What have been the best and worst investments of your adult life?

DerekJohnson · April 22

Guessing this will stimulate some interesting conversation…

Swaye · April 22

Best investment: buying luxury watches before Covid and then selling them for 3X what I paid for them to morons.

Worst investment: The time and energy I put into UW football for 30 years. Ok Ok no jokes I owned a sizeable (for me) investment in Bear Sterns when they went tits up. That was a giant fuckup.

PurpleThrobber · April 22

Best investment - dinner and drinks at O’Dohertys begat Mrs Throbber v2.0. Nothing else compares.

Worst investment. - none. There are no bad investments. Just educational events.

Zen

Pitchfork51 · April 22

I bought a jump rope a few years ago

EverettChris · April 22

Fitted ski boots by a top-tier place in Bozeman. Cost a shitload but so worth it.

Life-changing, even.

BleachedAnusDawg · April 22

No horrible investments for me because I play the long-game and primarily safe. I don't treat my retirement like the lotto or casino.

Good investments? The best, by far, was buying our house in 2018 and watching the appreciation pour in. Best part is that there will be no new neighborhoods almost anywhere in Western WA that offer what ours does in terms of lot size due to all the infill zoning changes, etc that have been rolled out the past couple of years. Want a house with a big yard that isn't on 5+ acres? Won't be finding that with much new construction.