[OT] Brokerage for the D Language Foundation

[jmh530]

On Sunday, 18 September 2016 at 12:39:25 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
>
> Thanks all for answering! Well there is a relatively low-risk 
> option to make some 5%-7% annually by investing in marketplace 
> lending, see https://lendingclub.com/. (Individuals may do the 
> same, too, btw - look into it!) I've been using them since 2013 
> with moderate amounts. Right now the portfolio's return rate is 
> 5.06% - not to sneeze at. The issue is liquidity, i.e. your 
> principal and interest are returned on a monthly basis over 3-5 
> years. The monthly schedule is actually nice for the Foundation 
> because it matches the way operations are paid for.
> [snip]


Was reading [1] on p2p lending and reminded me of our earlier 
discussion.

[1] 
http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-darker-side-of-peer-to-peer-lending.html