Get Your $#*! Together Month, Part 3
Get rich
Look at them—don’t they look disgustingly happy? That’s because they made money on their own terms—not by selling out, but by investing in the arts, scamming big corporations and setting themselves up for a lifetime of financial freedom (without too much work). Click through this guide to see how you can get yours!
Photograph: David Schinman for Olive Head; Hair: Deidre Novella; Makeup: Sylvester Castello for Bernstein and Andruilli for MAC Cosmetics; Prop stylist: Andie Huber.com; Stylist: Darren Kinoshita; Clothes: leggings, top, jacket, neckwarmer, and legwarmer booties: Stella McCartney for adidas; sweatshirt, track pants, sneakers, and leather hoodie: Y-3; beanie: Stella McCartney for adidas
 | Make money off New York: If you missed out on Google’s IPO, don’t despair—you can make coin by investing in city life. We look at some hot prospects, and assess the risks and rewards. |
 | Dough or die: Screw the law, you need cash now. Here’s how to get it while your investments mature. |
 | Stocks and blond: Our female reporter hit the Wall Street bars, looking for drunk men—and free advice. |
 | Town haul: In New York, every building, burger joint and blade of grass is “the best,” “the oldest” or “the most famous.” But what is all this stuff actually worth? We asked the rest of the world on eBay. |
 | Re: grifting: No time for eBay? Here are some skeevy ways that, if you’re really, really dishonest, you can make a dollar (or snag a free meal) without getting arrested. |
 | 401ks are for suckers: Five out of five financial planners think you should have one, and 70 million Americans do. This clock-puncher says they’re all wrong. |
 | The you’re-lazy financial planner: Follow our experts’ painless advice, and by the end of the month you’ll be...well, not fabulously wealthy, but solvent enough to stop eating ramen for every meal. |
 | Poll: How much is enough?: You tell us what it takes—moolah-wise—to live happily in NYC. |
 | Of interest: Math is hard. Let an online calculator crunch your financial numbers for you instead. |
 | Portraits of New York wealth: You want to be rich? Here are the local successes to emulate. |
