• @UnderpantsWeevil
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    3 hours ago

    I dont have to worry about the dow contracting with a treasury bond.

    Point to a five year period in which the DOW ended lower than when it started.

    If you’re operating at the scale of a high yield treasury, you’d be far better off in the market over the long term.

    • @[email protected]
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      135 minutes ago

      I dont disagree, but nothing about what you have said invalidates what I had stated. Set it and forget it is the point. Give it to your grandkids.

      • @UnderpantsWeevil
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        129 minutes ago

        Set it and forget it is the point. Give it to your grandkids.

        You could do the same with shares in Berkshire or a S&P index fund, to better effect.

        Especially at the scale of “national economy”, if you’re betting on Treasuries you are effectively betting on the economy as a whole. Just at a lower potential yield.