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Thread ID: 134490 2013-07-07 04:36:00 Money investment for teenagers darkoverlord123 (16996) PC World Chat
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1348159 2013-07-07 04:36:00 Hi,

I have a 15 year-old teenage boy who wants to invest about $100-200 into something that will turn to about $400 by christmas.

I am telling him its not possible, does anybody else have any ideas?
darkoverlord123 (16996)
1348160 2013-07-07 04:53:00 Not gonna happen, unless you buy a Lotto ticket.

He's asking for a 300% return in five months! :eek:
pcuser42 (130)
1348161 2013-07-07 05:12:00 Not gonna happen, unless you buy a Lotto ticket.
:eek:

And don't even think about going down the track of spending $100 - $200 on Lotto tickets. :eek::eek:
WalOne (4202)
1348162 2013-07-07 05:15:00 And don't even think about going down the track of spending $100 - $200 on Lotto tickets. :eek::eek:

I've never bought one :p
pcuser42 (130)
1348163 2013-07-07 05:42:00 He would be better off earning the extra $ by doing chores and small jobs. Eg cleaning up gardens, car washing, outside window washing etc. Jen (38)
1348164 2013-07-07 05:55:00 Kiwisaver, govt will put in $1000. Slight problem is he won't be able to get it out until 65/buy first house. Alex B (15479)
1348165 2013-07-07 06:08:00 Pot plod (107)
1348166 2013-07-07 06:26:00 Pot

Yeah black market dealings is about the only real way to do it.

Otherwise if it was that easy to make that much money in that short a time-frame, everybody would be doing it...

Nope, he's likely to get around 4% PA on his investments, so lets presume 2% over 6 months, and he'll make approx $4 by Christmas.
Chilling_Silence (9)
1348167 2013-07-07 06:31:00 That nice chap Ross who was running a ponzi scheme may be able to give him some advice?

Ken
kenj (9738)
1348168 2013-07-07 06:38:00 That nice chap Ross who was running a ponzi scheme may be able to give him some advice?

Ken

Drive past his house everyday, surprised its still standing. Obviously people with money are willing to let the law punish him.
plod (107)
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