Make money with little to no work?

[heedpantsnow]

Or just some low-cost index funds

[tp4tissue]

Or just some low-cost index funds

^^ are you insane..


why not just tell him to trade forex leveraged 100:1

[heedpantsnow]

My return on Vanguard S&P 500 index fund over the last two years.

[tp4tissue]

My return on Vanguard S&P 500 index fund over the last two years.

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He said.. MAKE money.. not Maintain money..     

If you're already very rich or OLD..  sure index funds..

If you're some dude, asking for money advice on a keyboard forum.. odds are, he's broke..


Which is why an index fund would perform for him exactly as well as playing forex @ 100:1



These funds do not significantly out perform the market, hell, it's an index fund (energy, exxon, and large caps, apple), useful to cover inflation at best..

[Binge]

Selling little bits of plastic to hobbyists with no  sense of the value of little bits of plastic seems like a decent way to make an extra few hundred every month.

You have the figures to back that up?

[SpAmRaY]

Inb4 someone  links pacifist thread :facepalm:

[esoomenona]

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[rowdy]

Seriously.  Find something you are good at.  Do it until you are spectacular at it.  Then figure out how to make money from being spectacular at it.

I still haven't found a way to make money by posting on a forum.

MW was putting faux sponsored links in his posts for a little while.

[tp4tissue]

Inb4 someone  links pacifist thread :facepalm:

was this the famous Xtortion thread

[HoffmanMyster]

Inb4 someone  links pacifist thread :facepalm:

was this the famous Xtortion thread

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No.  It was Pacifist's attempt at outlining the costs of cap making.  It...didn't go over well with the actual cap makers.

[JaccoW]

Inb4 someone  links pacifist thread :facepalm:

was this the famous Xtortion thread

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No.  It was Pacifist's attempt at outlining the costs of cap making.  It...didn't go over well with the actual cap makers.

OT: What was their greatest issues with it? I came into that thread early when it was still an interesting discussion.
I caught some flak last time I linked to that thread. All I know is Pacifist got into a fight with the other cap makers after he copied a design I believe?

[HoffmanMyster]

Inb4 someone  links pacifist thread :facepalm:

was this the famous Xtortion thread

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No.  It was Pacifist's attempt at outlining the costs of cap making.  It...didn't go over well with the actual cap makers.

OT: What was their greatest issues with it? I came into that thread early when it was still an interesting discussion.
I caught some flak last time I linked to that thread. All I know is Pacifist got into a fight with the other cap makers after he copied a design I believe?

(I am not a cap maker)

I think the biggest beef was that he over simplified things.  I have no idea the accuracy of his numbers, but let's assume they were accurate.  He only accounted for the raw materials, not the time, duds, practice (R&D), and such.  Not to mention any other hidden costs that they may have that I'm just unaware of.  I'm sure a cap maker can step in and clarify, or maybe there were some comments at the end of that thread that gave a better answer, I don't remember.

[SpAmRaY]

Inb4 someone  links pacifist thread :facepalm:

was this the famous Xtortion thread

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No.  It was Pacifist's attempt at outlining the costs of cap making.  It...didn't go over well with the actual cap makers.

OT: What was their greatest issues with it? I came into that thread early when it was still an interesting discussion.
I caught some flak last time I linked to that thread. All I know is Pacifist got into a fight with the other cap makers after he copied a design I believe?

He just suggested making 'copycaps' was the way to go.

And I believe people had issues with his price breakdown because it was over simplified.

Edit:  ninja'd by Hoff.

[DasHHKBProM]

stocks worked well for me. in 09 using grad money i bought A LOT of shares at .35 they are at ~5.00 now
another easy money-is pressure washing, $400 machine and muscle, i had an account at best buy shopping center to blast gum off sidewalks for $2k quarter contract that included 5  (8-10hours) of my time per quarter easy money

[tp4tissue]

stocks worked well for me. in 09 using grad money i bought A LOT of shares at .35 they are at ~5.00 now
another easy money-is pressure washing, $400 machine and muscle, i had an account at best buy shopping center to blast gum off sidewalks for $2k quarter contract that included 5  (8-10hours) of my time per quarter easy money

Hahahaha...  this is one of those, I took a p00 and made $20,000 stories eh ?

hahaha... yea those were good days....


These days most traders are just happy with 15-20...

[JaccoW]

@HoffmanMyster & SpAmRaY: Thanks, so that was the issue.

[Binge]

Can confirm Pacifist did not account for the cost in man hours, material going bad over time if there was a mechanical malfunction, mechanical malfunction costs, cost for electricity, packing materials, shipping, domain/hosting, camera, protective material, and taxes.

[Eszett]

I need more spending money, any ideas on what I can do on the side to make a little extra every now and then?

I could mock around on this question, but I want to answer seriously. Sell some o’ your old stuff on eBay. Most people forget what they’ve dumped in their attic or cellars over the decades. Even if you’ll merely get a few dollars for some cheap ****e, many a mickle makes a muckle.

[notsonerd]

I recently took my change jar that's been accumulating weight for the past few years to the coinstar. Got nearly a hundred bucks out of it. If you don't wanna pay the 10% fee, then you could opt to get gift cards instead of cash or--with a little more effort--roll the coins yourself and cash them in at the bank.