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By far the best investment you can make is to upgrade your earning potential. I run a software consultancy and I could easily employ someone who specialized in writing software tests or a release engineer at 7x your current wage (these are unglamorous but ultimately not had things). Making 7x per hour changes the income and wealth equation dramatically. You could literally self teach both of those areas in 6 months.…
Fastest way probably is to get a higher paying job. In terms of investments, the Rule of 72 is that a return of 7 percent a year will double your capital in 10 years. So assuming that S&P 500 will return roughly 7 percent a year, expect your capital to be doubled in 10 years. Of course there is no guarantee that the S&P 500 will continue it's upward trend it has been on.
Oh interesting, so we can purchase our way into better paying jobs now? Where do I sign up and how much does it cost?
1) learn how to provide exceptional value to people who will pay for it
2) take on exceptional risk in financial markets
Personally I think we are shifting into a new paradigm in society where the challenge for most people will be not having a drastic reduction in their standard of living, not figuring out how to get a luxury car.
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OP wants to have more money; sensible advice is to find and get a higher paying job that pays more than 20 usd. Where in my comment do I say that better paying jobs can be bought?
The question posed by OP: >"How can I use money to make more money?" Getting a different job isn't making your money work for you. Getting g a different job generally does not cost money unless you're relocating. Maybe getting g a degree or other qualifications Costa money, but finding a new job does not.
I just wanted to state the obvious first that quickest way is to find a better paying job. And it doesn't even cost money like there are lots of free tutorials online to learn how to code better. I also understand that OP might already understand it (finding a better job as the best route) so I didn't spend too much time on that idea with just one sentence.
He also said that he wants to enjoy the finer things in life; so it makes sense for him to think about ways to get a better job.
At 20 years old, you don't need to invest, you need to level up.
Getting a higher income (aka, leveling up) is great too - not mutually exclusive with investing.
The best "safe" passive investments might net you 10% annual returns, at best, if you're as good as Warren Buffett and in a strong economy. The effort of picking those investments is pretty high though, and could well be 40 hours/week. Most other higher returning ones are gambles.
If you have $1000, you'll can expect to get back $1100. Can you invest that $1000 into your career to make more than a $1100 salary increase? Books, classes, networking? Then the next level is buying time - dishwashers, not having to use coupons, etc.
At some point, you can't just invest enough money in yourself and that's when you look into passive income.
Businesses are generally not passive income, they're just a higher cap of active income.
Read “Rich Dad Poor Dad”. It is really all you have to do to get the financial education needed to manage money well. It changed my life.
For every bi-monthly pay period, I deposit 12% into my IRA and 4% into my regular investment account. Also, a certain amount is taken from my paycheck and deposited into my 401k. I've deposited the maximum $6,000 into my IRA for the past two years, and I plan on doing so indefinitely. If it's December and the paycheck withdrawals haven't totaled $6k, then I'll transfer the remainder from my bank. And although I don't…
Didn't realize you could put more into an IRA when you're already maxing out a 401k. I should probably start doing that. Thanks to most of my 20s working for startups and small companies without a 401k, I'm pretty behind on retirement savings goals.
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Pay for interview practice, resume review, etc. or take a class to learn a new skill.
Yea that feels like a stretch tbh
I wish I got returns like that at the market.