Mtc Global Financial Services - Six Creative Ways To Start Investing

Most traditional advisors suggest stashing your savings in bank accounts

, bonds or mutual funds, but that's not to say that plenty of people haven't made it big-time by investing unconventionally or in unusual, wacky things.

Consider these real-life examples: In 1999, a Lewisburg, Pa. resident bought a $3 pickle jar at a tag sale and sold it for $44,100 after learning there were only five of its kind in the world. The late 1990s proved profitable for those who scooped up batches of Beanie Babies for a couple of bucks each and then sold for hundreds of dollars. And an antique baseball card of the legendary shortstop Honus Wagner is today worth anywhere from $150,000 to over $1 million.

From hoarding antiques to collecting coins to leasing cows, bizarre investing strategies may not be risk-adverse, but they are a fresh alternative. Here are six weird, far-fetched ways to invest your money that you may have not considered yet.

MTC Global Group - Collectible Comic Books

Superman saves you once again. The successful comic book anthology that was worth 10 cents per issue can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars. The 1960 issue where Spiderman was unveiled on the cover of Amazing Fantasy, No. 15 is worth $280,000 while the 1938 series, Action Comics No. 1, where the Superman character rose to popularity, is valued at some $350,000. According to comic book junkies, the more esteemed issues are from the 1930s until the 1960s when a new character is introduced.

MTC Global Group - Gobble Up Domain Names

The technology boom may be pass, but there are an infinite number of domain names that you can snatch up for a few dollars. You can either wait for an offer to sell to someone who wants your registered name, buy and trade up domains through online sites, like sedo.com, or generate revenue on your site through advertising sales or AdWords, Google's paid-advertising system.

MTC Global Group - Loan Your Money

Believe it or not, being generous can pay off. Through online loan marketplaces, like prosper.com or lendingclub.com, for as little as $25, you can bid on loans and hand out your money directly to people who need it. The sites allow you to peruse credit scores, friends' recommendations and user profiles of people soliciting loans to deem which ones are the best investments.

MTC Global Group - Rent a Cow

To help subsidize the prohibitive cost of farm animals, many dairy farms offer programs where individuals can lease a cow and earn the income off the milk and cheese the cow produces. Though a relatively stable investment, as demand for milk in has continued to grow even during the recession, an investor also needs to account for lost savings interest, depreciation and insurance costs.

MTC Global Group - Invest in Wine

According to Food & Wine, it's called investing in "wine funds" and you can begin with buying hundreds of wine cases with an initial investment of $20,000. The appeal of filling a savings portfolio with fine wines is the stable returns that have existed despite economic turmoil.

MTC Global Group - Collect Old Childhood Toys

Unlike the Beanie Baby fad, select vintage toys, like Pez dispensers, Star Wars figures and Barbie dolls have grown in value. A former vice president of the KB Toys store chain owned 7,000 antique toy cars, 1,400 of them were auctioned off for $4.2 million. The original Darth Vader action figure that was released in 1978 now commands about $6,000. And if you still have the 1959 Barbie doll in mint condition, which was $3 back then, it may be worth around $8,000 today.

by: thomas wright

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