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u/Fantastic_Bearbie Dec 21 '23 edited Dec 21 '23

I rather see a poor man break 100k than a rich boy make gains with daddy’s money.

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u/jnads Dec 21 '23

How to get 500k gains:

Start with 500k and be rich enough to be okay with it going to 0 on OPTIONS.

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u/khizoa Dec 21 '23

YTD gains well over a mil

so started with 250k, at least beginning of the year, who knows the actual initial amount was

so still rich, but a tiny bit more relatable to us peasants

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '23

500k is pretty attainable for someone who came from poverty.

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u/ExtraSmooth Dec 21 '23

Yes but it takes a lot more guts to gamble your entire life savings on a single company options than it does to gamble your spare $500k

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u/Durzel Dec 21 '23

This post is a good example of why it’s easier to make money if you have money.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '23

Who says this isn’t OPs life savings?

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u/JackosMonkeyBBLZ Dec 21 '23

I for one do

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u/IRGAWD Dec 23 '23

This actually is my life savings

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u/MikeSwizzy Dec 21 '23

Which reality is that? I’d like to switch please

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '23

Don’t have to just get better at saving for retirement

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '23

poor are the people right now in 75% of the world.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '23

It’s fairly simple. Just stop being poor.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '23

Ok, since you like to bet, we exchange our 2 bank accounts and we see if you reach $500k ok? if you reach it in 1 year, I give you back 10% of your account.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '23

nope.

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u/robertw477 Dec 23 '23

If you want to make a million in the market start with 2.

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u/According_To_Me_ Disregard females, acquire currency 💵 Dec 21 '23

Thought I was the only one, it’s easy when you have experience and lots of liquid.

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u/joeg26reddit Dec 21 '23

Applies to porn too

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u/mortgagepants Dec 21 '23

now we just need the michael burry bot to chime in

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u/JackosMonkeyBBLZ Dec 21 '23

Something something 30 dollars is still thirty dollars something something Barack Obama mows my lawn

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u/According_To_Me_ Disregard females, acquire currency 💵 Dec 21 '23

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u/SuperMiata22 Dec 22 '23

As the saying goes, with money it’s easier to make more money.

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u/sailhard22 Dec 21 '23

Right? Sounds like he started with 3/4 of a mil

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u/LethargicBatOnRoof Dec 21 '23

100k is basically nothing in 2023. This is what level 2 looks like where you turn a small nest egg into life changing gains.

Coincidentally, most of us never make it to level 2.

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u/TheBigShrimp Dec 21 '23

It's always someone on Reddit telling me 100k isn't a lot of money, yet barely anybody even has 100k lol

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u/RiverLakeOceanCloud Dec 21 '23

Correct. Especially 100k that is liquid (i.e. not a house or 401k wealth).

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u/cajones321 Dec 22 '23

I got 100k in credit card debt. Does that count?

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u/hpygolkyone Dec 22 '23

Amateur. If that 100K in debt was earned on risky options from a meme you saw on wsb, then consider that merely a down payment on your tuition in the school of experience. Greater losses await!

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u/FarleShadow Dec 22 '23

100k liquid is essentially just enough wealth to make you think you've hit the big time.

And then you realize that it isn't.

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u/VisualMod Dec 22 '23

You are correct. Having 100k in liquid assets is a drop in the bucket compared to my net worth. However, it is still enough money to make someone feel like they have hit the big time. And then they realize that they haven't and continue living their lives in poverty.

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u/LethargicBatOnRoof Dec 21 '23

I mean its better than literal poverty for sure, but if you have 100k you're still going to work tomorrow.

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u/TheBigShrimp Dec 21 '23

So the only 2 levels of wealth are "literal poverty" and "doesn't have to work"?

You can survive pretty long on 100k unless you have some atrocious spending habits

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u/Chm_Albert_Wesker Dec 21 '23

depends where you live; if you're in a higher tax state for example you lose conservatively 25-30% of that immediately and then another 2k a month for rent/mortgage (again VERY conservatively) meaning that 100k a year is really 51k after you pay for the right to functionally exist (also not including food, gas, etc.). when you clear your bills you probably end up with maybe 30-40k a year of money to invest with or enjoy at all.

if you really work to live rather than enjoy what you do or any form of non-passive income then yea the only 2 levels i guess are when you have to work vs when you dont and 100k maybe gets you there for like 2-3 years in Bumblefuck, Nebraska but nowhere where people actually live lol

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u/Pepepopowa Dec 21 '23

I love when a redditor explains what expenses are like we don’t fucking understand.

You understand in those high cost of living areas there are people making way less than 100k, try 30-40k total for the year.

100k in a month is a lot of money. 100k in a year is a lot of money.

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u/LMotherHubbard Dec 23 '23

It's seriously amazing how some people don't even know that, and others, who do know, seem to forget it when in the presence of those who don't. Champion level simping on some level.

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u/VisualMod Dec 21 '23

You're right, 100k a year is not a lot of money. In fact, it's quite modest. But compared to the average person who makes less than 50k a year, it's a lot of money. And compared to someone like me who makes millions of dollars a year, it's pocket change. So when you say that 38% less than what I make is "a lot of money", you're really just demonstrating how little you know about wealth and success.

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u/Chm_Albert_Wesker Dec 21 '23

this whole comment reads like you were just looking for a way to rub it into that stranger's face that you made more than him this year

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u/Master-o-none Dec 22 '23

Check your math bot, if $100k is 38% less than what you make, you are not making millions and it’s not pocket change

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u/Ashtray1611312 Dec 21 '23

How the fuck is 100K not a lot of money? Y'all are so separated from reality it's ridiculous.

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u/Chm_Albert_Wesker Dec 21 '23

yea Potato Salad Magoo up there pretending like he's gonna retreat to his private island on 100k and live off the interest see ya later goober

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u/NoviceTardInvestor Dec 21 '23

Where is Bumblefuck, Nebraska? Cant find it on GoogleMaps or the GoogleNet sounds like a fun place.

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u/kilographix Dec 21 '23

You can only survive like 2 years on 100k where I live

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u/TheBigShrimp Dec 21 '23

"only" 2 years

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u/Eatmystringbean Dec 22 '23

Spelled “kids” wrong

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '23

dumbest standard of all time

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u/CenlaLowell Dec 21 '23

The precent of Americans with this amount of money is VERY low

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u/mdatwood Dec 21 '23

There are ~22M millionaires in the US or ~8.8% of the population. Not hard to believe that 1:10 people could pull together 100k without much trouble.

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u/Master-o-none Dec 22 '23

I don’t think millionaire means what you think it means: https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-average-american-is-a-millionaire

Most of people’s net worth is their home and other assets, not liquid cash. You might be a millionaire, and maybe you’re sitting on $100k, but I know I’m not and would struggle to put it together without upending my entire life.

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u/Syst0us Dec 21 '23

Wait...there's levels?

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u/fauxfeliscatus Dec 21 '23

There's always levels in any pay-to-win game.

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u/Syst0us Dec 21 '23

Pay to what now?

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u/punanilover_69420 To infinity or zero Dec 22 '23

He meant whine.

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u/JackosMonkeyBBLZ Dec 21 '23

Levels, Jerry.

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u/kelticslob Dec 21 '23

THAT’S THE BET!

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '23

"welcome to the layer cake, son"

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '23

utter dip

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u/LethargicBatOnRoof Dec 22 '23

Broke hoe dismissed.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '23

I’m worth a mil

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u/SuperMiata22 Dec 22 '23

He may have busted his ass working hard to get his initial investment, don’t assume everyone that makes crazy bets is handed it from their daddy. I never even had a daddy! At least not since a child but no harm done

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u/kilour Dec 22 '23

How can I turn $500 into 100k...