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If I were to give you $10 k cash and told you the stipulation was you had to invest it at least 50% being "safe" for the future, where would you invest it for the next 10 years?
For the next 15 years?
For the next 20 years?
And lastly, for 25 years?
You can change it if you want at any point during the 25 years, but it must remain 50% secure and "safe".
Anything/anywhere/ anyway you want, but must be invested and be 50% "safe".
You may divide it any way you want, it doesn't have to be one investment, it could be several.
Well, it depends on how you define "safe". If that means 50% not risking your principal, then your only options on that front are bank CDs, or treasury bonds.
As far as the other 50% goes, I'd put it in a moderate but sturdy, low cost mutual fund like Vanguard Wellington.
I would put it in a horizontal developmental oil well in the Permian Basin of West Texas and Little Texas.massive tax savings..... 100 percent sucess rate..impossible to lose all your money.returns of 40 percent at 40 to 50 dollar oil...pay off in a year....decades of income.Also its a good way to protect against inflation.
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I personally use my single purpose, local utility, 2.9% div yield. plus I trade this for additional 2-5+% gains. Sometimes I will trade the x-div for the stock and ignore the divs.
I have a couple of houses that could use new paint. 1-2 new roofs, maybe a few new fences. Very unlikely to be unable to get my money back after 10 years.
If I were to give you $10 k cash and told you the stipulation was you had to invest it at least 50% being "safe" for the future, where would you invest it for the next 10 years?
For the next 15 years?
For the next 20 years?
And lastly, for 25 years?
You can change it if you want at any point during the 25 years, but it must remain 50% secure and "safe".
Anything/anywhere/ anyway you want, but must be invested and be 50% "safe".
You may divide it any way you want, it doesn't have to be one investment, it could be several.
Thoughts?
Being we will not even be on earth in 20 years, 10 maybe I would probably just put it in the stock market or a mutual fund. Other wise maybe rental property. I am not sure anything can even be assured to be 50% safe and still make money. There are too many possible situations that affect our economy.
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