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 Topic: Investment Advice - hedgeable, or other ideas? |
bananafish
Replies: 13
Views: 55620
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 Forum: Personal Finance Posted:
Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:36 pm Subject: Hedgeable - how did my portfolio do? |
| I'm updating this thread, more than two years later. I experimented with Hedgeable for about one year. I invested, from July to October 2015, about $50k in a Hedgeable account, choosing a moderate ... |
| Topic: Can I go to US and work in finance without education? |
bananafish
Replies: 9
Views: 22461
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Forum: Personal Finance Posted:
Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:02 am Subject: Can I go to US and work in finance without education? |
| I would advise you to carefully evaluate the Master's programs out there. The ranking of the university has a lot to do with the value of the degree. There are lots of "universities" here that are e ... |
| Topic: Personal Finance Advice Requested...What would you do next? |
bananafish
Replies: 21
Views: 45030
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Forum: Personal Finance Posted:
Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:50 am Subject: Personal Finance Advice Requested...What would you do next? |
| But in the US, the average person can go to a bank, ask for a $300k loan, demand a 30 yr fixed rate of less than 4%, and get the money. IMO, there will be many times over the next 30 yrs that you ... |
| Topic: Personal Finance Advice Requested...What would you do next? |
bananafish
Replies: 21
Views: 45030
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Forum: Personal Finance Posted:
Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:48 am Subject: Personal Finance Advice Requested...What would you do next? |
| 3200 in other bills? How do you do that? I (single) go on vacation, eat out a lot, and, too, drive two older (2002, 2007) Korean and Japanese cars. I cannot find a way to reasonably spend that much ... |
| Topic: Investment Advice - hedgeable, or other ideas? |
bananafish
Replies: 13
Views: 55620
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Forum: Personal Finance Posted:
Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:41 am Subject: Investment Advice - hedgeable, or other ideas? |
| And yes, you're right. Most people probably overestimate the returns and the safety of real estate. But even if I take the new roof into account that I'll need in 30 years, it's a very nice deal for ... |
| Topic: Investment Advice - hedgeable, or other ideas? |
bananafish
Replies: 13
Views: 55620
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Forum: Personal Finance Posted:
Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:36 am Subject: Investment Advice - hedgeable, or other ideas? |
Basically you're leveraging your real estate. Overall, sounds smart to me, if you are okay with having more exposure to the stock market.
I have a rental property that is almost paid off. I co ... |
| Topic: Investment Advice - hedgeable, or other ideas? |
bananafish
Replies: 13
Views: 55620
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Forum: Personal Finance Posted:
Sat Oct 24, 2015 1:02 pm Subject: Investment Advice - hedgeable, or other ideas? |
Only 15% of professional fund managers beat the market - and it's not the same 15% every year. So you are very likely to be following one of the 85% that is NOT beating the market.
Well, you have a ... |
| Topic: Investment Advice - hedgeable, or other ideas? |
bananafish
Replies: 13
Views: 55620
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Forum: Personal Finance Posted:
Sat Oct 24, 2015 12:18 am Subject: Investment Advice - hedgeable, or other ideas? |
Any thoughts on managed portfolios?
After several conversations with a Merrill Lynch "advisor", I have come away with the impression that these guys do not have a secret sauce, but cost plenty of f ... |
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