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So, let's say one wants to hedge against the worse scenarios here, a stock market and bond-market crash. Where do I put my pension?
by Epa095 11mo ago
So, let's say one wants to hedge against the worse scenarios here, a stock market and bond-market crash. Where do I put my pension?
- SilverElfin 11mo agoMaybe gold? Crypto? Other economies like China or India?
- aurareturn 11mo agoCrypto? You're kidding right? If there is a depression, no one can eat crypto. It's the first to go.
- donavanm 11mo agoyou probably don't go all in, but try to find real assets that are not _too_ strongly correlated and are likely to have durable long term value. The most compelling answers I've heard are things like desirable real estate, commodities, or futures/contracts like water rights. Even then its not no equities, just a much lower allocation to minimize down side while still capturing some of the exuberant growth
- aurareturn 11mo agoGold performed well in the 1970s - 1980s stagflation. That's why gold has gone up so much in the last few years - because people expect stagflation. Real estate preserved value. However, I'm not sure that it will this time because population growth is not as strong as before.
- rramadass 11mo agoAswath Damodaran (https://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/ https://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/) from Stern School of Business at NYU says; 'Something bad is coming': Aswath Damodaran is ditching diversification, eyeing hard assets - https://www.businesstoday.in/markets/stocks/story/something-bad-is-coming-aswath-damodaran-is-ditching-diversification-eyeing-hard-assets-502355-2025-11-16 https://www.businesstoday.in/markets/stocks/story/something-... Also see books/papers/etc. under the "Writing" section of his webpage for insights.
- dominotw 11mo agoanother broken clock.
- manoDev 11mo agoInvest outside the US or bet on de-dollarisation (e.g. central banks everywhere buying gold). Just make sure you're not left holding dollars.