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FUD, FOMO and Bitcoin
Wanderer
Latest posts by Wanderer (see all)
- Reader Case: Should I Buy a House as a Passive Investment? - May 17, 2019
- FUD, FOMO and Bitcoin - May 13, 2019
- Why I won’t Touch Cryptocurrencies and Neither Should You - May 6, 2019
After last week’s rather amusing debate about crypto-currencies, I thought it’d be interesting to keep the conversation going by examining two rather interesting reactions that came out of that in the comments: FUD and FOMO. What are FUD and FOMO? FUD stands for Fear, Uncertainity, and Doubt. I first heard this term from salespeople in the high tech sector, who used the strategy of spreading rumours about rival companies (“I heard their chips catch fire all the time”) in order to make their companies’ products look better by comparison, but it also applies in the investment world too. Basically, when […]
Why I won’t Touch Cryptocurrencies and Neither Should You
Wanderer
Latest posts by Wanderer (see all)
- Reader Case: Should I Buy a House as a Passive Investment? - May 17, 2019
- FUD, FOMO and Bitcoin - May 13, 2019
- Why I won’t Touch Cryptocurrencies and Neither Should You - May 6, 2019
On Friday’s reader case, our intrepid reader Condos&Crypto said that stumbling across our site prevented her from taking the proceeds of her house sale and dumping it all into cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. In the past, I’ve always recommended against having significant exposure to crypto, but that wasn’t because I had strong feelings one way or another, it was because I didn’t understand cryptocurrencies all that well. So over the past year, I’ve been following the whole cryptocurrency space and learning more about this thing, and what I’ve learned has horrified me to the point that I won’t touch crypto at […]
Ultrashort Bond ETFs
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Latest posts by Wanderer (see all)
- Reader Case: Should I Buy a House as a Passive Investment? - May 17, 2019
- FUD, FOMO and Bitcoin - May 13, 2019
- Why I won’t Touch Cryptocurrencies and Neither Should You - May 6, 2019
Today I’m going to talk a bit about an asset class I recently started using, which are Ultrashort Bond ETFs. The name makes them sound like something that invests in companies that produce extreme board shorts or something, but it’s actually far more mundane. What are Ultrashorts? Remember that there are two basic asset classes in an investment portfolio: Equity and Fixed Income. Equity generally invests in companies, while fixed income generally invests in bonds. I know there are more esoteric things like Preferred Shares (which we write about here), but let’s keep things simple for this example. When picking […]
Does the Yield Curve Inverting Mean a Recession is Coming?
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Latest posts by Wanderer (see all)
- Reader Case: Should I Buy a House as a Passive Investment? - May 17, 2019
- FUD, FOMO and Bitcoin - May 13, 2019
- Why I won’t Touch Cryptocurrencies and Neither Should You - May 6, 2019
The past few days have been filled with breathless media reports, all of which admittedly sound scary. “Yield curve inversion: recession sign sparks panic” The panic over yield curve inversion, explained, Vox.com Now that one of the most reliable recession indicators in the market got triggered, investors across the globe are starting to worry if this could mean the U.S. economy is slowing down. The US bond yield curve has inverted. Here’s what it means, NBC That’s because on Friday, March 22, 2019, the US Treasury yield curve inverted. And because the yield curve inverting has historically signalled an […]
The Yield Shield: How It Protects You From Recessions
Wanderer
Latest posts by Wanderer (see all)
- Reader Case: Should I Buy a House as a Passive Investment? - May 17, 2019
- FUD, FOMO and Bitcoin - May 13, 2019
- Why I won’t Touch Cryptocurrencies and Neither Should You - May 6, 2019
