medium to large-sized long term investments
 

Is there anyone who can recommend a good investment company for long term investments of 1 M plus?

i've been concentrating all my time and effort on my online biz for the past 6-7 years, and beyond some small time investing, most of my assets are currently liquid.

basically, i'm looking for a place to put 1.5 - 2.5 M away, safely, and collect interest from it, at the best possible rate, with very low risk. i've talked to several banks (who have all tried their best to convince me), and i've come away pretty much unimpressed so far.

thanks :)

you can give it to me.

lol, do you expect replies other than "give it to me?"

actually, yes.

damn, it already happened before i hit the post button

Madam Cleo? Is that you?

lane = metaphoric :winkwink:

hehe
anyways, all i can say is, dont invest in stocks.. its not different than gambling in my opinion

ummm, no.

I can make a recommendation quiet.

why not?

oh no. i am not interested in risk. annuities, mutual funds - with low risk. with someone who specializes in personal investments over 1 M. also, i'm in Canada, so would have to have a presence here.

you lie!

i mean - you lie!

please do. lmk if you don't want post it here and i'll email you.

Ask Lens, other than buying cars, boats and going on vacation, I'm sure he has put some cash away on solid investments.

I'd say: Real Estate is the way to go. Never can go wrong there, unless you buy real estate in a dangerous area, like earthquake or twister sensitive area's.

quiet, I know there are some very good companies. Most require $250,000 minimum, and if they don't meet 15% or 20% or whatever their goal is, then they don't pay themselves - that's good motivation for them to not fuck around. :)

I really don't remember the firm name, but just look around - banks can never offer you very good rates, unless you go higher up the management chain. Though, you can demand many things from banks if you have that money to put infront of them.

Cheers,
Matt

i agree that realestate is a great way to invest. i currently own my own home (no mortgage), and am buying a ski-in ski-out condo right now.

however, i would rather someone else handle the bulk of my investments - if i can find someone i can trust :winkwink:

this thread is growing to fast :glugglug

Can I sue you for slander? :winkwink:

This place requires a minimum of 1 mil I believe before they'll even talk to you. They may have changed that though. It may not be the solution for you, but they have volumes of information that may be helpful. Yes, email me: amp at opticalamplitude.com

http://home.ingdirect.com/

THese guys know their stuff. I figure if you have 2.5 mil you should be set for life brother just living from the interest. You could easily get 100k a year doing nothing.

quiet - contact me @ [email protected] - i have some people you might want to talk with

Family friend who KNOWS his shit!:thumbsup

http://www.edwardjones.com/cgi/getHT...ml&CIRN=175103

Kept my money safe & growing since I was a baby.

How do you feel about investing in classical cars? :Graucho

http://www.hostones.com/temp/oldcars2.jpg

thanks for the link. yes, i'm hoping for a nice min of 100k a year. hopefully more :) and of course, no stress...

AMP and DPlayMax have mail.

What kind of time frame exactly are you talking? Long term means different things to different people. :winkwink:

Fuck! I wish that was one of my problems

quiet, how old are you?
also when would you be needing access to this money again, after you invest it?
on a scale of 0-5, what would be the MAXIMUM amount of risk you would be willing to take?

you already have enough problems..... stinky.

for ever. i'm retiring next year - i want to invest between 1.5 to 2.5 M, and produce the most possible interest SAFELY for the rest of my life. i'm going to keep at least 500K liquid (because who knows what i may do in the future), the rest invested. i already own a home, will own a ski/snowboard condo, 2 cars, and have ZERO debt.

hmm, this sounds like the type of thing i was getting at the bank. like it says under my name, i'm 29. i want very LOW risk. why would i want to risk 1 M +?

Just remember to put part of the money in stocks. Even though you're looking for income from all this money, part of it has to be in stocks to keep you permanently ahead of inflation.

Email me if you want. If not, no biggie, I'm sure you'll find someone who knows what they're doing anyways.

fatpad|at|fatpad.com

Quiet, Rothchild Securities is a firm in chicago that specializes in large, long term investments. You may want to check them out.

queit, drop me an icq#70649333. I should be able to get you some names tomorrow from a retired V.P./Head bond trader @Gordon Capital. He's conservative and into the capital preservation portion of his investment life.

check this site out as well https://www.csi.ca/pub/en/fcsi/fcsidir.cgi ; it has lots of people you could interview. I'd also advise taking the CSC course from them so you can better understand the investments being made on your behalf.

thanks for the link - please shoot me an email ultraquiet at mac dot com... also, thanks for the info AMP - lots of reading to do :)

quiet,

at 30 your biggest risk is not taking some risk

inflation is not a bitch today but it can rape a portfolio that is too risk averse in 5 years.

you probably want something like this

10% foreign equity funds
10% US/CAN technology funds
20% north american blue chip managed funds
10% Canadian index funds
20% low risk mutual
20% bonds
10% cash

but tax is another big issue

I used to do this for a livng in London, my own personal recommendation would be get 3 portfolio assesments from accountancy firms if you are low risk.

I can recommend a head partner at Grant Thornton canada if you need.

matty

i have already talked to more than 3 places.

please do ultraquiet at mac dot com

also, do they have a website addy?

Don't take my advice too seriously -- but don't you want to feel your money with your bare hands...? Don't you want to see the fruits of your work? You invest that money on paper and it just disappears into thin air...

I'd buy a nice chunk of land somewhere and do something amazing with it... Read the book, "The Good Earth" by Pearl Buck -- it's a rags to riches type story but one of the main points is that the land is all important... kindof like the spice in Dune... ;)

Also I heard there are some cool tricky things you can do w/ a non-profit organization... but I haven't really researched this.