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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by wil421 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @10:12AM (#20695724)
Warren Buffet made the same bet, S&P 500 vs some hedge funds. From 2007 to 2017 S&P gained 7.1% vs 2.2% for the hedge funds. The hedge funds arguably know more than you.
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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by Retric on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @10:18AM (#20695800)
The hedge fund must have been doing a different strategy as I did much better than 7.1% from 2007 to 2017. Left at 1500 got back in at 930 and then ignored the market for 10 years.
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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by hylaride on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @12:40PM (#20697245)
The bet was for returns AFTER fees, though. S&P was its return minus 0.05%/yr (or whatever it is for vanguard). The hedge funds was their returns (which did suck compared to the S&P500 IIRC) minus 2%/yr plus 20% of final profits.
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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by wil421 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @12:58PM (#20697443)
For the individual investor Buffetts advice was still right. Unless you have millions or billions to manage.
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