That's.... it still feels pretty high-risk for an investment right there.

Why? Its a trust fund.

I suppose so but it's still only two years old

And I'm not clear on how trusts actually make money

Essentially,

You give the money to the trust fund in the form of share buy-in. They take the money, and invest it into real estate. In AGNC's case, its usually mortgage repossessions...They buy a mortgage for a fraction of the face value, and either re-hab the home, get the money from the person in the house, or re-sell the home as is.

All profits, sans the administration fee and raw costs, goes back to the shareholders in the form of dividends. Each quarter, AGNC returns about 5% of your investment in the form of dividends.

Graduated from uni 5 months ago. Have a part time job as an editor for the marketing division of a financial firm and will soon hopefully have another part time job at Sony doing quality control work and chaptering for BR releases.

I'm saving pretty much everything I earn at the moment. However I still get to go out a lot, see movies, drink etc. But I'm lucky because I still live at home and thus don't have any real expenses atm. Which gives me a lot of flexibility financially speaking.

Iiiiiiiinteresting

Sounds like it might not be particularly sustainable in terms of that profit level for very long, though

Yeah, how's that thing go.... put 50 dollars in the bank every month when your 15,(or a mutual fund or something) and by the time your 60 you'll have a million dollars.

I feel for you... well kinda anyway.  I've put off buying games for months, not for investing but for making sure I have money saved up for the future... and am in my late 20's so I'm behind you a bit actually.

I can feel where your coming from for sure though.

Early 20's, for some reason you seem older.

Edit: Well actually maybe I'm not behind you.  I keep forgetting I have money invested soley because it's a "DO NOT TOUCH EXCEPT FOR HOUSE DOWNPAYMENT" type thing.  Not sure if you own or rent or whatever.

Well, to be fair, in Sweeden they probably take care of you when your older or have pensions or... something.

The idea is that you get a bigger return when you buy stock and reinvest it into buying more stok tan you would if you just had a high-yield savings account. And the taxes on dividend income is lower, etc.

I seem older because.... eh I have no funny punchline.

To your second post:

My point was that I thought Slimebeast hated it when the state takes care of people.

Yeah, I just had a friend like that in highschool... he did something where somehow if he put so much in a month he would have so much money by a certain time.  I don't know exactly what the deal was.   There was something I learned that guranteed you to be "rich" at a decent age... it's not important.

As for the second part... You make a good point, but if you've got it anyway... you may as well do it.   I mean if you're against universal healthcare, and you have it... you may as well use it.  Why try and pay the doctor?  Your probably paying for some of this stuff anyway.