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Barefoot OnlyFans? 

I’d like to learn to do forex cash trading as a side hustle to supplement my income (so eventually I might be able to move to part-time work and have more time to spend with my daughter, who’s eight and was diagnosed with anxiety last year).

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The Hyperfund

Some colleagues at my work are retiring quickly in their thirties and forties after investing money into Hyperverse. They are trying to sign everyone up to it and they are earning anywhere from $150 to $1,500 a day just in the Hyperverse that was originally called the HyperFund. Any help would be muchly appreciated.

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What’s Wrong with My Index Fund?

I followed all the advice in your book – cleared everything, saved up, paid off my mortgage and invested a lump in a low-cost index fund. And since August 2021 it has gone backwards and I’ve lost $4,000. They are down 2.96%. Is it just my fund or are they all doing badly?

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The Bonking Fund Manager

One of the funds I invest in is the Magellan Global Fund. I’ve since found out that the guy who was running it was bonking someone he shouldn’t have been and now the company has turned south. Do I hold tight or jump ship with everyone else?

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Let Me Entertain You

At the park, my kid started playing with his kid, so we began chatting. He told me he was in the ‘lifestyle marketing’ business. I told him I was in the ‘fat lambs’ business. Meanwhile, his wife appeared to be working very hard on taking photos of their kids.

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The Bitcoin-Plated Coffin

We are starting up investment bonds for our child’s future (and plan to have more kids too). I noticed the provider also has a funeral bond option. Is it worth it for a guy in his thirties? Or should I put, say, $10,000 of cold, hard cash per person in my fireproof safe to cover such an event? As we know, Mr Death is awaiting his timeslot.

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