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do you guys want to see my stimulus package?

fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell#BLMRegistered User regular
edited January 2008 in Social Entropy++
hoo boy are the markets tanking. one of my older friends wanted to buy a house since prices are pretty okay and he's got a wife, but he can't because a lot of his invested dolla bills are just gone.

and it's all based on the wonderful American tradition of spending money we don't have and borrowing more to make up for it. awesome.

what i realized though is that saving and investing money is more difficult than an engineering exam. who is Roth Ira, and how do i give him my salary so i can get lots more back? what the hell are money market funds? and how do i mine for stocks?

SE, what do you do to save cash monies?

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2008
    I put it in the bank.
    I have some shit coming due, I guess.
    Hello, college fund.

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    i keep all of my money in my pocket

    i have about $100 to my name

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  • SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I give all my money to landlords and utility companies.

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    i currently invest in the owners of all the electric companies in the south

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  • telcustelcus Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    beer and hookers?

    beer and hookers.

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company. So then I got a call from him, saying we don't have to worry about money no more. And I said, that's good! One less thing.

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2008
    I've also got about 60 bucks in my pocket, 120 in my checking, and another 130 in my check that I just picked up tonight.

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    i was thinking of just keeping all my money in a box under my bed.


    good idea?

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  • telcustelcus Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Plant it in the yard and grow money trees.

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  • webberwebber Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I am buying low and not selling at all.

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Wiggin this aint the thread to tell us how much you made at Orange Julius

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    how i mien 4 money?

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2008
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    Wiggin this aint the thread to tell us how much you made at Orange Julius

    Ha! I don't even work at Orange Julius!
    Mainly because I don't even know if there is one around here.

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Lol! wrote: »
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    Wiggin this aint the thread to tell us how much you made at Orange Julius

    Ha! I don't even work at Orange Julius!
    Mainly because I don't even know if there is one around here.

    so how much does Jamba Juice pay nowadays?

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  • VooshvazoolVooshvazool Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I'm considering giving the economy a boost by caving and buying a DS lite--I'm still using the original.

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    webber wrote: »
    I am buying low and not selling at all.

    what stocks do you recommend? and how do you get stocks to begin with?

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  • telcustelcus Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    That'd help Japans economy communist!

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    orange lazarus is where it's at

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  • webberwebber Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    webber wrote: »
    I am buying low and not selling at all.

    what stocks do you recommend? and how do you get stocks to begin with?

    Fidelity. They sell them. Buy them by the package or one at a time. You must collect alot to win though.

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2008
    Lol! wrote: »
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    Wiggin this aint the thread to tell us how much you made at Orange Julius

    Ha! I don't even work at Orange Julius!
    Mainly because I don't even know if there is one around here.

    so how much does Jamba Juice pay nowadays?

    I know we don't have one of those fucking places around here.
    I am currently forced to work at Rite Aid. The store down the street closed, meaning we get all of the employees from that store.
    The employees are all a bunch of old ladies who do nothing but bitch. I only spent 15 minutes around them today, waiting to get my check, and I was already prepared to throttle someone.
    So basically this job just got even worse, especially since we're now open until 10.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Your friends aren't so screwed. The housing market is only going to get worse so they are better off waiting on buying a house anyway.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I feed my money to the bank. Just sits there, all bored.

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  • stimtokolosstimtokolos Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    MKR wrote: »
    I feed my money to the bank. Just sits there, all bored.

    It is slowly gaining weight though, from all that inactivity. I'm sure that is how banks work. Just like battery hens.

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  • FlavabeanFlavabean Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I have a really really bad cold right now. I went to Sam's Club and bought extremely cheap toilet paper over tissue paper. My nose is so fucking raw right now but at least I'll have money to eat this weekend. I am so poor.

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I save 70% of my paycheck

    of course, I'm saving to move and that's the whole reason I have a job

    so this might not be realistic for everyone

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Butters wrote: »
    Your friends aren't so screwed. The housing market is only going to get worse so they are better off waiting on buying a house anyway.

    that's probably true. he's just amused that even though houses are pretty cheap now, some of the cash he was investing so he could use it to buy the house has gone kaput.

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  • RocketScienceRocketScience Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    The other night I had a dream that I received a superannuation statement in the mail, and it was completely unremarkable.
    Come on subconscious, surely you can come up with something a bit more exciting while I'm asleep.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    You are all robots created for the amusement of chimpanzees.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Butters wrote: »
    Your friends aren't so screwed. The housing market is only going to get worse so they are better off waiting on buying a house anyway.

    that's probably true. he's just amused that even though houses are pretty cheap now, some of the cash he was investing so he could use it to buy the house has gone kaput.

    Though we may be dragged into a recession soon it's unlikely the rest of the economy will tank as badly as the housing market. I know a couple people that bought houses with in the last year or so. One of them within the last 6 months. They are pretty pissed.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Do you actually want advice, filipino, or are you just fucking around?

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  • FramlingFramling FaceHead Geebs has bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Our checking account balance doesn't seem to change.

    It's like:

    Just deposited a X-mas gift -> about 1600 dollars.
    Just bought some furniture and paid some bills -> about 1600 dollars.
    Just got paid -> about 1600 dollars.
    Just paid rent -> about 1600 dollars.

    I think whoever is playing us is using cheat codes now or something.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I have a high-yield savings account with E*Trade that automatically takes about $50 out of my Checking account every week. I have a 401k through my employer that I put a percentage of my paycheck into every week as well.

    Hah, fram, mine is something like that too, most of the time. My checking usually floats around $1k throughout the month. The only major 'boosts' it gets are sometimes from my tax refund and my Christmas bonus.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    No matter how much money I make I make damn sure it's all gone by my next paycheck with nothing to show for it.

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  • telcustelcus Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Weaver wrote: »
    No matter how much money I make I make damn sure it's all gone by my next paycheck with nothing to show for it.

    Beer and hookers?

    Beer and hookers.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I keep $50 in my wallet at all times, and I break whatever I make in a week into three parts.

    100 a week goes into the "rent" jar

    20 a week goes into the "tattoo" jar

    the rest goes in the bank to save for whatever.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I don't tend to keep cash on me, which I really should get into the habit of.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I just hope to have enough disposable income to take few trips this summer. One including PAX.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Dumb Hero wrote: »
    I don't tend to keep cash on me, which I really should get into the habit of.

    It's mostly emergency cash. I use my card whenever I'm able.

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  • CriticalCritical Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Lol! wrote: »
    Lol! wrote: »
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    Wiggin this aint the thread to tell us how much you made at Orange Julius

    Ha! I don't even work at Orange Julius!
    Mainly because I don't even know if there is one around here.

    so how much does Jamba Juice pay nowadays?

    I know we don't have one of those fucking places around here.
    I am currently forced to work at Rite Aid. The store down the street closed, meaning we get all of the employees from that store.
    The employees are all a bunch of old ladies who do nothing but bitch. I only spent 15 minutes around them today, waiting to get my check, and I was already prepared to throttle someone.
    So basically this job just got even worse, especially since we're now open until 10.

    I read this and laughed my ass off because I just listened to Henry Rollins' rant about Rite Aid.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I have no investments. Its all in my savings and checking account. I keep enough in my checking so i can pay rent and all my bills can be charged with direct deposit (car, loans, credit card) and the rest goes to savings. I still suck at saving money, ah well.

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