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How come not everybody isn't rich if investing is this easy?
It's following the most simple pattern, but overall it just goes up.
Lol wat about that appl rise tho:)
>>1229741
Lel, you need a high buy in to get a high return. If you don't have at least 20k then don't expect to be making those super gains people like to boast about.
>>1229741
>only 19% in 3 months
>that much drawdown
You'll never make it.
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Are there any major economic benefits from hosting a big sporting event like the World Cup or the Olympics ?
Of course there is, you fucking idiot.
Oh gee whizz, i wonder if having countless tourists come to your country to spend money, and have your country advertised to millions of people worldwide non-stop for weeks has positive benefits.
yes but i believe countries generally have a net loss on the olympics. on the other hand they have to develop infrastructure and such to support it which might pay off in the long run
>>1229738
How long do you suppose it would take for those infrastructures to pay off ? Not to mention all the stadiums built probably won't be used as much.
So I live in a small neighborhood filled with duplex townhouses. There's a tax sale auction tomorrow for a property in my neighborhood because the owners did not pay their taxes on it about 10 years ago. The minimum is about $4,300 dollars. There's just one catch.
This is what the 56'x135' lot looks like.
Turns out the HOA never paid taxes on its parking lot. What would you say my odds are for getting this and either being able to build a home on it, or selling it back to them at a profit?
>>1229704
depending how it is zoned determines what you can build, also the current use of the parking lot as a parking lot for residents that are part of the HOA for the community can play a large role in the likelihood of the HOA purchasing the lot back from you.
If you have the money and you are willing to lose it you should DEFINITELY buy it if its cheap.
If its your property you can either try and talk to the one who build a parking lot on it to sell it with at least a profit of 100 %, if he/she is not willing to pay go to a lawyer and start an claim against the one using it.
Worst case scenario : its your property and the parking lot is gone and in a couple of years you either build a house or sell with a profit.
I would definitely buy it if its that cheap
>>1229704
If I were you, I'd start by looking up property values in the area, and determine how much of that value is derived from the land itself. Then, be willing to go up to 75% of that value for the property the parking lot is on, and hopefully buy the lot.
Once you buy it, you have to figure out how to keep HOA members from parking on it; then, either the HOA will want to buy it back, or you'll be able to sell it to a developer or other third party at some point, hopefully for a profit. Or, if you really...
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>Apple's 8 day losing streak ended today
>Yesterday was lowest price in six months
>Went up 1.64% today
Would /biz/ recommend buying Apple stock? It's true that there's been quite a bit of stagnation in their products since everyone owns a smartphone, but I think that fear is the main reason of Apple's low price ($95.18), and I could easily see it going up to $105, what do you guys think?
>>1229678
youre asking a forum that uses bitcoin, you should dumb it down a bit
>>1229678
wait for the 80's, they are coming
>>1229695
wat makes u say that
let's discuss options trading.
what are good strategies?
Depends on your underlying assumptions about price direction.
Generally you sell rather than buy options and spreads.
Less is more usually
Know and understand your synthetics.
short put is the same as a covered call.
For lower priced stuff covered short straddles are pretty goat
at prices today you'd do very well with covered puts imo. Short Stock w/ Short put.
>>1229625
i like straddles especially for earnings season
Made 50% profit off apples earnings
buying a straddle for teslas earnings tomorrow
buy in the money puts
profit
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I need you guys to poke holes in something I've been thinking about
I've never seen this before, but by no means am I assuming it is an original idea of my own.
So, you offer some sort of merchandise. Doesn't matter what it is. Probably something relatively inexpensive, but highly desirable.
Instead of selling this merchandise, you sell raffle tickets of sorts. Raffle tickets for far less than the value of the item. You sell the tickets for an amount of money that a person would not mind losing if they receive nothing in return.
As...
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>>1229517
Great idea Op you could run your own discount airline. Now hope that n # people don't show up for their flight bc you overbooked. you motherfucker.
>>1229517
Not legal in the United States.
This would fall under internet gambling.
>>1229531
you misunderstand.
>offer widget worth $15 retail
>sell raffle tickets for $.50
>Sell at least 31 tickets
>Profit
Interview/Resume thread
recently got rejected after an interview because they felt I didn't have enough passion for the role. How to fake passion for normies?
>>1229490
>didn't have enough passion for the role
That sounds like a casting for actors.
>How to fake passion for normies?
You can't fake it, passion has to be genuine.
For example, somebody who wants to be a photographer doesn't just take pictures between the hours of 9 and 5. They get out of bed and reach for their camera in the morning. They live, breath and eat photography from the moment they wake up until they go to sleep and dream...
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>>1229558
>tfw never had passion before
What does it feel like anon
>>1229567
Seriously this, I am a pretty flat person externally and wont show a lot of emotion by default so even though i have a lot of interest in something it wont show - it's frustrating for people to think I don't have passion for something simply because I'm not showing it externally.
Introvert uprising when?
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Is making homepages for small businesses a good job on the side?
Any tips?
>>1229451
>ywn be a 2d anime girl
>>1229451
yes why not. Main issue is where to get customers from.
do have web development skills I know php mysql html and css
What exactly is the difference between a skill and service.
You get paid to perform a service.
>>1229417
A skill is something that you work at and can compare to others as being better or worse, while a service is simply something you provide.
>>1229417
>>>/dictionary/
Glad I kept my monacoin!
I know PandaCoinPND was targeted at China, but could it catch on, in Japan?
http://cointelegraph.com/news/japan-officially-recognizes-bitcoin-and-digital-currencies-as-money
lol, i think i had some of that shit (monacoin) somewhere
probably i still have the wallet
i also have like half a million pnd
i have so many shitcoins
can't be bothered with anything but bitcoin
>>1229413
I see biggest horns ever in our future
>>1229429
>i also have like half a million pnd
Ahahahahaha. You are one of those retards huh?
Is it too late to buy VolksWagen stocks now? Should I go for Mitsubishi? Or is it too late for Mitsubishi, too
A lot of people are saying we are either at or near peak auto sales, I'm not touching any of it
I like health care, pharma, utilities, tech
>>1229400
People will ALWAYS buy new cars. Simply for the fact that they break after enough time or because they directly represent your social status so when your social status increases people will buy a better car or simply because their are millionairs and billionairs who just waste their money on hundreds of cars.
As long as there are people making money, cars will be sold.
That's like saying Rolex watches will stop selling soon
>>1229403
What's your ideas on the housing bubble of '08? Don't houses represent status quo? Dont people who make a lot of money tend to buy nicer houses?
18 y/o junior here (parents had me held back in 1st), wanted to go into the Air Force and fly planes or become an officer. Heard that going to the Academy in Colorado is the best bet to be a pilot.
So should I apply for the Academy? If so, what should I do to make my application more attractive (white male, if that matters at all). Should I even go pilot?
>>1229364
Get a Senator to meet and recommend you.
Make sure you have strong basis in math and science.
Make sure to really prepare for the SAT or whatever they give these days. You need to be at the very top.
Also recommend being strongly physically fit and without a record.
It is a very hard school to get into, but it is incredible.
> Source: Grandfather was Dean of the History Department and Founding Officer of the Academy
>>1229364
it is a shitty place for atheist. lots of christfaggotry going on there. also, hiroshi should make a /college/ board.
>>1229449
That's the majority trying to join the military.
Most of them believe that adage that you better find something to fucking believe in before you go into a war zone.
If you make 30,000 usd a year you are in the richest 1% of the planet.
It makes me feel uncomfortable, like I want third world countries to stop existing. But without international slaves our dollar wouldnt be worth as much.
Will advanced ai save us from slavery?
>but they are paid 17 cents a day! It's not slavery!
>>1229343
>paid 17 cents day
Compared to a penny a day while rummaging toxic garbage dumps for scraps to sell? Compared to just actually starving to death?
Higher wages comes with economic prosperity. It takes a while a nation to develop the sort of market the supports workers with wages similar to that of first world counties.
>>1229343
They would be making far less than 17 cents a day without us.
In fact capitalism has done as much to improve the conditions of people in the third world as it has for us in the first.
>>1229343
For a decades, ai will replace the jobs of richer and richer countries until the richest grow bored of fucking perfect 10/10 mouths and yearn for imperfect pleb mouths. having real human cuck employees will become a retro hip indulgence of the super-rich when cheaper, smarter, hotter robots are easily affordable almost by even the "middle class" (if a middle class still existed)
Frenchfag here.
Currently, I'm working in France (IT), with a salary of €60,000 and 6 weeks vacation.
I'm about to sign with a US company at San Francisco with a salary of $110,000 and 2 weeks vacation.
All politics aside, 2 weeks of vacation is insanely low for me. Is it customary to negotiate non-paid vacation?
Also, is there something else I need to know?
>>1229295
Ok sure. 110k is the shittiest salary ever. Your cost of living in SanFagciso is about the same as Manhattan NYC.
>lol at uber drivers making more than op
>>1229295
Move to Daley city
2 weeks paid is what fastfood workers get. Tell them you'll compromise and take four weeks but you'll need at least another 15% in pay. San Francisco is most expensive cost of living in USA
It is IMPOSSIBLE to make good money in the UK.
Most entry level jobs here pay 15k or less, even graduate jobs you will be lucky to hit 25k. Even then it is heavily taxed.
All these Americans talking about earning 100k easy, you would be very very lucky and very successful to earn even 30k in the UK.
There is no enterprise, no easy startups, everything is cloaked in red tape, there are no doors open.
Your best bet in the UK is to entirely DEDICATE your life to becoming a doctor and then maybe one day you will earn over 50k, but you will get your...
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say no to barroso
>>1229267
It's seems impossible because you think it's impossible. Problems are unanswered questions, you just haven't figured out the answer.
I've been earning 40k+ since 19 in London programming. No degree. Taxes are a bitch though. I pay over 50% on some of my salary if you include NI.
