hey guys,
I'm finding myself too busy in the day job to really manage investments.
What are you guys investing in as a means of preserving but growing cash?
I tend to buy distressed real estate when I can find it.
But most of the time I'm sitting in cash, and don't know what to do with it.
I have been reading books on value investing, but I don't really know how to research equities, and I'm a bit concerned about buying individual stocks.
But maybe that's the right strategy - suck it up, do the work, buy the stocks.
Or maybe the key is to buy ETFs and let it ride.
But which ETFs?
How does one evaluate them?
Do any of you guys have good insights into ETFs?
And how are you guys managing your cash?
stock market at all time highs...global recession around the corner (yes, that's a pattern that repeats)....wait another 6 months and buy 1/3rd equal amounts at 5% 10% 15% dips.
It seems like you are quite confused about the very basics here. Most (not all) ETFs are essentially mutual funds that you can trade all day long, and which have greater tax efficiency than your average mutual fund. Generally, the strategy is as important as the structure, if not more. You really need to learn the basics in order to know what questions to ask. I'd recommend this book to start: https://www.amazon.com/Comprehensive-Guide-Exchange-Traded-Funds-ETFs/d…
I'll tell you that the actual product will end up being very important. The risk profiles of MINT (Short duration FI) and XIV (Inverse VIX--RIP) are/were very different.
if you are going to trade the market...don't use ETF...use futures....then you get the 60/40 capital gains treatment
TBH, it doesn't sound like the OP is trying to trade the market short-term. All US market bets these days are centered around SPY anyway, so he'd still need to know how ETFs work.
Nice advice guys. Keep it coming. Appreciate Whatever1984's book recommendation. An industry contact mentioned that he's only put his $ into closed-ended listed funds, since fewer games are run on those as opposed to ETFs. I'm a n00b and I know it.
But trying to learn.
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