 13.0%
  • Bonds, Notes

    Votes: 9 39.1%
  • Options, Futures

    Votes: 2 8.7%
  • CD's

    Votes: 5 21.7%
  • Savings account and Money Market

    Votes: 11 47.8%
  • Forex

    Votes: 4 17.4%
  • Gold, Real Estate

    Votes: 7 30.4%
  • Other

    Votes: 7 30.4%

  • Total voters
    23
Roughly half in several major blue-chip stocks, the rest is in gold and silver bullion and numismatics.
 
Straight up bank account, and stocks.
 
Your poll reminded me -- we lease a condo, but we're breaking even on that at the moment.
 
I'm pretty spread out with mine.

My 401k is geared for aggressive earning, weekly fixed deposit into a savings account, buy or sell individual stocks using the value investment strategy, hold notes on a private p2p lending service, as well as playing lightly in the Forex market.
 
I don't.

I'm currently paying off education loans, and since the interest on some of them is higher than I would get in any investment (barring extreme luck), I probably won't for a bit.
 
Aggressive stocks, Real estate, 401k, high yield savings accounts.
 
What do you invest in?
With a brief explanation of your investments.

Just a general survey and hopefully advice for those who don't know how and what to invest in.

This may not be quite the answer you were looking for but I feel it's a valid one: My education is my primary investment at the moment.
 
Wine at present.
 
401K, Stocks, Money market fund, CDs, real estate, savings account, silver, pension fund, Brett Favre Rookie cards.
 
401K, Stocks, Money market fund, CDs, real estate, savings account, silver, pension fund, Brett Favre Rookie cards.
Really? How's that going?
 
401K, Stocks, Money market fund, CDs, real estate, savings account, silver, pension fund, Brett Favre Rookie cards.

I'll give you a nickle on the dollar for them.
 
I invest every dime I can, back into my little Shop. best return on my investment dollar I can find. Any extra goes in a Folgers coffee can, in the back yard.
 
Depends on what brand do you have, what's the rating of the card is, etc.

What do you have?

I have all his rookie cards. Several of each. Some rated 10, some unrated.
 
I would point out that your investment universe is not mutually exclusive, doesn't cover all possible investment and mixes account types with investment vehicles. For example, you could invest in stocks through a mutual fund in your 401k. But I know I'm being a little harsh and I get the spirit of the question.

I happen to invest professionally as a career. I invest in nonpublic equity and debt instruments, and my objective is to create a diversified portfolio that outperforms its public comparables after fees in the long run. But I sense that that is not really answering your question either.

I invest my personal money in a lot of things, through a lot of accounts, taxable and tax sheltered. Since I'm relatively young, I'm mostly allocated to stocks, particularly emerging markets, in tax sheltered retirement accounts. I think that's a great way to make money over the course of a ~40 year investment horizon.
 
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