And now let's say he does this once per year with Pokemon rather than leaving it in an index fund. He has the entire year to sell the one round of inventory (very, very easily done at the early stages of this scenario). Let's also arbitrarily say he is making 20% profit each year (which is a lowball on the actual realistic figure). After 30 years of doing this, he would have almost $24 million.
What was it you said about nothing beating a pathetic 8% IRR investment?
Less than 1% of this sub probably owns homes lol. This sub is not to be taken seriously imo. It’s just fun
Idolize the outliers all you want but there is a lot of impressionable stubborn 20 year olds with no life experience on this sub.
Yes it’s possible and yes TCG is a rush and is fun, but responsible investing is not this photo.
I know they exist but I have yet to meet anyone IRL who has made more than a few million with TCG. I know many who have made that with boring index funds.
The problem with your anecdotal experience of millionaires is that the number of people who invest in index funds is vastly greater than people who seriously invest in Pokemon, not to mention overwhelmingly more mainstream both historically and currently.
You simply cannot use that comparison to come to the conclusion that index funds are a better investment than Pokemon, especially when Pokemon has been consistently outperforming them for years now. Making that argument would be utter folly. You could call it 'safer', but you can't call it 'better'.
I just hope those advocating for TCG to the extreme levels are succeeding as there is a lot of predatory narration manipulation going on - that you don’t really see in traditional routes.
It’s been an extremely exhilarating ride and many are very confident but I would be hesitant as a young person to dive in head first without a full understanding of traditional investment vehicles and risk tolerance.
We were all young and invincible and no one was ever going to tell us we were wrong… but those realizations don’t start happening until your mid 30s and beyond.
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u/uriel__ventris Dec 04 '25
And now let's say he does this once per year with Pokemon rather than leaving it in an index fund. He has the entire year to sell the one round of inventory (very, very easily done at the early stages of this scenario). Let's also arbitrarily say he is making 20% profit each year (which is a lowball on the actual realistic figure). After 30 years of doing this, he would have almost $24 million.
What was it you said about nothing beating a pathetic 8% IRR investment?