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Poll: Do you invest part of your income in other things that provide a monetary return?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
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Member (2007)
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No Aug 25, 2018

I’m not rich, I’m no gambler and I know so little about stock exchange that I don’t feel comfortable investing on it. Anyway after seeing what happened to one of my brothers when he decided to invest on the stock exchange, I would never do it. During the time I was living in Belgium I had some funds deposited in an emigrant-savings account but the interest earned was very small…
 
Muriel Vasconcellos
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United States
Local time: 01:21
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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Not really Aug 25, 2018

I have an IRA and a SEPP account, but they never increased very much in value. Now that I'm older, I am required to draw down on them, but the amounts are small.

For me, the only reliable and interesting way I to generate an income stream is to translate or edit.
 
Edith van der Have
Edith van der Have
Netherlands
Local time: 10:21
Member (2016)
English to Dutch
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Index investing Aug 25, 2018

Yes, I invest a fixed amount each month in index stock funds for my retirement.
 


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