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How to protect liquid assets from risk of hyperinflation
I don't want to freeze my cash in any medium that would require me to look/wait for a buyer, wait for the collective investment fund to cash my shares as they take their allowance of time to cash them ...
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Economics of buy-to-let (investment) flats
I'm trying to figure out whether it is a good business to buy a flat and rent it out.
These are the numbers I have so far:
Costs
Property: 150,000
Downpayment (30%) : 45,000
Interest ...
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Is gold really an investment or just a hedge against inflation?
As per the title of this question, is gold something that can really be considered an investment or is it just a useful hedge against inflation?
While I can understand the value in having hedges ...
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How can I make money if I believe that interest rates will go up, other than by investing in real-estate or taking out a low-interest loan?
How can I make money on the conviction that interest rates will rise other than:
Buying real-estate
Taking out a cheap loan and lending at a higher rate in the future
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Effect of home country inflation vs. resident country inflation on immigrant's assets?
Let's assume that there is an immigrant whose resident/host country is US which has low inflation while his home country has high inflation. The immigrant invests in his home country using his ...
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Why is a Vanguard fund based on U.S. treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) returning more than the rate of inflation?
VIPSX says it has returns of >= 5% over 5 years and almost 9% in the last year. It appears to be based on U.S. inflation-protected securities. However, U.S. treasuries are returning near zero, and ...
