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So what's the alternative to U.S. Bonds?
United States bonds are supposed to be the safest investment vehicle anyone can make. With bond rates spiking indicating a sell off, where are people moving their money to? * Sitting on cash makes no sense as it just depreciates. * Stock market is unpredictable. ***What's the alternative?***
Is short China best hedge?
Looking for anyone to convince me I'm wrong because I might be missing some info/have the wrong perspective. I'm not heavily invested right now, but still want a hedge for the positions I do have. I am generally bearish about the next few months, but I think there will be …
US Inflation rate eases to 2.4% in March, lower than expected
[CNBC Article Link](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/10/inflation-rate-eases-to-2point4percent-in-march-lower-than-expected.html) >The consumer price index, a broad measure of goods and services costs across the U.S. economy, fell a seasonally adjusted 0.1% in March, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.4%. >Excluding food and energy, so-called core inflation ran at a 2.8% annual rate, having increased 0.1% for …
Gold vs S&P500: Correct Window for Correlation Analysis?
I am trying to generate a chart that plots correlation vs time for gold spot prices vs the S&P500 index. I am struggling to identify the appropriate length in days for the rolling window; every choice I'm using seems to give me artifacts (there's always some periodicity in the chart, …
The Gap Between the Rich and Poor Just Widened Substantially
We’ve just witnessed the most blatant market manipulation in the history of the United States. The gap between the rich and poor just widened substantially. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/09/trump-market-manipulation/ “Trump told people to buy. Hours later, his tariff pause sent markets soaring. Trump’s post before his announcement has Democrats accusing him of a …
SPY premarket versus S&P500 futures?
I look at both Google Finance and Robinhood depending on where I am, and at 8:30am, for example, the SPY premarket on Robinhood and the S&P500 futures are about the same (Google Finance is about a minute behind). But today for some reason I'm seeing about a 0.7% gap between …
Is there a beginners guide to investing?
I'm 48 and never done it - wondering where I should start as it seems so complex? I also thought it might be a good time to buy with stocks being lower given the tariff situation but looks like they have recovered now so I probably missed the chance
Non cumulative Preferred - Redemptiom
I had a situation that kinda stumped me, and wanted to get the input of others. The situation and background is a company has noncumulative preferred shares, and has a common stock they routinely (always, for decades) pays dividends to the common shareholders. They are calling and redeeming the preferred …
What are you looking to invest cash into?
I’ve been heavily invested in the US (specifically the S&P). With everything going on, once things eventually stabilize I plan to utilize the cash portion I have on the sidelines. What are people looking to for investments moving forward? I am still going to hold a large position in the …
European Union to put countermeasures to U.S. tariffs on hold for 90 days
[https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/10/european-union-to-put-countermeasures-to-us-tariffs-on-hold-for-90-days.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/10/european-union-to-put-countermeasures-to-us-tariffs-on-hold-for-90-days.html) The European Union will pause the adoption of its retaliatory tariffs on a swathe of U.S. goods for 90 days, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, a day after the White House issued a reprieve on most of its own levies. EU members voted in favor of …