What's the fastest way to make money at the moment?...
Fdev recently tweaked (some will say broke) the income streams in ED and here is what I have tried recently to make money:
-CG's are good for $$$ when they are running, either combat or cargo, and in some cases you get rewards of double engineered modules
-Mining took a huge nerf to prices and demand, but reports say people can still make decent (not great) money per hour, on alot of different mined minerals, ite's, etc.
-Core mining just had the Pulse Wave analyzer fixed a couple weeks back. I need to go try it out, it appears decent money can be made, but you still have to find the cores...
-Combat of any type got a buff. AX or normal and in conflict zones. I think combat still needs more $$$ to get closer to the other income streams for risking your life and your ship
-Loop trading aba loops via eddb makes me almost as much as running cargo in CG's, so good, but not great. A nice change of pace once in awhile
-Pirate massacre mission stacking, I am doing ok with this, but I am not allied with all the factions in the system I have chosen so the payouts are not the highest yet, but ok money. I have been doing alot of this as I get to shoot stuff and get engineering mats
-Robigo passenger missions (once you are allied) might still be the best money maker according to what I have read online, I have not tried this yet
-Regular trading missions got messed up with the above balancing and in my opinion do not pay well at all