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    Quote Originally Posted by Kelvin View Post
    In the Potential borrowers column. Seems like they can only display up to 6 digits.
    Yes noticed that tick over too - Could be swamped with new Borrowers wanting our $$$'s very soon.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saamee View Post
    Yes noticed that tick over too - Could be swamped with new Borrowers wanting our $$$'s very soon.....
    Happening now as one of my lots got taken today on 2 yr term.

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    Anyone else go to the wealth seminars such as the one last night at the old Albany Town hall? Was interesting to hear directly from Squirrel and Simplicity kiwi saver.. can't remember much about the 3rd presenter. Might be worth checking out Simplicity due to lowest fees of about a third of a normal kiwisaver provider. They have only been running for 7 months with 5k members and $110million invested (through Vanguard).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kelvin View Post
    In the Potential borrowers column. Seems like they can only display up to 6 digits.
    See SM have now upgraded that to 7 numbers

    How long before they need 8 digits?? !!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RGR367 View Post
    Happening now as one of my lots got taken today on 2 yr term.
    Already invested in the non-Kiwisaver Simplicity Investment Funds

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    I have about $50K to initially invest in the P2P lending space. From reading the threads here many people agree that LC is more secure than Harmoney (all loans have either vehicle or house as security) so I am starting off with LC. I also know about the SquirrelMoney LoanShield and most people seem to say that is "most secure"? I will probably try both LC and SM and avoid Harmoney.

    My biggest question is how much out of the $50K would you recommend I invest into each loan? Obviously diversification is better, but I also don't want money sitting there doing nothing while I wait for loans to come in. From what I gather it could take a while for all the $50K to be invested. In the Harmoney thread people are investing from $100 to $400 into each loan but it looks like that would take months to be fully invested on the other 2 platforms.

    Also many here seem to say that they ignore the A loans on LC (eg the current loan L00-13-072 at 8.95% which I see has been available for a day or so now (seemingly much more time that other loans) and for that interest rate, would prefer SM) - is that correct? It sounds like Bs are the sweet spot on LC?

    Thanks everyone
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    Quote Originally Posted by Entrep View Post
    From what I gather it could take a while for all the $50K to be invested. In the Harmoney thread people are investing from $100 to $400 into each loan but it looks like that would take months to be fully invested on the other 2 platforms.

    Also many here seem to say that they ignore the A loans on LC (eg the current loan L00-13-072 at 8.95% which I see has been available for a day or so now (seemingly much more time that other loans) and for that interest rate, would prefer SM) - is that correct? It sounds like Bs are the sweet spot on LC?

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    Hi Entrep, with the SM platform you can just invest it in a lump sum as the reserve fund (loan shield) provides the full diversification benefit. No need to spread it over loans and you can't choose loans anyway. We currently have $50k available right now, so you'd be able to invest it in a day. Or you could put it in progressively in amounts of $10k and kust see how it goes.

    There is about $1m going through the platform per month now and we have no institutional investors or banks, just retail investors so you wont get crowded out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JB@Squirrel View Post
    Hi Entrep, with the SM platform you can just invest it in a lump sum as the reserve fund (loan shield) provides the full diversification benefit. No need to spread it over loans and you can't choose loans anyway. We currently have $50k available right now, so you'd be able to invest it in a day. Or you could put it in progressively in amounts of $10k and kust see how it goes.

    There is about $1m going through the platform per month now and we have no institutional investors or banks, just retail investors so you wont get crowded out.
    Thanks, when you say "the reserve fund (loan shield) provides the full diversification benefit" you mean by way of socialising losses from any loans right? But strictly speaking, my lump sum would not be diversified as it would be all lumped into one big loan, and I would have to rely 100% on loan shield versus a more thorough loan diversification strategy of investing in several loans (plus have Loan Shield on all of them obviously).

    What do you mean you can't choose loans? That I can't see specifics of loans? I believe I could still choose/diversify by creating 5 x $10K orders for example?

    I have uploaded all the docs and am waiting for verification BTW.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Entrep View Post
    Thanks, when you say "the reserve fund (loan shield) provides the full diversification benefit" you mean by way of socialising losses from any loans right? But strictly speaking, my lump sum would not be diversified as it would be all lumped into one big loan, and I would have to rely 100% on loan shield versus a more thorough loan diversification strategy of investing in several loans (plus have Loan Shield on all of them obviously).

    What do you mean you can't choose loans? That I can't see specifics of loans? I believe I could still choose/diversify by creating 5 x $10K orders for example?

    I have uploaded all the docs and am waiting for verification BTW.
    @ entrep >> When you invest in SM you have no control over how your lending funding is invested.

    So say your 10K lump sum may go in 20 x $500 individual customer loans or make up just a part of a 1 x 50K loan to just one customer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Saamee View Post
    When you invest in SM you have no control over how your lending funding is invested.

    So say your 10K lump sum may go in 20 x $500 individual customer loans or make up just a part of a 1 x 50K loan to just one customer.
    Thanks I see now. So if I have $50K to invest then I should just create an investment order for that amount with the particulars (length and interest rate) that I want and that's it? Then I just wait for the loans to be taken out and my money to start working?

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