It has often been argued that Scrooge McDuck only has one aim in life - to gather money in order to store it in his Money Bin. Nothing can be further from the truth! On the contrary, he has invested most of his immense wealth in all sorts of activities around the world, and filled all the country's banks to the brim with it, and the rest he has simply been forced to store at his office address as the only remaining option. Of course, that money is not accumulating any interest in this vast piggy bank - and this fact most certainly bothers Scrooge - but on the other hand the 'puny' three cubic acres of coins and bills provide him with the opportunity to take his daily money bath!
In his stories Carl Barks certainly gave the impression that Scrooge was foremost a miser when it came to money, but he was also an avid and sound investor. Otherwise it would have been impossible to be a Phantasillionaire by merely collecting coins and storing them. The following listings give examples of Scrooge's varied and seemingly countless investments. They are by no means intended to be a full account - not even Scrooge himself has that much insight...