Sorry to hear that PF. Good luck to you. Yes, I'm gambling some. This post isn't traditional. Its supposed to be thought provoking for someone that maybe didn't know some of this was going on. Maybe Im down a rabbit hole though. Its hard for me to tell sometimes. (this was supposed to be an open discussion for someone to debate with to prove me wrong.)
It seems they need buyers of US debt and that those interest rates are going up.
"Yields on U.S. government debt (Treasuries) have been pushing upward due to concerns over high budget deficits, inflation pressures, and surging global debt supply. For example, the 10-year Treasury yield is hovering over 4.4%, and recent auctions of long-term notes and bonds have drawn higher rates as the market demands more yield to absorb the massive volume of new borrowing."
"If you bought a $300,000 20-year bond at a 5% annual growth rate with all interest compounding, your total amount would grow to $795,989.31 under annual compounding, or $805,519.15 if using the standard semiannual compounding frequency typical of U.S. Treasury bonds."
"If you buy U.S. government debt right now, you will earn interest rates ranging from roughly 3.7% to 5.1%, depending on the type of security and its maturity date.The current interest rates (yields) for standard marketable U.S. Treasury securities are:Treasury Bills (Short-Term): Yields range from about 3.7% to 4.2% for maturities spanning 1 month to 1 year.Treasury Notes (Medium-Term): Yields sit between 4.2% and 4.6% for 2-year to 10-year notes.Treasury Bonds (Long-Term): 20-year and 30-year bonds are paying approximately 5.0% to 5.1%."
At one time this was considered the safest investment. Hopefully it still is and hopefully a guaranteed 5% is enough to help you in some way.
Im sure you've talked to a professional. Don't listen to anything on here. This strategy involves losing money here and there not constant growth. Speculation is probably exactly what its called but I like to think of it as strategic speculation... I haven't lost enough to learn my lesson yet where you may be in a situation that doesn't allow you to absorb those blows. Hope everything works out for you.
No i am self directed other than when I get a this may be something you want to look into from one man member. Typically that is a good suggestion and I never end up buying enough.
No mater what at some point investors will loose some money. Its just part of it.
Hysterically the most successful investor that het the most return Typically buy boring low cost index funds, dollar cost average and leave them alone for 30 years
Then ist accounts that have been forgot about for a few decades.
The trick is leaving it alone. When we watch it it gets hard to see all the red during a correction and people sell locking in losses. They dont buy back in if they ever do untill the market has recovered. Knowing the top and bottom geting the timing right is the hard part.
Some time I play with a volatile stock. Take MU for example it goes up and doen lately down to just under 900 and up to 11-1200. I have a buy order in for 945 and 900 for a few share . If I get them will sell at 1000 an 1045 or so. If I make a few hundred in a day or week cool. I can take that and buy a few more share of some dividend payer probably jepq, PM, or cnq, or exon. Then play my little game again. Its entertaining, but typically I would always be beter off if I just hold the stock. Take Amd I was doing the same thing with around or below 100 a share, or intell at 27 a share. Yep I made some small returns but would be way ahead had I just held them.
