technically, it wasn't my investment, but my Father bought me a PC when i turned 13, and that cost about 800EUR at the time (close enough to $1000)... i got hooked on computers, and have been working in the field for the last 13 years full time.
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#12Probably my iPhone SE. Bitcoin made me richer, but I didn't get on early enough for it to have made any real difference, where as the smartphone changed my life.
That or my cat.
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#13Joining a dating site. Met my wife a week later!
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#14ETH
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#15AAPL at ~$12/share in 2000 (price not adjusted for splits).
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#16Probably my first PC.
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#171,000 BTC at 0.70 in 2011...
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#1810 shares of $GOOG in 2004.
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#20Saving in a savings account at DCU - Digital Federal Credit Union. They give 5.1% interest rate for the first $1000
Risk free investment:-)