Buy stock in s&p and don’t touch it, it’s only gambling if you try and time the market it’s investing when you put time in the market

If you're in the US start a Vanguard account. Tell them your risk tolerance and goals and they'll give you recommendations. Source, started our Vanguard account in 1980.

I dunno man, the bouncers are usually pretty interested if you're "almost 18"

Thanks, I will look into that

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Open a new credit card and use it responsibly by paying for everyday things you'd normally pay for and take advantage of the introductory benefits (not all have them). Some give you cash back after spending a certain amount. So if you pay your phone and utility bills, groceries, etc, you can easily save a few hundred dollars.

Your money is tied up for 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 2 years or however long the maturity is of the bond you buy. Normally the longer the maturity, the more interest you get, but we're in an anomalous period where the 6 months T-bill is currently paying the most interest of all.

Pretty much telling you get a job and put your money in a savings account provided by a bank or credit union. It’s a “safe” bet.

At the end of the day, what you’re asking is not possible.

Every possible route to building wealth requires a level of risk. This person is telling you the safest way to make money is earn a living a put those earnings in a savings account (bank or credit union)

It’s safe because the risk is trusting a bank will A.) have your money when you ask for it B.) Add 3% of what you save to your account every month And C.) the federal reserve will bail them out if they don’t have your money, and compensate your money, as long as you didn’t save more that $250,000

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What's the catch with this though?

Bonds. Treasury bills are the safest financial instrument after cash and backed by the full strength of the US government. Never been a better time to invest in bonds now that the interest rates are so high.

Check out darkhorseodds, they have some great starter guides.

Sorry I'm confused. What do you mean by this?

While it’s understandable that stocks and crypto can feel like gambling, it runs contrary to that to say you don’t have the time or patience.

The value returned is a result of combing time and risk. You can either take high risk/low time investments; low risk/long time investments, or somewhere in between

What state are you in?

Online savings account. Money is insured to $250,000 and currently get 3+% interest a month. Doesn’t get much safer than that.

Invest in your education and training.

Can you explain to me a bit more about how that works?

The stock market isn't really gambling.

And you can make money through online sportsbetting if it's legal in your state, and this is also not gambling if you do it right and just hedge the promotional offers.

There is no “easy” way. It’s all a gamble if you aren’t willing to put the work in to learn about how the game works. You really want set it and forget it, go get a high interest savings account from Marcus Goldman Sachs or Ally.

Or, learn about a topic enough to confidently invest.

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Just get some dirty friends.

Wulllll yeah. I’mma wanna brag to someone about cleaning.