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		bcbrown on April 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The most expensive lottery ticket in the world You're forgetting the opportunity cost of forgoing the salary of working for an existing company. Call that 10k/month for three months, and now your costs are closer to 40k.

barce on April 22, 2014 [–]

You still end up ahead since you can day trade yourself into a higher income bracket.

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