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Re:The Line Between Aggressive and Crazy by stevenmays on Monday October 30, 2017 @11:37AM (#15585791)
Risk free rate = treasury bills (1.43%)

Putting 160% would mean using a leveraged S&P 500 ETF.

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Re:The Line Between Aggressive and Crazy by PantaloonFlames on Monday October 30, 2017 @02:02PM (#15587344)
meaning, the investor just buys the leveraged ETF, rather than borrowing money at the t-bill rate to purchase SPY. Amiright?
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