Not exact matches
The option / opportunity cost for dry powder (
bonds vs.
cash) is extremely cheap — with that said, it has been cheap for quite some time,
and could
stay cheap for much longer, BUT, one who exercises that option has left very little on the table, certainly nothing material in terms of financial security / wealth.
And instead of having
cash sitting on the sidelines,
bond ETFs can help you
stay invested.
Despondent, but not completely out of it, Georgia decides to live out the remaining three weeks of her life doing something she's always wanted to do,
cashing in all of her
bonds and other savings, flying off to the Czech Republic to
stay in a garish hotel where her favorite chef (Depardieu, Bon Voyage) prepares world renown meals.
The controversial financing tool, often referred to as a social impact
bond, has allowed this
cash - strapped district, one of five in the Salt Lake City area, to provide high - quality early education to thousands of poor 3 -
and 4 - year - olds who might have otherwise
stayed home.
When there is a lot of pressure to short, prices overshoot on the downside,
and stay well below where the
cash bonds would trade.
I recommend you
stay in short term, high quality
bond funds (which, themselves, provide inflation protection)
and cash until rates move up closer to the historical 2 % real return for TIPS.
But Schwab doesn't let customers
stay fully invested in stock
and bond funds, requiring at least 6 % in
cash for aggressive investors — climbing to 29.4 % for the most conservative portfolios.
If inflation
stays low
AND cash rates remain low
AND cooperative markets allow portfolio engineering to reduce the risk of stock /
bond portfolios, you can make today's valuation levels make sense.
Cash is not an acceptable form of
bond when
staying with Oaks Hotels & Resorts
and a valid credit card must be presented upon arrival.