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Re:Investing for Geeks by p8donald on Friday September 16, 2016 @05:11PM (#12517389)
I am in the EU and I am investing my money in peer-to-peer lending.

You lend your money to other people through the marketplace and they pay it back with interest. The ROI is about 10% to 15% per year. I think it is low risk since you can choose the type of the loans you want to invest in (loans secured by real estate or short term loans with buy back guarantees). You can also diversify since the minimum investment is €10.

I don't think you can invest hundreds of thousands or millions of euros (the market is not so big) but the market can definitely support tens of thousands of euros.

Re:Investing for Geeks by loeg on Saturday September 17, 2016 @01:48AM (#12519330)
Any 10-15% yield loan today is essentially junk grade as far as bonds are concerned. (That would be the opposite of "low risk" investment.)
Re:Investing for Geeks by hackerboos on Friday September 16, 2016 @06:26PM (#12517837)
What service do you use for this? I'm aware of Zopa in the UK.
Re:Investing for Geeks by p8donald on Saturday September 17, 2016 @03:32AM (#12519552)
mintos.com and twino.eu