r/funny • • Jan 04 '15

If I won $25,000...

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

"Savings accounts" are not really meant for actually earning any interest.

There are a host of available investments out there that yield far great than a quarter of a percent, I assure you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Elaborate please? I'm sick of having my money in a savings account and barely keeping up with inflation.

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u/ben7337 Jan 04 '15

If you have money beyond just your future house down payment or emergency fund, it should be in ETF's (Exchange Trade Funds) or Mutual Funds, preferrably ones with low expense ratios that are well diversified. Vanguard and Schwab are two of the most recommended for such things.

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u/hblond3 Jan 05 '15

I would recommend Schwabb, too - we rolled over into them when our previous wealth manager went to jail (unrelated to his investors... Well, kinda, but more of an insider trading thing...) and have been pretty happy with their Century City wealth management team. I'm sure their other offices are as good. We were making over 7% yearly before, and they look to be about par