If you were like me, your view of bonds was owning shares of some type of bond mutual fund – mainly focused on getting a decent yield and hoping it was ‘safer’ than your equity positions." -@reachingtcrest
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@financialsamura@Betterment To their credit it says the account is made up of two bond ETFs at the bottom. The question is, why not just buy short term treasury bonds and pay no fee. Very liquid.
@ThinkSaveRetire I know $250k a year is a lot and sounds crazy high to most people but where I live that is the norm for two income households and trust me most people aren’t saving a lot. The $700,000 homes and new cars are everywhere. It takes discipline and a goal.
@Jparshall2@our_nextlife John, I think that’s where a lot of folks would disagree. This community is spending more time discussing social issues and less on money/economic issues. I for one would rather debate Fed policy than discuss social issues.
@ThinkSaveRetire @FreedomIsGroovy Yes! I started to think all Financial bloggers were extreme left wing socialists who felt bad about their own success....just kidding, sort of...