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submitted 1 year ago by Rocky60@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Suppose you win 100 million. What do you actually do with it? Banks only guarantee 250,000. Do you have to invest it? Is there anywhere you can just let it sit and draw interest?

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[-] zeusbottom@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Buy a house. There isn’t any more land being made. (Except in Hawaii, what with the volcanos out there)

Lend some to Uncle Sam by buying Treasury bills. He’s been good for the interest payments. They tend to earn a bit more than bank CDs anyway.

If you’re really risk-averse, go for those bank CDs. Brokerage houses like Schwab can buy those on your behalf, and track which banks hold them, so you don’t exceed the deposit threshold at any one institution. Good luck finding 400 banks through a brokerage’s finder, though.

Buy stock in publicly traded companies. Or buy mutual funds. It’s good to get some growth in the portfolio, which fixed income alone can’t do.

Donate some to a nonprofit when you need a tax write-off.

Start your own company. Go back to school. Invest in yourself.

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