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bigchaz Wrote:my whole point of this is that it would be nice to have a long term investment option

The AL bank gives 10% interest per year with zero risk. Compared to the real world this is pretty much unheard of.

When I think of "long-term investments" I think of something more secure. Security comes at a price, and your interest earned should be LESS than a normal rate. It really cannot get more secure than the good old AL bank, so higher returns would have to be countered with risk.

I'm not sure I want to make AL a banking game. The interest earned on your bank account is pretty high as it is.

If there were investment options higher than the bank, I think it would have to be community-based rather than creating money out of thin air. Otherwise the economy changes.