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- From: ssimmons@convex.com (Steve Simmons)
- Subject: >>>>> Where is the best place to stick it?
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:10:19 GMT
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- Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
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- > I am about to receive a gift of $100k from a relative in a couple weeks.
- > I would like to invest it somewhere for a couple years until I get out
- > of school. Do you guys recommend stocks, bonds, funds, foreign currency, or
- > mixture? I'm looking for something without much risk with a high return.
- > Am I being feasible in anticipating a 10% return a year.
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- First word of advice. Avoid talking about it, especially on a nationwide
- network. You may find that you have more friends than you need. Try
- to be more vague about it.
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- Next, a 10% return is awfully good for today's rates. You will need to
- get pretty risk, like an aggressive mutual fund or a junk bond. For something
- reasonably safe, you should expect 4-7%. Usually, you should try to develop
- a portfolio. Some in risky, much in safe, some in long term, much in short
- term. Personally, I would use the following blend...
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- 50% in a CD in a bank
- 20% in an aggressive stock fund.
- 20% in an equity stock/bond fund
- 10% in an checking or money market.
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- The key to wealth is to try to accumulate it.... not risk losing it.
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- Thank you.
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- Steve Simmons
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