What would you invest in?

Reply #62

Tami333 — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:06:28 GMT

I'm with the WATER as Well,

But would Invest in the LAND first

to build the LARGEST Containers on earth to

hold all the Water that Everyone is going to INVEST IN .

(Then I would be Richer from ALL the water Investments!!)

But I would probably give away the water for Free after all that becuase it's a crime what we pay for a Bottled Water

Reply #61

BuyLow — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:47:15 GMT

In FL, anything over $250K you MUST claim in person at the Headquarters.

Reply #60

haymaker — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:47:07 GMT

From your balcony ? LOL

Reply #59

helpmewin — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:46:05 GMT

Reply #58

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:43:28 GMT

I think the stamp is enough.

Reply #57

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:42:16 GMT

Oh, well have a good night everyone. ImA goin to chop wood.

Reply #56

Jill34786 — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:38:29 GMT

I only use Fed Ex for business. A winning lottery ticket would get hand delivered so there would be no need to use their services.

Reply #55

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:36:08 GMT

I was mailed a check yesterday and it was in my P.O. Box today. Lets see fed-crap try and do that.

Reply #54

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:32:43 GMT

Yeah, try getting them on a Sat....

Reply #53

Jill34786 — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:31:41 GMT

I have had several issues with the postal service and only rely on Fed Ex for important documents that I mail.

Reply #52

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:30:52 GMT

Could we have a postal clerk on our hands

Reply #51

helpmewin — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:28:41 GMT

do you think someone may work for the mail here you may just offended them

Reply #50

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:28:30 GMT

If I did drop it in I wouldn't worry about it, But I don't need to cuz I live about 5 miles from lottery HQ.

Reply #49

Jill34786 — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:26:12 GMT

You're the genius, if you happen to win go ahead drop of your ticket in a mailbox and pray it makes it to lottery headquarters. You may also want to sign the ticket and provide your name and contact information.

Reply #48

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:23:53 GMT

Oxbow is D winner. Orb is a loser.

Reply #47

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:22:53 GMT

Big baby.

Reply #46

Jill34786 — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:19:15 GMT

There is no way in the world I would ever trust the Postal service to deliver a $600 million lottery ticket. Simply putting a stamp on an envelope and dropping something that valuable in the mailbox makes me cringe. Having it hand delivered by a trustee or attorney is the only option I would choose.

Reply #45

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:07:23 GMT

D bell is about 2 ring...........

Reply #44

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:56:29 GMT

I want lots of photos. ImA wear my purple shirt.

Reply #43

helpmewin — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:54:31 GMT

Reply #42

helpmewin — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:53:37 GMT

what about pictures

Reply #41

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:51:16 GMT

Reply #40

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:50:49 GMT

No financial consultant needed to deposit the check into my checking account.

Reply #39

helpmewin — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:49:26 GMT

Reply #38

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:47:30 GMT

No lawyer needed to go pick up a check.

Reply #37

helpmewin — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:46:20 GMT

good thinkin give a lawyer some of you money

Reply #36

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:44:19 GMT

I cant think of a BETTER way to go. I will be waving a check, and if they kill me they kill me.

Reply #35

jerryb*49 — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:42:01 GMT

I'll be sure to hire a really good lawyer to represent me and claim the money anonymously. It would be insane not to, as they kill for much less than $600 million in Chicago. Now that I'm thinking about it, a much smaller winner here was killed by his own family. WTF

Reply #34

helpmewin — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:38:54 GMT

mailing in the ticket is the safest way to get yo money

Reply #33

Ronnie316 — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:36:35 GMT

If someone had a 1 year option to claim and the grace period ended on a weekend they would be out of luck.

Not necessarily. The winning ticket could be mailed (and postmarked) on a Sat.

Reply #32

grwurston — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:35:54 GMT

Maryland gives you 182 days, New Mexico 90 days.

Reply #31

grwurston — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:30:08 GMT

It depends on the state you live in. Click on USA MEGA on the left side of the page. Lots of good info...

Reply #30

Jill34786 — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:17:25 GMT

Most states only give you 180 days to claim the prize. There are some states that do allow a winning ticket to be claimed within 1-year. If someone had a 1 year option to claim and the grace period ended on a weekend they would be out of luck.

People in general would agree that it would be insane to wait until the very last day to claim a prize especially one this size.

Reply #29

NightStalker — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:49:19 GMT

My wife already has plans to build a large dog shelter.

I'm buying lots of land.

Reply #28

jerryb*49 — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:49:30 GMT

Don't I have a year to claim the jackpot

Reply #27

Jill34786 — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:43:39 GMT

If you disappear for a year before claiming the money, I don't think there will be anything to claim when you re-emerge.

Reply #26

jerryb*49 — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:14:52 GMT

My first investment would be in a good security frim and disappearing for a year before claiming the money.

Reply #25

a911scanner — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:34:23 GMT

For me, I will see roughly $188M after all taxes tithe has been paid.

$100M will go towards muni-bonds. Fully non-taxable and pays from 4-6%. Being as the income at 4.5% would be $4.5M/yr, and my budget will be 1.2M per year (give or take), I will continue to reinvest the remainder. Over 26 years of compound growth, I will have $255M after spending over $1M/yr.

Then, with the remaining $88M, $15 towards new house, cars, furniture, etc. $40M trust fund for my kiddo $10M to play with in the

Reply #24

gogidolim — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:05:26 GMT

Residental Rental Properties. 90% of the prize will be invested into purchasing mid to upscale rental properties in LA and OC. Of course, some of 90% will be left as the cash reserve.

What makes me really curious is how much income those properties will generate every year.

Reply #23

redhot7 — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:59:43 GMT

Most of it would be saving, CD and US Government Bonds.

May be 5% or less for higher risk investment like stock markets.

If I have more than enough money for the rest of my life, I don't care if the money doesn't grow or grow very little.

Reply #22

Coin Toss — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:47:37 GMT

sookie,

Um, you would have millions more than anyone teaching you anything about finance

Reply #21

Poo Nanny — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:03:37 GMT

I think he stole that idea from the movie Spaceballs

Reply #20

Poo Nanny — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:02:27 GMT

If I won this jackpot, I would hardly invest at all. I would not need any more money than I had and I am sure I could just live of the interest earned in few savings accounts. No need to risk losing it in a bad investment. I also like CDARS accounts. You can put large amounts into bonds at one bank who keeps track of the account.

Reply #19

Teddi — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:56:35 GMT

No way, no how would I invest $200M out of a total of $220M. I'm not even going to pretend. I think investing $100M - $125M is more than enough. I won't touch it. Not even the interest, everything would keep rolling over until I get to $1B. I want to be the first lottery winner to get to $1B. But I'd stop at $2B.

I'm okay making only $2B instead of 8. There is just so much money I could spend before I don't need or want anything else, have everyone I care about taken care of, and all trusts... [ More ]

Reply #18

sookie — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:49:59 GMT

I agree asha, I'd want to go back to school toget a finance degree for this type of money.

Its so much and I'd want to understand what the recommendations meant.

Reply #17

ashabug725 — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:49:39 GMT

bahahaha... my poor mom 'invested' so much money in beanie babies for me to try to pay for my college.... maybe not the greatest investment

Reply #16

Ronnie316 — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:48:38 GMT

Water.

Reply #15

helpmewin — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:48:19 GMT

i was gonna say air meaning traveling which i do all the time anyways don't need a jackpot to do that,

Reply #14

Toronto — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:48:09 GMT

Beanie Babies

Reply #13

ashabug725 — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:47:22 GMT

not exactly sure... gold... real estate... stocks n bonds... i would definitely have to research more... and honestly, after winning, maybe a year after, id go back to school and get an accounting/finance degree so i really understand whats going on with my money... i think thatd be a good investment

Reply #12

sookie — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:43:55 GMT

After I paid all debt off, I'd invest the rest and live on the interest. I wouldn't buy anything big for atleast a year.

Reply #11

yoho — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:31:11 GMT

That's not so farfetched... there's already a businessman in China selling fresh canned natural air taken from mountains and valleys with very low

pollution to the people in the city who are afraid of the pollution lol....

Reply #10

PlayToWin47 — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:16:07 GMT

Air

Reply #9

helpmewin — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:09:51 GMT

water

Reply #8

Ronnie316 — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:07:42 GMT

Land.

Reply #7

moneyrolls313 — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:19:01 GMT

i would get 2 oil change buisness in a heart beat the rest put it up n save on top let the stacking begin lol

Reply #6

Masone — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:11:19 GMT

I would invest in my own business. I've always wanted to develop a video game and either a TV series or a movie based off the same mythology. It's going to be big, I've been developing this story for years and I can't wait to have the opportunity to tell it how I want it to be told.

Other than that I'd definitely look into funding startups. Getting in on the ground floor of something that I could see blowing up in the future. I'd be searching the globe far and wide for that next Mark Zucke... [ More ]

Reply #5

EZMoney — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:48:51 GMT

My portfolio would look something like this:

Credit Union Money Market 50%

Physical Gold/Silver 10%

Dividend Paying Stocks 10%

Real Estate 5%

My Business 4%

Fun Money 1%

Family Trust 20%

*I would not give away money to friends or make any donations trying to be a hero.

*I would not hire any lawyers, accountants, or financial advisers.

Reply #4

BuyLow — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:41:38 GMT

Interesting! WAYYYYYY better than if you let the loving gov't hold your money and give you virtually NO RETURN on it over 30 years.

Reply #3

yoho — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:36:08 GMT

if you invested 200 million dollars (cash amount minus enough for you to buy a fancy house and live off of) 30 years ago, in Johnson and Johnson, you'd be

worth 8.8 billion today, 30 years later (the annuity period if you choose annuity instead).

Reply #2

BuyLow — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:33:24 GMT

Lots of spenders and no investors??? LOL!!!! Come on guys you can't spend it all, if you do you will end up on TLC like the others who lose it all.......

Reply #1

Teddi — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:59:52 GMT

Assuming there was only one winner (me ) and the take home amount was about $200M, I'd set half aside for investing. The rest would be split up to spoil myself, take care of family, set up college funds, trusts and charities, etc.

The half set aside for investing, 60% of that would be in things like bonds, CDs, safe and conservative stuff. 15% on real estate (apartments for rental income, residential and commercial real estate etc), 10% on franchises (maybe), the rest on risky but high yield... [ More ]

What would you invest in?

BuyLow — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:38:00 GMT

I personally like precious metals and real estate. Possibly some program trading of equities. Have some ideas for businesses also.

What would you invest in if Lady Luck knocks on your door with these huge jackpots