Wall Street’s Latest Love Affair with Risky Repackaged Debt

Re:Wall Street’s Latest Love Affair with Risky Repackaged Debt by orthecreedence on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @01:43PM (#19444702)

Yay, diversification. They have stable investments they can draw from to purchase the now-insanely-discounted investments in the market, and come back in a much stronger position than before the crash.

So, no, you sell at a stable rate to buy at a discount rate.

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Re:Wall Street’s Latest Love Affair with Risky Repackaged Debt by kgwgk on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @04:13PM (#19446351)

What are those “stable investments”?

Investing is easy in hindsight, but the only “stable” asset is cash, and waiting for the entry point can be costly.

Exit: to be clear, I’m a huge diversification advocate. But each crisis (and each bull market) is different and rebalancing is not always helpful.

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Re:Wall Street’s Latest Love Affair with Risky Repackaged Debt by orthecreedence on Thursday March 21, 2019 @11:35PM (#19459432)

Stable investments: stocks in profitable companies that pay dividends, rent from property ownership, bonds, etc.

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Re:Wall Street’s Latest Love Affair with Risky Repackaged Debt by kgwgk on Friday March 22, 2019 @07:00AM (#19461297)

Real estate was down in line with equities in the last crisis, so switching from one to the other was not selling a "stable" asset to buy a "discounted" one.

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