快樂牛郎

you have 500K cash and you ask such a funny question here?

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US investment, at this point, considered 抵買samsung 發表於 2010/10/22 11:37

抵買 in the sense that USD is so oversold.
But as far as the economy goes, it's finished.

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Come on, 500K cash is not a lot of money. One cannot buy a decent
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fy789 發表於 2010/10/22 15:19

I didn't say 500K cash is a lot of money.  I am just saying how stupid your question is.

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5% is very easy to meet, you can even buy 國債或省債samsung 發表於 2010/10/22 11:31

even 10 year treasury is yielding 2.5% right now with relatively high risk while McDonald's were able to raise 500 million at under 3%

I am sure China would want to hire you as their chief investment officer

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fy789:

give me the $$$, I can guaranteed to give you 5-10% after 10 yrs... and I'll keep the extra  ...
samsung 發表於 2010/10/22 19:29

Are you gonna put down your own asset as guarantee?

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one should not only read THIS YEAR's YIELD, try look back after 10 yrs and tell me about it
samsung 發表於 2010/10/22 19:25

Sure, take the average yield on treasury from 2000 to 2010
tell me what the average is

if you were lucky, you could lock in a CD at 5%+ at some point during that time but that was only during a very short period and I don't see the rate going back up to that level in the next 5 years

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samsung 發表於 2010/10/22 19:28

and they are similar in risk as the treasury?

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  Could you specify why it is stupid to ask this question ?? I don't get your poin ...
fy789 發表於 2010/10/22 16:47

Nowadays you can borrow at 3% or less.  Tell me why the banks would want to lend to you at 3% if they can guarantee a 5% return on the money elsewhere.

And there are tons of very conservative funds out there generating a 2%-4% return a year.  Maybe there are other safer investments that have higher yields and they are just plain dumb.

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And I agree with those who said you should just spend it.

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The guy is just bluffing.
peter236 發表於 2010/10/22 22:20

I've only heard of Madoff who would guarantee such a return to investors.