Investing, finally some facts

[Bo Diddley]

While we're talking about UT, a lady in our ward who is a little off the deep end was getting after someone on Facebook for posting the Devil sign. Even after explaining it was the UT hook 'em horns, she wasn't satisfied. It was of the Devil.

[Jeff Lebowski]

While we're talking about UT, a lady in our ward who is a little off the deep end was getting after someone on Facebook for posting the Devil sign. Even after explaining it was the UT hook 'em horns, she wasn't satisfied. It was of the Devil.

Both sides can be right you know.

[Northwestcoug]

I had forgotten about this thread so I looked for Nikola updates. Milton was charged with securities fraud earlier this year:

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/trev...ry?id=79142070

[jay santos]

What would be a good, well-diversified investment as hedge against inflation with a 2-3 year outlook? I'm leery of gold, silver, bitcoin, and I'm not a market timer, but I think it seems obvious inflation is coming.

[Uncle Ted]

What would be a good, well-diversified investment as hedge against inflation with a 2-3 year outlook? I'm leery of gold, silver, bitcoin, and I'm not a market timer, but I think it seems obvious inflation is coming.

[chrisrenrut]

What would be a good, well-diversified investment as hedge against inflation with a 2-3 year outlook? I'm leery of gold, silver, bitcoin, and I'm not a market timer, but I think it seems obvious inflation is coming.

Coming? It's already here. The question is will it continue to rise, level out, or (unlikely) drop.

Vanguard has a Short Term Inflation Protected ETF (VTIP). I thought I'd get ahead of the game and put some money into it in early 2021. However, returns as of today have been flat. Which actually means a loss since inflation has gone up during that time. So I wouldn't recommend it.

[jay santos]

Coming? It's already here. The question is will it continue to rise, level out, or (unlikely) drop.

Vanguard has a Short Term Inflation Protected ETF (VTIP). I thought I'd get ahead of the game and put some money into it in early 2021. However, returns as of today have been flat. Which actually means a loss since inflation has gone up during that time. So I wouldn't recommend it.

Thanks, this reminds me I probably need to stick to my long term belief that the markets can't be timed.

[Moliere]

Thanks, this reminds me I probably need to stick to my long term belief that the markets can't be timed.

I was going to say that it's too late now, or at least you know it's too late when regular guys on a message board are trying to figure out where to invest to hedge against inflation. The better time would've been when the Fed dumped huge amounts of money into the market, which is now making its way through the system.

If you would've asked me 14 months ago I would have told you oil and gas. The companies that weathered the storm of early 2020 (most large public companies made it while smaller private companies failed) have more than doubled in value. I ended up with a bunch of stock in January 2021 due to one of the several mergers and I faced a choice of diversifying it or keeping it in O&G. I decided to keep most of it in O&G and that has paid off handsomely. Oil would've been expensive just on its own since it's a consumable commodity, but the perfect storm of skyrocketing demand from the world economy reopening and choked supply due to green initiatives and lack of funding, plus now a war is going to cripple supply even more, and now I'm feeling pretty good about my foresight...even a broken clock is right twice a day...

[Jeff Lebowski]

I was going to say that it's too late now, or at least you know it's too late when regular guys on a message board are trying to figure out where to invest to hedge against inflation. The better time would've been when the Fed dumped huge amounts of money into the market, which is now making its way through the system.

If you would've asked me 14 months ago I would have told you oil and gas. The companies that weathered the storm of early 2020 (most large public companies made it while smaller private companies failed) have more than doubled in value. I ended up with a bunch of stock in January 2021 due to one of the several mergers and I faced a choice of diversifying it or keeping it in O&G. I decided to keep most of it in O&G and that has paid off handsomely. Oil would've been expensive just on its own since it's a consumable commodity, but the perfect storm of skyrocketing demand from the world economy reopening and choked supply due to green initiatives and lack of funding, plus now a war is going to cripple supply even more, and now I'm feeling pretty good about my foresight...even a broken clock is right twice a day...

I bought an energy ETF in late 2020. It has done well.

[Moliere]

I bought an energy ETF in late 2020. It has done well.

Last year was a record year for the compnay I work for and this year is already looking better...unfortunately for most of the world.