jb's World - Earning from small investments since 2007

Whilst I don't believe market forecasters have a crystal ball, it's clear that over the last two years Coronavirus, radical political leaders, and now a potential energy crisis have unsettled businesses and market investors alike. As markets dropped in the early part of the pandemic, I bought into some generalised funds, as the recovery seems relatively predictable. As we move back towards normality however, things are less predictable, and questions remain about the stability of markets, and whether stocks are now over-priced. So where do we go from here? Remind yourself of your goals Whilst "profit" is an obvious goal for investors, the timeline for this profit is more unique to the investor. Those getting close to retirement will likely have a different appetite for risk than those in their 20's. It's important to work out your own appetite for risk. For me, my appetite for risk has grown has I've become more confident in my approach. My goal is however

I'm getting back into faucets at the moment, so thought I'd list my favourite bunch that work as a group, and can payout every 5 minutes or so... Many of these use CoinPot , which supports multiply cryptocurrency faucets, and offers payout to your wallet at low levels (e.g. 100 dogecoins at the time of writing). I open all these faucets in separate tabs of one window, to monitor and claim through the day. Once claimed, the money appears in  CoinPot  where I choose to convert all my currencies toLitecoin and Dogecoin which have low thresholds for payouts. This means I claim every couple of weeks into my wallets. Faucets: Don't forget to bookmark this post, so you can quickly open all these faucets! Every 15 minutes, to your CoinPot account: Bonus Bitcoin - Pays out 5000 Bitcoin satoshi Leave the page open, and it will make a bell sound every 15 minutes to remind you to claim. I recommend changing your account setting to "average" payout Ever inc

I've previously highlighted that Cointiply is currently my favorite site for earning Bitcoins now. Here's my tips for making the most of your time on  Cointiply : Use the faucet regularly ... this basic feature is easily forgotten, but gives you a chance to earn some addition coins every hour in exchange for very little effort. Run videos in the background . Yes some spot "inactive windows", but just open them in a new window and you can earn whilst surfing in other windows yourself. This is the best source of coins I find. I tend to double click on some text in the window occaionally to stop it thinking the window is inactive. Don't forget to run multiple videos in-parallel. So long as they come from different providers, you should be able to run multiple videos in-parallel to maximise earnings. Use your referral link . Whilst I continue to find referral links a weak method of earning... if you're talking or writing about  Cointiply , why wouldn&#

Well I didn't think I'd be back here talking about faucets! For those who don't know, a Bitcoin faucet is a site that gives away free Bitcoins (or fractions there of!). The catch is usually lots of adverts, and a time limit on how often you can "claim". So why am I writing about faucets again? Well I'm out of work at the moment, and have been clicking around, and rejecting a lot of naff sites... but then I came across Cointiply , and liked it. What Cointiply offers You need to register (I don't normally go in for that, but the reviews show a long paying out site) It pays all games/features out as "Coins" in your site wallet. 1 coin is one USD cent such that the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) you'll get on payout will be based on the exchange rate at the time. This protects you from falls in the value of Bitcoin until you're ready to cashout. Cashout is from $3.50. I've got to $1 within an afternoon of clicking in the backgrou

It's been another 2 years since I gave this blog some attention, and life has both changed, and stayed static in that time. My drive to leave the boring world of work, and earn a living online, hasn't changed. That said, I've got the bruises from the last 10+ years of trying different tactics, and have probably become a lot more boring, but successful as a result. As I mentioned in my last post, the shutdown of Liberty Reserve was a turning point in my thinking. I'm now super suspicious of online currencies. eGold and Liberty Reserve shutdowns showed that the US government was either determined to kill off non-traditional payment systems, or that they were trying to steer people towards ones they had more visibility of. Either way, the question remains around other online payment services, as to whether or not their days are numbered, and whether holders of legitimate funds in these services would lose access at any time. For the record, I've not been able to

Wow, it's been over 8 years since I setup this blog, and if I'm completely honest, I'd forgotten it existed! Revisiting it, it looks like things have changed a lot since my last post, and hence the need to update things here. The shutdown of Liberty Reserve meant that I lost a large proportion of the money I had earned through pay-to-click sites etc... This encouraged me to revisit my approach, and work out what to spend my time on, to ensure I was getting back to my principle of earning money with low risk, but additionally low effort. I now keep it simple: Search Lotto - This site basically pays you to use the Yahoo Search engine. It is branded under Search Lotto, but is Yahoo results, with the advertising revenue coming back to you. They pay in the form of Lottery tickets, either UK National Lottery or EuroMillions. I've not won a lot yet, but a few of my syndicates entries have won, and I've been paid out for these direct to my bank account. This is a