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Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2024?
9 points by aracena 794 days ago
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My wife brought in about $350K. Does marrying a smart and hard working woman count as "passive income"?
depends, if you need to spend time with her, bring her our for dinner, etc.
easily outsourced. skill issue.
The fridge logic hits me hard right here.
LOL this is awesome
The "passive income" meme does not help people invest better. If you want income from assets, Treasury bill rates exceed 5%. To earn more income you need to take risk. A stock that yields 5% may not be a better investment than a stock whose share count shrinks 5% annually due to buybacks. Total return matters more than "income".
So far, S&P 500 index fund investment returns, followed closely by high yield savings account returns.