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- From: jhsu@ih-nxt05.cso.uiuc.edu (Jason Hsu)
- Subject: Re: Conservative investment
- References: <1993Jan17.051314.18406@cc.gatech.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 01:38:20 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan17.051314.18406@cc.gatech.edu> barrett@cc.gatech.edu
- (James Barrett) writes:
- > I need to put aside some money for house down payment in
- > about 15 months. With the possibility of higher interest|:f
- > rates by then, what's my best choice for safety outside
- > of cash equivalents?
- There aren't many good choices outside cash equivalents. Stocks are at
- some of the highest price/book ratios ever, and the prospect of rising
- interest rates (which I consider certain) foretell a crash in stocks and
- bonds. Your two best choices: cash equivalents and U.S. EE Savings Bonds
- (which pay higher interest than CD's and bonds of comparable maturity).
- If you want to invest some money for the longer term, put 10%-20% of your
- portfolio into the very few undervalued stocks remaining, like British
- Steel and Travelers.
-