100K what would you spend it on/invest in if you HAD to
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There is no link.
Look around. There are deals out there, everywhere.
Example: Brothers co-worker recently decided he wanted an AR15. Sold everything firearm related he owned to buy one, spent $875 on a used rifle w/Colt M16A2 upper and Bushmaster lower receiver. Had a few extra upgrades, some new parts, sling, really nice hard case, 2 magazines. Selling his Rem 30-06 to my brother for $200.00, he then invested in a very nice sling, some optics, and a bipod.
Six months later the co-worker decided he wanted his Rem back, so he traded my brother straight up for it.
Look around. There are deals out there, everywhere.
Example: Brothers co-worker recently decided he wanted an AR15. Sold everything firearm related he owned to buy one, spent $875 on a used rifle w/Colt M16A2 upper and Bushmaster lower receiver. Had a few extra upgrades, some new parts, sling, really nice hard case, 2 magazines. Selling his Rem 30-06 to my brother for $200.00, he then invested in a very nice sling, some optics, and a bipod.
Six months later the co-worker decided he wanted his Rem back, so he traded my brother straight up for it.
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You aren't eligible for a TSP if you aren't a federal employee, so you'll have to look at a Roth 401k. Not sure how the initial funding and limits work on those.
Start a Roth IRA and max that ($5K for 2010). Heck, invest some in an index fund and then use 20% to buy a rental property while you're away. Get a nice long 30 year term at <5% and have your tenants pay the mortgage for you. You can buy your CDs when inflation hits and rates are double digits. That <%5 mortgage will be free money for you as long as you don't spend it on bullshit.
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Start a Roth IRA and max that ($5K for 2010). Heck, invest some in an index fund and then use 20% to buy a rental property while you're away. Get a nice long 30 year term at <5% and have your tenants pay the mortgage for you. You can buy your CDs when inflation hits and rates are double digits. That <%5 mortgage will be free money for you as long as you don't spend it on bullshit.
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I too would like to be a professor after a few years of work but I decided the $60-100k for 2 years was too much for my masters at this time and joined Canada's largest bank. Further down the line, ~5-10 years assuming I play nice, they will pay for my masters and pay me at the same time!
Saint foo: In India, software engineering Phd's make ~$30k/yr writing the latest version of windows.
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I was encouraged to go on and become a professor by several of my professors. Their argument being in this part of Canada they scoop up natives (in the sense I was born here not in another country) and having a commerce Phd makes you ~$250k/yr in the business focused universities of Ontario. Regular non-business focused universities are more like $100-150k.
I too would like to be a professor after a few years of work but I decided the $60-100k for 2 years was too much for my masters at this time and joined Canada's largest bank. Further down the line, ~5-10 years assuming I play nice, they will pay for my masters and pay me at the same time!
Saint foo: In India, software engineering Phd's make ~$30k/yr writing the latest version of windows.
I too would like to be a professor after a few years of work but I decided the $60-100k for 2 years was too much for my masters at this time and joined Canada's largest bank. Further down the line, ~5-10 years assuming I play nice, they will pay for my masters and pay me at the same time!
Saint foo: In India, software engineering Phd's make ~$30k/yr writing the latest version of windows.
You're right about software development in India which is why so many of the big companies over here farm out millions of jobs to India. That 30k/yr software engineer would cost 130k+/yr here. From what I know about India that 30k isn't a bad job for them however. Average yearly income I've found online for India is $500.00 a year? That sounds.. uhm.. wrong?
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****, maybe I should go get a job in India.. lol.
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WTF is with young people wanting cd's as their chief investment? No offense ment to you guys but when you do put money away, please don't put it into CD's before you are 40. Talk with an financial planner first. The difference could mean several hundred thousand to a couple million when it comes time to retire.
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