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Re:Ask HN: What are your passive income sources? by VyseofArcadia on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @03:31PM (#12799667)
I've got a savings account. Interest on that baby is getting me upwards of 30 cents a month.
Re:Ask HN: What are your passive income sources? by luhn on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @04:17PM (#12800057)
I know you're being facetious and your real-life investment portfolio likely looks much different but I need to say:

Savings accounts are a terrible place to put your savings.

If you have anything more than a couple thousand dollars, you can put it in a mutual fund and see several percent return on average, versus the fraction of the percent you can get from a savings account.

In certain situations savings accounts can be advantageous—They are very low-risk and the money is immediately available. But for a long-term investment, almost anything is better than a savings account.

Re:Ask HN: What are your passive income sources? by rockdiesel on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @05:19PM (#12800671)
> versus the fraction of the percent you can get from a savings account

Ally savings account is 1%. It's where I keep my emergency fund now. Once I built up my emergency fund I stopped putting money into it, however, but it's nice to see some noticeable interest gains every month vs. the pennies I would see with my Chase savings acct.

Re:Ask HN: What are your passive income sources? by patrickgordon on Thursday October 27, 2016 @01:24AM (#12803098)
This may be the case in some countries (US?)

I'm currently getting ~3% on my savings account which is pulling in about $200 AUD a month.

That said, I am in the process of putting some of that in to a index fund (Vanguard).

Re:Ask HN: What are your passive income sources? by AznHisoka on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @05:47PM (#12800948)
but they do help you sleep at night. the market can drop 5% in a day and not many people can stomach that emotionally.
Re:Ask HN: What are your passive income sources? by breischl on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @07:05PM (#12801549)
One should certainly tailor their investments to their own risk tolerance. But there are better investments even with very low risk levels. Money market, CDs, gov't bonds, and high-grade corporate bonds are all options that give better returns than savings accounts with minimal risk (well, before some gov't bonds were negative rate, anyway).
Re:Ask HN: What are your passive income sources? by k__ on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @03:33PM (#12799685)
I make about 50cents a month.

But I hope to double it with a better investment strategy.

-- edit --

I just looked at my depot and it seems like I made about 4€ last month. Well, guess retirement is near :)