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Re:1 in 3 Americans Have $0 Saved for Retirement (2016) by hkmurakami on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @05:38AM (#15079941)
"Losing to inflation" is relative. If inflation is 2%, your goal is to find a strategy that yields higher than 2% after taxes and expenses at a risk tolerable to you.

Your eBay endeavors are basically allocating your capital to a closely held business, which is perfectly reasonable though like you said, likely unscalable.

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Re:1 in 3 Americans Have $0 Saved for Retirement (2016) by cjsuk on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @05:40AM (#15079955)
Yes scalability is the problem. I'm expecting a shortfall within a couple of years so I need a new strategy. Currently this is running way above inflation which is good but the hill I'm pedaling up is getting steeper.
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