Sure, I would love to get 12-15% returns per year. Tell me how, please. All I can do is continue to max out my 401k/IRAs, not spend a lot, and retire in ~10 years with reasonable security.buddtholomew wrote:Yes definitely sarcastic, but aren’t you the least bit concerned? We’ve been holding our breath for almost a decade now...Cortopassi wrote:Assuming that is sarcastic, not so much. But what can you do? Even minimally, gold and bonds are buffering the stock drop.
At some point, everyone will realize, oh, maybe the economy isn't doing as good as we thought, and bonds will benefit.
Gold is always the wildcard.
The only other way I might have been able to better accomplish that was maybe to buy 6 flats 10/20/25 years ago as my investing, vs. being in the market/PP. Probably would have made things better, with a nice steady income as well. But even that has headaches, maintenance, etc.