Re:Show HN: $200 Solar Self-Sufficiency Without Your Landlo...
by galdosdi on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:02PM
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Yup, it's very hard to make a good return in the competitive stock market, but easy to make a good return in the market you have exclusive monopoly access to: making investments that cut your own personal costs of living
In a liquid market like the stock market, the odds of this being true is small. Recognizing a 10% return against a stock that's crashed 50% borders on, depending on if you're investing your money or others', delusion and fraud, respectively. There is no liquid secondary market for home-solar components, however, so approximating cash flows and amortization schedules works.
(If you've heard the terms "mark to market" and "mark to model", this is what they're talking about.)