Questions tagged [long-term]
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Why do leveraged ETFs have such a strong long-term track record, if they're so bad?
With reference to
"Why are daily rebalanced inverse/leveraged ETFs bad for long term investing?"
, how come these ETFs have a strong long-term track record?
For example, one of the oldest leveraged ...
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Are ETF trackers fundamentally better than individual stocks?
My situation: I am mostly interested in long-term dividend-paying investments. My philosophy is "only sell if the company becomes fundamentally worse", so I only pick stocks of companies I feel ...
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What are the best investments to increase wealth long-term in France?
TL;DR: Are PEE (company savings), PEA (stocks) and renting the best options in France long-term?
I am single, 26, living rent-free and wondering how I should proceed to ensure my financial stability ...
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Australia- Bank account for newborn
I have just acquired a newborn, a would like some advice in setting up long term financial plan. I don't have a target amount in mind, just to have some money to help her when older (roughly 18-21 ...
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European citizen investing in MSCI USA index ETF: to hedge or not to hedge?
Located in Europe, I am thinking about a long-term (~20 yrs) investment into an ETF that follows MSCI USA Index. I am stuck: should I pick an euro hedged fund or a normal one. My salary is in Euros, ...
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Definitions of borrowing / lending long-term & short-term
What is short-term & long-term? I read that it is investments of short period (less than one year) and long period respectively, but I cannot realize then what means borrowing/lending short-, long-...
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Are bonds worth the investment since they don't compound?
I was talking with my parents and they told me they have been buying 30 year EE bonds at $100 every 2 months with an interest rate of 4%. Because it is an EE bond, it does not pay a monthly coupon. So ...
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Tender offer - offer price vs. market price
I recently acquired Pacific Biosciences shares, which Illumina has offered to purchase 1.2 billion dollars of, at 8$ per share.
After this announcement, the share rose at 7.56$ per share.
Is the price ...
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Does ROE project future returns?
Let's say I have $10,000 to invest and I want to invest all of that money in Apple Inc. (AAPL).
Just for the sake of argument, looking at Apple's ROE for as far as 2008, I realize it almost never ...
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When should one book profit in investing? [closed]
I would like to know if there is any theory/strategy behind booking profits when it comes to investing?
Many times I have observed the stocks rallied 20-40% in the span of 2-4 months. Since I am ...
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Are there any advantages of long term US treasury ETF's / funds?
I'm debating whether to include any long term US treasury bond ETF in my portfolio. Are there any reasons I would include it rather than go for other types such as intermediate term bond ETFs and US ...
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Buying the whole range of prices of an asset (stock, commodity, etc)
Imagine a scenario when I buy 1 gram of gold when the price hits a round value of $37, $38, $39 (and so on) and sell these grams for $0.50 more (after paying fees) when the prices go up. That is, if ...
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Does dollar-cost averaging just means taking risk later?
I am investing in mutual funds and hence reading and trying to learn about it.
I was reading this answer which says lump sum investment is far more efficient than DCA. Well, that does not surprise me....
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Is investing all your savings into a small number of individual stocks risky?
I want to invest 90% of my savings into stock market and split between 4-6 stocks. How risky is this and is it a bad idea. I feel like the stock market goes up over time so unless something like ...
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Reduce risk of the unexpected on a long-term portfolio
I've been thinking recently what can I do to reduce risk on my long-term buy-and-hold portfolio.
When I say "risk", I'm talking about rare, unexpected but highly destructive events (think Taleb's ...
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Which asset classes have a “built-in” long-term growth logic?
My understanding is that stock markets are expected to generate returns above inflation in the long run because companies are paying out dividends and because investors demand compensation for ...
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How to spread £30000 investment over a long enough period of time?
I have about £30000 that I could start investing now in a tax efficient way (UK ISA, which means essentially zero tax).
Since the markets are at an all-time high right now, I am thinking it would ...
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Capital Gains Tax on sale of land
My mother had in 1995 purchased a plot in Bangalore for Rs 1 lacs. We are looking to sell land for Rs. 30,00,000/-.
My mother is approx 55 - 59 years old.
Please inform if we need to pay income ...
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If throwing good money after bad is generally a bad idea, is throwing more money after good Ok?
I have heard that investing more money into an investment which has gone down is generally a bad idea*. "Throwing good money after bad" so to speak.
Is investing more money into a stock, you already ...
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Should I sell my stocks to put a down payment on a house before it becomes a long term investment?
everyone! Just as the post describes, I'm caught between 2 decisions. Right now I have 10.6k invested in stocks, which I bought last August, that are worth 19.5k. I planned to use these profits to ...
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Investing $50k + Real Estate
TL;DR: we have a little over 50k in cash in the bank, my spouse has real estate worth over 100k overseas, no debt or mortgage, and one child (under 1 year). What is the best thing to do with what we ...
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Against what income are broker fees deducted?
Let's say I purchase a share of a stock for $10 and the the broker charges me a $5 commission fee.
A year later I purchase a second share for another $10 and the broker charges me again a $5 ...
