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Re:What to Worry About in This Surreal Bull Market by SteveCoast on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:45AM (#15797645)
Not cash.
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Re:What to Worry About in This Surreal Bull Market by Raz2 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @10:41AM (#15798175)
Could you explain why? In 08/09 everything became cheaper -> cash became more expensive. Isn't it?
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Re:What to Worry About in This Surreal Bull Market by mathgeek on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @11:24AM (#15798616)
The benefits of having assets in cash during a crash only outweigh the downsides if you know when the crash is going to happen. Since you don't know that timing, you're statistically better off investing anything beyond your emergency funds.
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