Every distinct type of investment, grouped by what you actually own, with how it makes money, a rough return, risk, how fast you can get out and how much work it takes.
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Earns from:Income paid interest, rent or rewards · Growth price goes up · Spread you capture a price gap or fee · Business profit of something you runReturn:<2%2–4%4–7%7–12%12–25%25%+speculative the bar under it shows the range on a 0–30% scaleWhere: flags after the name show where a type is mostly done · worldwide · everywhere except the USRisk 1–5 · Exit how fast you can get your money out · NEW possible or mainstream only in the last ~10 years
Frequently Asked Questions
Dozens — this page groups every distinct type by what you actually own: cash and savings, bonds, stocks, crypto (staking, lending, launchpools, dual investment), real estate (rental, BRRRR, REITs), businesses (site flipping, royalties, franchises) and alternatives like gold and art. Use the search and category shortcuts to browse them all.
The Income badge + effort 0: high-yield online savings, T-bills, dividend ETFs, REITs, crypto staking and lending (e.g. the stablecoin earn page), and music royalties. Each card shows return range, risk 1–5 and exit speed — savings and T-bills exit instantly, royalties and rental take months to sell.
Plenty: savings apps, fractional stocks and ETFs, crypto staking and earn products, and some lending pools start with a few dollars. The “start under $100” KPI counts them — real estate, franchises and most businesses need far more.
Risk 1 on this page means capital-preservation territory: insured savings, T-bills and short government bonds. Risk rises through corporate bonds, stocks, REITs and crypto toward speculative plays like presales, leverage and meme coins — the return bar shows the trade-off.
Stocks/ETFs for hands-off growth, rental and BRRRR for leveraged cash flow with real work (tenants, renovations), crypto staking/lending/launchpools and dual investment for high flexible yield with platform and depeg risk. The cards put return, risk, exit and effort side by side — most people mix all three.
Things that only became mainstream in the last ~10 years, tagged NEW: crypto staking, DeFi lending, launchpools, dual investment, website flipping, music royalties and fractional collectibles. They often pay more but come with platform, smart-contract or liquidity risk.
Match four things: how it earns (income, growth, spread or business profit), the realistic return range, the risk and exit speed, and the work involved. This is education, not financial advice — start with what you understand and can exit. See also the UAE savings, bond yields and stablecoin earn pages for live numbers.