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What's your view on Cryptocurrency. It's tempting but it's high high high high risk. You could lose all of your money, there are a lot of dodgy brokers out there IG Market is a dodgy one.r/personalfinance, especially the wiki and section on retirement. US-centric.
Yeah, pretty much not worth it unless you're Vitalik Buterin or invested very early on in one of those things. I've gotten messages on Linkedin for Bitcoin mining, and they all are from super sketchy people that are clearly unemployed / not working full-time anywhere.What's your view on Cryptocurrency. It's tempting but it's high high high high risk. You could lose all of your money, there are a lot of dodgy brokers out there IG Market is a dodgy one.
Have you heard of Ramit Sethi?Yeah, pretty much not worth it unless you're Vitalik Buterin or invested very early on in one of those things. I've gotten messages on Linkedin for Bitcoin mining, and they all are from super sketchy people that are clearly unemployed / not working full-time anywhere.
I have a youtube channel which I share royalties with another artist (I won't name him) but I earn about $100 twice per year from it and I have over 11K subscribers from that one.Ive been tempted recently to create a thread on how much i earn from my Youtube channel - but would that be controversial? Or helpful to other producers what you can make? I notice no one really talks about how much money they make from music....
go for it.Ive been tempted recently to create a thread on how much i earn from my Youtube channel - but would that be controversial? Or helpful to other producers what you can make? I notice no one really talks about how much money they make from music....
go for it.
i'm @ a 100 á 200 Euro from bandcamp+ royalties per year by the way, Nothing to make a living off, but a nice little extra for what is essentially relax/hobby time for me.
I have a youtube channel which I share royalties with another artist (I won't name him) but I earn about $100 twice per year from it and I have over 11K subscribers from that one.
That sucks. I actually would love CDs would make a comeback because I really love them and Mp3 I found out that they don't offer much in terms sentimental value at all. It's just 1's and 0's. When I go to my cash converters and the best they can offer is like 5cents which I think is ridiculous considering a lot of time has been spent on this piece of sound.Over about 3 years on Bandcamp,ive made about £416 in sales - which is not bad to say id never ever make anything like that on indie label sales. In fact ive never made any money at all from nearly 15 years of releases - partly because of high thresholds and then some labels dont even bother sending you an invoice.
Those Bandcamp sales however have come mainly when ive released something on there,or people do a rare bulk buy of my discography - for example,i havnt made one sale on there for a few months now.
Its a shame in this day and age that people just want to stream,stream,steam - they just dont even want music on file anymore. Its the only way to get my music on WAV format,and if burnt to CD after,its a perfect replication as it was exported from the DAW. Im going to branch into physical media soon on BC,like my albums on CD...you see the demand for physical in the recent vinyl boom for example. Plus i just want to offer a real physical thing for my fans.
Never heard of him, but from the couple of minutes I watched his "investing is boring" philosophy resonates with me. Boring things like an S&P 500 index fund are fairly low risk but can definitely grow wealth.Have you heard of Ramit Sethi?
This strategy is how you can build generational wealth.I don't know if this specific strategy has any fancy name. but what i'm doing finance wise is this:
1: Split methodes of income over multible sources instead of relying on one.
I have a daytime job which allows me to get a morgage aswell as my own freelance company in the sector that I work. Should one of them fail I can alway rely on the other instead of having to depend on savings when i'm out of work or for that matter, fired.
2: Split (methodes of) saving over multible sources instead of relying on one/ invest in passive income.
I have multibe bank accounts, and apart from a small buffer on each of them I actually don't put a lot of money on either of them. Instead investing most of it in (relatively stable) things that preferably don't require an outside party to manage and either retain their or increase their value later down the line. So Things like Precious metals, Real estate/paying of the morgage of my flat etc.
3: Monetize hobbies/free time as much as possible.
Music production is one of them, aswell as doing some occasonional freelance work video editing. I also like to make/build stuff myself which saves money on things like a new kitchen, increasing the value of my appartment or van etc.
my 2 cents.
I count no4 as part of no2 actually, the current overvalue of my appartment which borders around a hundred k is due in part to me investing time and energy to renovate the place. So far i've handymanned a new kitchen, bathroom, toilet and electricity aswell as DYI repairing concrete decay on the balcony. For gas, heating & wetwalling I usually hire an guy as its somewhat out of my league, and it would cost a hell of a lot more to fix the damage lol.This strategy is how you can build generational wealth.
1 is interesting. It depends on your country and how tight non-compete clauses there are. Some employers can restrict you from starting a business that does the same kind of work you are already doing for the employer. If this isn't an issue, then yeah, that's a great way to earn more income.
For 2, I had completely forgotten about precious metals. You can invest in the physical items or in the more abstract financial products tied to precious metals. They're basically impervious to market crashes and bubbles. Not sure if I would personally invest in precious metals over maxing out 401k/Roth IRAs/index funds, but they are certainly worth considering if you feel like a crash/bubble is going to happen.
3 only really applies if your hobby skills are at the level where you can monetize. It doesn't make much sense to monetize a knitting hobby when it took you 40-50 hrs to knit one piece, and you can only sell that piece to break even. On the other hand, if you're really good and it makes sense (good per-hour profit), why not?
In my opinion, young professionals will see a better return by acquiring more skills or putting more effort/hours at their day job than learning and then monetizing a hobby.
edit: after reading up some on gold investing, it seems more like a hedge rather than an investment. Still, it's a smart thing to do if you want to diversify your money.
Making/building stuff would have been better as a #4. If you're a handyman, you can save a lot.
I think it's great but you have to first invest first in most passive income and let that be automated after a while. Whether it be affiliate marketing or creating an app or self publishing books or audiobooks narration or getting royalty shares through findaway voices or ACX and you get paid at least $200 - up to $500 per finished hour. Voice Over XtraThe model seems really good, and if you can balance both together, as well as with free time and family life, more power to you! Passive income and investments are especially interesting to me, I'd like to hear more thoughts on that.
yup, 100% correct, thats, as we dutch like to call it, a Truth like a CowI think it's great but you have to first invest first in most passive income and let that be automated after a while.
How are your precious metals investments doing today? I think these are starting to look more attractive especially during periods of runaway inflation, like the past yearSo Things like Precious metals, Real estate/paying of the morgage of my flat etc.