Your bonds had to have finished strong last couple months, no?2023 was a very good year for the S&P500 returns. Here’s some insight on the year and the difficulty in anyone predicting market returns consistently. My wife and I did a little worse than the S&P average but that was because the poor performance of bond funds in our nest egg.
12 Lessons the Market Taught Investors in 2023
Market-timing and short-term thinking again cost investors.www.morningstar.com
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We have a muni bond fund that was down 1% for the year and overall our bond funds were up a few percent for the year. We’ve been heavily invested in the FAANG stocks for 20+ years so overall we’ve been very fortunate/lucky with our average returns.
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That's really all you've needed. Carried the market for the majority of the year.
FAANG is old news haha. Its the Magnificent 7 now. Replace netflix with Nvidia in those returns and recalculate.FAANG stocks vs. the market the last decade. 25.7% return for the period which means your investment would double in value every 34 months.
FAANG Portfolio
FAANG Portfolio - asset allocation, performance, historical returns, drawdowns, sharpe ratio, and more.
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I’d add Microsoft as well to your Nvidia pick.
Its amazing how well the energy drink sector has done. I believe Celsius has been one of the highest performing stocks (NASDAQ) over the decade.Another look back at a 20 year time frame for the top performing S&P500 stocks. Not many, including me, would have guessed that Monster Beverage was the top performer.
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Over the past two decades, no stock in the S&P 500 has posted a higher return than energy drink firm Monster Beverage.www.cnbc.com
It’s everywhere now
Seriously! Not a fan but can't hit a gym without seeing it.
Covering volume and spreads on CNBC as we speak.
Interesting how these will work. Options on coins will drive insane volatility.
Agreed. Watching these from the sidelines for sure.
I don't know if the etfs will actually purchase and hold the underlaying or will mirror the movements.
Thats exactly what they will be doing. They're required to do that
*Should be doing*
The funds are actually backed by the underlying token, so yes, near term volatility will be interesting to watch. In the long run, theoretically, it should actually reduce the volatility but who knows how that will all play out.
True. Plus we should actually be able to see the wallets that make these purchases.
Gotta love on chain explorers
"see" is another loose term....Yes the blockchain transactions are public information, but unless you know what each wallet's blockchain address is you will not be able to differentiate any movements
