SoftBank’s debt obsession

Re:SoftBank’s debt obsession by r2d2-c3po on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @03:30PM (#18394660)

'very little risk' - I think standard deviation of return on S&P is something like 15%-20%...I wouldn't define a strategy with a buffer of 2.7% very little risk when the standard deviation is that high...

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Re:SoftBank’s debt obsession by soared on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @03:48PM (#18394770)

Pasted from another comment:

I don't know more than the basics, my thought was if you pocket $2b/year and invest it, you have $13B+ in 10 years (plus your own $28b you've invested that I didn't include). So $40B to whether a storm every 10 years seems reasonable.

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Re:SoftBank’s debt obsession by User23 on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @03:41PM (#18394725)

Variance is not risk. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18554271

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Re:SoftBank’s debt obsession by tempestn on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @04:03PM (#18394875)

No, but variance causes risk when you're borrowing to invest and need a certain level of return to continue servicing that debt.

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