Depends what we're talking about. Small correction incoming any day now, completely agree. Big one > 10%, might wait a while.
Not an expert, but I would think there is some kind of structured product theme based around economically advantaged hedges for the supermajors. You buy the big dividend stocks or a basket of them, and then hedge the risk with energy futures. The div is very high, and since you are hedging with energy derivatives on a correlation basis, the hedge is inexpensive to carry. Maybe one of you quant jocks can poke some holes in that idea.
Lol 3 or 4 percent? That's 2 percent less than long term equity returns. You should be happy if you only lose inflation. Park it in a well capitalized bank. Period.
Buying a home at 600k or 700k that should only be worth 400k?not a great investment in my book. Either you bought a long time ago or you overpay.
The psychologically hardest investment right now but probably the only one that will make money over the next 10 years.
I think 3% can be achieved with a low cost leaps collar strategy on some high dividend stock. This is if the dividend doesn't get trimmed much during the year and the cost of the collar is about 3% less than the yeld. Someone mentioned Sunoco, I remember looking at payoff of XOM collar to trap some dividend. I haven't done it myself as I aim for more than 5%, but please let me know if I am off with fairies.
Im afraid historical yearly inflation is higher than 3-4%. Renting real estate would also be higher return.
true - it was the first leg for the move the Russell 2000 made which was the largest in it's history - it was long over due since it lagged the NDX100 for many years.