Janus Brokerage: $100 Bonus With $100 Investment + $50 Auto Investment For Two Years

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• I'm still confused whether this is worth it or not lol The less risky investments aren't an option for this offer. I half completed this.. like I opened the account but didn't choose a fund.. and Janus has been spamming me every day for the last month to finish funding but I dunno.. I'm very risk adverse.. I just like investments without much risk.. are there any like that in this promo?

• 2/1: Opened
  2/3: $100 deposited
  2/4: $100 ready invest go payment

  I set up auto invest for the last day of the month. 720 days is up on 27/01/22

  • curious which fund you found is good to invest in?

    • I chose the Forty Fund since it had one of the lower expense ratios but also good returns.

      I have had some experience with Janus before and they were pretty good for me.

• Here's their list of funds https://www.janushenderson.com/en-us/investor/product/ I chose the Forty Fund since it had one of the lower expense ratios but also good returns.

• So I have to put in $1200 over 2 years to get a lousy $100 bonus? Did I read that right?

  • I ended up getting in this deal. I deposited $100 and the bonus posted the next day. For me this is an inexpensive way to invest a few dollars and see what results I get. I may add more depending on how my fund performs.

    • curious if you'd want to share which fund you chose and why? tia

      • Great question! I bought a high yield bond fund JNHY. It is a small investment for 2 years. For me, the risk/reward is worth it. Yeah, I can lose money but that is fine considering the investment.

        • JNHYX

  • Those are the numbers I came up with also, just not that compelling.

• Payoff too low on this.

• Yeah 2 years is too long to have to think about something like this for $100. Maybe if it were $400+ would be worth doing.

  • I might go for it for $250 even, but $100 is just too small.

• As I see it, it is a guaranteed 7% return excluding investment gains or losses. From that perspective, it looks great. However, the low amount to invest means creating another account for very little $ gain. I am on the fence.

• Given recent experience with M1, it seems too risky for me to keep an account with an unknown brokerage for 2 years.

  • What does "Given recent experience with M1" mean? I've had my account with them for about 5-6 years and never had an issue.

  • Janus Henderson isn't some small nameless brokerage, they have $335B AUM, more than Merrill Edge ($320B). It's only their retail brokerage that is new.

    • Yeah Janus is huge.

• Any fees associated with the account if it’s kept going for 2 years? $50/month isn’t a terribly large commitment if it’s in a reasonably sound investment like a money market or something where you’re unlikely to lose principal.

  • agreed. that's what im trying to figure out too

• oh great.. their web site logged me out.. now I need a username to log in (which it never asked for and never emailed).. and to reset the username you need an account number which it also never gave me and never emailed.. so guess I need to call on Tues. to gain access

  • Amazing