Were big on investing.

Its an important way to grow your money and set yourself up for retirement someday.

But is it dangerous to be too obsessed with the stock market?

A man in a dress shirt and tie stands in a pool while holding a glass of alcohol and reading the newspaper.

You bet it is.

Im worried that hes gambling money that we need for our retirement.

Thats not the way to go.

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Here are five safer ways to invest and grow your money.

Take the long view.

7 Ways to Make Money if You Hate People

Do you avoid people too?

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Enough small talk.Here are some waysto earn extra cash, without all of the social stuff.

Investing doesnt require you throwing thousands of dollars at full shares of stocks.

In fact, you might get started with as little as $1.

But it makes it simple by breaking them down into categories based on your personal goals.

Want to invest conservatively right now?

Want to dip in with moderate or aggressive risk?

Do what you feel.

Subscription plans start at $1 a month.

But a website calledMoneyLioncould help you pay off that bill as soon as tomorrow.

Plus, no credit card payment this month.

It wont make you stand in line or call a bank.

And if youre worried you wont qualify, its free tocheck online.

It takes just two minutes, and it could save you thousands of dollars.

All that credit card debt and the anxiety that comes with it could be gone by tomorrow.

Chances are youre seriously overpaying with your current policy.

If its been more than six months since your last car insurance quote, you should look again.

And if you look through a website calledPretected, you could save yourself up to $500 a year.

And dont worry Pretected uses advanced data security and encryption technology, so all your details are safe.

Thats a decent chunk of money to put back in your pocket!

Its too good to be true, right?

Unlike other sites, InboxDollars pays you in cash no points or gift cards.

Its already paid its users more than $56 million.

Signing up takes about one minute, and youll immediately receivea $5 bonusto get you started.

Mike Brassfield ([email protected]) is a senior writer at The Penny Hoarder.

He tries not to be obsessed with the stock market.

*For Securities priced over $1,000, purchase of fractional shares starts at $0.05.

(Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?)

You know which ones were talking about: rent, utilities, cell phone bill, insurance, groceries…