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Originally Posted by jamesqf
You're obviously a special case. For you, the fixer-upper cars ARE investments, since you intend to sell them at a profit.
But see above. If your friend had held the same mutual funds as I did, he probably had about $600K at the start of 2008, saw it drop to $300K at the bottom, then recover to about $750K today. So he would have shown a profit of $150K in 6 years, while you'd have made only $72K in the same period.
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600k at 5% for 5 years, 30k a year or 150 after 5, with no risk, FDIC insured, not including any compounding. Your market can crash tomorrow and your investment can disappear. Mine is completely insured.
regards
Mech