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by chvid 2274 days ago
No.

Buy a house and some stocks in growth sectors.
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brobinson 2274 days ago
Being long-only is great when everything is going up.

As for me, I like to hedge out the market and sector movements by being long/short (adjusted for beta) within a given sector. I only make money if my long outperforms my short. Trump tweets and other companies' earnings in the sector do not affect my P/L.

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Der_Einzige 2274 days ago
No - You're wrong and the person you're replying to is right.

Futures are how you multiply your money with relatively low risk. Stocks are how you get 5% returns amortized YOY if you're lucky

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oh_sigh 2274 days ago
Why is there all this free money sitting in the futures market?
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saiya-jin 2274 days ago
Yeah I wonder why on earth is any professional trader doing anything else rather than methods described. Those amateurs, right? Money sitting there for free... give me a break.

I don't need to be a finance expert to know when somebody sells a snake oil - things that sound too good to be true most often are.

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brobinson 2274 days ago
Cost of carry.
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SketchySeaBeast 2273 days ago
So then would it help to scale it or not?
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