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  • Freepuka
    Freepuka Member Posts: 21

    What's the rest of your portfolio look like? How averse to risk are you? What is your portfolio goal? How liquid do you want to be? Gold or gold etf's?

    Lots to unpack.

    I have about $131k in various retirements, $20k in brokerage accounts, $9k in crypto, and $100k in the bank. I’m 33.

    I would be fine with ETF’s but my friend who may or may not be a little anxious about the market says 10% in physical gold and/or silver.
  • Freepuka
    Freepuka Member Posts: 21

    No.

    Real estate is where it's at

    Residential or commercial? I’m a loan officer so I agree to a certain point. Residential real estate is just expensive and the ROI on rentals is too minimal right now unless you get a smoking deal.
  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,573
    edited August 2020
    Freepuka said:

    No.

    Real estate is where it's at

    Residential or commercial? I’m a loan officer so I agree to a certain point. Residential real estate is just expensive and the ROI on rentals is too minimal right now unless you get a smoking deal.
    The changing landlord laws make residential real estate investment less and less appealing. All it takes is one bad tenant, to ruin everything you have worked hard for.
  • Woof
    Woof Member Posts: 770
    Freepuka said:

    What's the rest of your portfolio look like? How averse to risk are you? What is your portfolio goal? How liquid do you want to be? Gold or gold etf's?

    Lots to unpack.

    I have about $131k in various retirements, $20k in brokerage accounts, $9k in crypto, and $100k in the bank. I’m 33.

    I would be fine with ETF’s but my friend who may or may not be a little anxious about the market says 10% in physical gold and/or silver.
    Why do you have that much cash in the bank? Keep only 3-6 months of expenses in short-term liquid reserves. If you're that worried about volatility, buy treasuries or muni bonds and at least make a couple %. I would just dump it in a market index if it were me.

    Gold is fine, but I'm a little more skeptical than others around here on its potential.
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,515 Founders Club

    No.

    Real estate is where it's at

    No. With unemployment insurance ending and 28M people immanently out on the street, the landlords won't be gettin their scratch either. All of it's going back to the banks. Then to the courthouse steps. Then to he retail market.

    For perspective, 8M were kicked out in the street in '08.

    We?re so fucked.
  • doogie
    doogie Member Posts: 15,072

    What's the rest of your portfolio look like? How averse to risk are you? What is your portfolio goal? How liquid do you want to be? Gold or gold etf's?

    Lots to unpack.

    Paper isn’t Gold
  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,857 Standard Supporter

    My broker suggests more like 100% into silver and gold.


    HOF post.
  • Freepuka
    Freepuka Member Posts: 21
    So the consensus is there’s no consensus. I’ve never considered it until recently but I want some alternative to diversify.

    The American dollar is so fucked. There will be hyperinflation. The Fed will keep printing money. Shit, they can’t print is as fast as they are promising to spend it at this point.
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,515 Founders Club

    What's the rest of your portfolio look like? How averse to risk are you? What is your portfolio goal? How liquid do you want to be? Gold or gold etf's?

    Lots to unpack.

    This, but Gold right now isn't a bad investment. Everything is going up because of money printing...I'm betting Gold will hit $3,000 by the end of 2021. But same thing driving that will drive lots of other things higher as well.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/markets/gold-rising-to-dollar4000-an-ounce-would-not-be-an-unreasonable-move-fund-manager-says/ar-BB17EoXa