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Weekly Finance Thread

Since a lot of us here have expressed interest in not starving to death in a gutter, I figured I'd start a weekly thread to discuss financial matters.

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The hardest part I feel is starting to save. The gapping maw of the future will be those who saved and invested and those who did not. This future inflation will crush future retirees. The current bull run of everything going up has spoiled a lot of new investors and honestly still looks like it has steam to continue to me.

My strategy is to split between index funds and ETFs and also buy some individual stocks I like or want to track. For funds I mainly check fees and past performance, for stocks I see whether they're making money.

For my stocks I'm heavier into Tech and much heavier into American companies. I only recently added an international index fund because of Hormuz, which might be backwards thinking.

For my stocks I'm heavier into Tech and much heavier into American companies. I only recently added an international index fund because of Hormuz, which might be backwards thinking.

Most investment advisors recommend having some international exposure. How much do you have?

My current is held is low like 1% of total invested things in an international index, but I've added it to my 401k and HSA elections at about 25% so it will increase as the year goes on.

Approving this instance.

Not sure if we need another repeating thread…was there something wrong with (Financial) Wellness Wednesday?

No one associates the Wednesday thread with 'financial wellness'.

It's filled with everything else and rarely anything about investing etc.

I suggested Saturday for this stuff, because that's the only day that isn't taken on this forum.

Shit. It's Friday and not Saturday, isn't it?

I feel like a dumbass now.

Haha!

That's kinda cute.

Nice points in the OP tho.

It felt like the Wednesday thread was getting a little overloaded and turning into a general grab bag.

If you'd prefer it there I'll gladly accept that.

We’re discussing it.

For now, carry on :)

I mentioned a while ago that I've gotten into fixed income investing.

I'm trying to fill some of the gap between treasuries and equities in my portfolio, and so far that's going alright. Calculating whether a fund is worth the risk premium is tricky, and one where I'm currently striking out a little is JSI.

Since I bought it, I'm up 0.38% on total return because of the distributions, but the share price is down very slightly. In an attempt to understand why, I've been learning about something called "extension risk". Since JSI is mostly mortgage backed securities, it tends to lose value in an environment like this one, where a lot of people are holding onto their mortgages for dear life because refinancing or buying a new home might double their cost of living.

I probably won't increase my holdings in this fund, but I probably won't sell it for now.

Share price of fixed income will always go down slightly when the market is rising. The share price isn't what you care about, it's the monthly dividend.

I have a few other funds that are flat or appreciating though. I understand the rule of thumb, so I thought it was odd that JSI and only JSI was falling.

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May need to ping a moderator; it's showing as Deleted By User for me.

Same.

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