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There's plenty of investments that aren't speculative. Speculative investments are high risk investments, not investments involving any degree of uncertainty.
by semicolon_storm 4y ago
There's plenty of investments that aren't speculative. Speculative investments are high risk investments, not investments involving any degree of uncertainty. Bonds and broad market index funds are considered to not be speculative despite some degree of uncertainty about their future growth.
- oarabbus_ 4y agoBroad market index funds are also speculative and high-risk, as many who lost 30-50%+ of their portfolio value when they needed it most during the 2008 GFC (or those who panic liquidated during the 2020 COVID crash) can attest to. Government bonds are one of the few "safe" low-yield investments.
- whatever1 4y agoThat is if the issuing gov does not also print a ton of cash to repay you, or default