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12031599 No.12031599 [Reply] [Original]

Is cash a position?

If you're not comfortable with putting money anywhere, why is it frowned upon to just want to wait it out until your sentiment changes?

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>> No.12031624

Because many people tend to feel uncomfortable with holding too much dry powder due to the fact they are green dildo chasers. not losing money(technically losing only to inflation which is measly compared to any type of lose you'll see right now) is always better than losing. most people don't have the self control and want everyone to act like them

>> No.12031625

It is. You can keep it in cash but you're probably losing money to inflation long-term which makes t-bonds a better option. Alternately there are forex positions where you're speculating on currency prices.

>> No.12031627

Is shorthing a position?

>> No.12031631

>>12031599
cause muh inflation. These burgers cry about 1-2% inflation. Try living in argentina, cant hold cash for more than 1 month without getting rekt

>> No.12031668

>>12031625
Inflation is a non-issue unless you plan to hold the cash for like 10 years.

>> No.12031675

>>12031627
Yes but maybe you're not comfortable shorting either.

Maybe you just don't know.

Why should investors always be expected to know where the market is going? That's not a healthy way to think. Sometimes you just have to admit you don't know.

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>> No.12031719

>>12031599
If you mean cash allocation then yes.

>> No.12031764

>>12031599
trying to time the market doesn't work better than chance, worse most of the time.
if you're just not comfortable making a decision at all then at least put the money in bonds and get something for having money laying around.

>> No.12031786

>>12031668
there are literally hundreds of millions of USD being printed every day. sometimes it goes up to billions.

inflation can become an issue very fast and you can be left bagolding fiat