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bucolic_frolic

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7. Technology, demographics, liquidity, internet have created growth
Sat Jul 8, 2023, 04:55 PM
Jul 2023

The two problems we have are inflation and supply chain constraints. All components made in China is a worry. You buy when you see opportunity. No one is worried, and that should be a worry. Not even gold and silver are worried.

You can slice, dice, vivisect your targeted investments. 20 years ago you couldn't even understand them. You get the same advice with free asset allocation models online with your broker or advisors, or you can pay $2000 for boutique advice, or 3% annual fee for advisors, or 25% for a hedge fund if you can afford one, and aren't there ETF hedge funds now?

Buy a little of everything, climate and inflation could kill you but we're all on the same plane now and it's running out of fuel.

The article by the way features a man who sells options against his stocks to produce income. This is known as a covered call strategy. It's low risk. Basically stocks have their ups and downs. You go short at tops and either hold to expiration or cover the short when the stock retreats. But it's very hands on. There are a few ETFs that do the same thing, but most of them use index options.

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