Suppose you win 100 million. What do you actually do with it? Banks only guarantee 250,000. Do you have to invest it? Is there anywhere you can just let it sit and draw interest?

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Have you ever seen the opening credits to Duck Tales?

That.

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Just don’t dive into it 💀

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This was actually a plot point in a comic strip. Scrooge was the only one who could swim through cash and won whatever the conflict at hand was because the rival of the week couldn’t.

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Here in Norway you are legally required to attend a few sessions with financial advisors(a protected title here, so they will actually be qualified), before you are able to recieve your winnings.

The rough thoughts I have had about being in such a situation is to allocate maybe 10%-20% as “fuck you money” to have fun with, and the rest to follow all their advice with

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That’s a really great idea! More places should do that. Maybe then there’d be a lot fewer people losing all their money within years.

In addition to major prize winners, it should also apply to people who have just started earning a massive income. Eg, professional athletes.

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FWIW, the NFL does actually have financial literacy classes for players. It’s definitely a start

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That’s good knowledge, maybe people who are doubtful of financial advisors in their country can visit Norway

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France does that too. It’s not a legal obligation, just something the local lottery does, presumably to avoid bad publicity of winners going on a tasteless spending rampage.

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I think in the US, a similar title would be a “fiduciary”. Ie. Someone who is supposed to act in your best interest.

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No, it’s more like doctor or engineer where it’s a protected profession that’s criminal to imitate.

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Two chick’s at the same time.

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That’s it? That’s the only thing you’d do if you had a million dollars?

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Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I were a millionaire, I could hook that up too.

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100 mil, who want those cheap 1 mil girls?

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So… 3 then?

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Those are some expensive chicks

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More than once I bet

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Ten year lease?

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Fuckin’ A, man.

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You pay somebody to deal with it.

Mixture of types depending on your goals. CDs, Bonds, Stocks, etc.

You can just open more accounts also. Having it all in cash probably isn’t the smartest idea.

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Why the CDs? If I’ve got the cash to go physical with my music, I’d go vinyl.

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I think he probably meant laserdiscs

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If we’re talking big investments, we’re talking laserdiscs

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When you win/exploit/inherit/etc enough capital to live well for multiple lifetimes, it always perpexes me when people fixate on making more.

You won, go enjoy hobbies you can easily fund now, it’s just hoarding at this point. Capital is a means, and it’s kind of pathetic when people warp it into their end goal when it’s no longer the key limiter to their lifestyle.

It’s no different than hoarding newspapers, but at least many of those hoarders often demosntrate the self-awareness and recognition of embarrassment.

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For 100 million you are good but for more realistic amounts of money the value of it just goes down with time so it is a good idea to do something with it.

I think the behavior of hoarding is pretty human and there is a broader failure of inequality.

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Let’s say you have $100,000,000 dropped in your lap. You now never have to worry about needing money ever again, which in our current society means you don’t need to worry about a LOT of problems.

So it’s natural that most people want to preserve that security, the best way to do that would be to invest the money in a way that it grows equal to, or faster than you will spend it.

You can just get it all in cash and stuff it under your floorboards, but there’s a non zero chance that the money will be physically destroyed or stolen from a disaster.

You can stick it in a bank, but you have very little protection for the bulk of that money from the government insurance.

So the smartest thing to do is to spread that money out to investments that will grow that money in a diverse way to protect your newfound security.

Once that is set up, you create a will (or trust) to handle the money when you are dead. Who gets to benefit from your windfall once you’re gone?

Then you have complete freedom to live your life how you want to.

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I completely disagree with you.

If you gain sufficient amount of money (we are talking 100M $ here, but it works even for 1M), you have SO MUCH MONEY that it can generate money by itself within a reasonable timeframe AND you can live really really well with it, enjoy your hobbies and free time, all at the same time. And if you don’t know how to do it, let a professional help you, because you can pay for them, too.

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34 points

I would buy me an American senator. Always wanted to have one.

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For 100 million, you can get a majority in both Houses.

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If you buy a senator you’ll get 20% off a supreme Court Justice!

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From what I’ve heard they often make a mess, and ruin your stuff.

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Only need somewhere around 250k for that, you may as well go big.

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