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Are you hedging your risks?

  • #1
  • First Post: Edited Dec 18, 2007 11:18pm Dec 16, 2007 9:30pm | Edited Dec 18, 2007 11:18pm
The thread is for the community to share safe investment opportunities to hedge against Forex risk. No way is all of my portfolio going into Forex..... gotta do homework and find low risk high return opportunities.

For example,

I just came across this website:

http://www.aabincorporated.com/

I know nothing about these people. They claim guaranteed 12.5% returns.

Thanks.
  • #2
  • Dec 16, 2007 10:48pm Dec 16, 2007 10:48pm
Quoting tdion
What safe instruments (CDs, savings accounts, funds) do you put your money in to offset your forex risk?

I just came across this website:

http://www.aabincorporated.com/

I know nothing about these people. They claim 100% guaranteed returns.

Thanks.
Looks like 15% to me, where'd you get 100%?

Long term stocks and bonds (with in depth research, of course) are the only surefire way to practically assure investment statability. So long as your MM is great on forex, it's not so much a speculative activity when your swing trading. Technically it is, but if you've done your homework and have a consistently profitable system then it's a very good tool. Traditional investment portfolios are 50/50 stocks and bonds with up to 75 or as low as 25 percent for either...you might want to consider setting up two accounts. One for long term statability (stocks and bonds), and one for short term speculative activies (day trading stocks, forex, options, etc)
  • #3
  • Dec 16, 2007 11:41pm Dec 16, 2007 11:41pm
The 100% guarantee is a guarantee on the return, not the ROI.

Quoting renegade7
Looks like 15% to me, where'd you get 100%?

Long term stocks and bonds (with in depth research, of course) are the only surefire way to practically assure investment statability. So long as your MM is great on forex, it's not so much a speculative activity when your swing trading. Technically it is, but if you've done your homework and have a consistently profitable system then it's a very good tool. Traditional investment portfolios are 50/50 stocks and bonds with up to 75 or as low as 25 percent for either...you might want to consider setting up two accounts. One for long term statability (stocks and bonds), and one for short term speculative activies (day trading stocks, forex, options, etc)
  • #4
  • Dec 16, 2007 11:50pm Dec 16, 2007 11:50pm
Quoting tdion
The 100% guarantee is a guarantee on the return, not the ROI.
Oh ok haha.
Well if they gaurantee it....

I still think anyone who's willing to put in the effort to research themselves is better off managing their own portfolio. That way, if anything goes wrong, your in complete control.

To each their own though...
  • #5
  • Dec 17, 2007 1:45am Dec 17, 2007 1:45am
Quoting tdion
The thread is for the community to share safe investment opportunities to hedge against Forex risk. No way is all of my portfolio going into Forex..... gotta do homework and find low risk high return opportunities.

For example,

I just came across this website:

http://www.aabincorporated.com/

I know nothing about these people. They claim 100% guaranteed returns.

EDIT) The 100% is a guarantee, not the ROI.

Thanks.
Hey,

Havn't checked the site yet, but I have heard about these type of funds. Not sure about this one, but generally there will be a minimum investment period (1-5 years) and they will put maybe 75% into basically risk free investments such as T-bills etc. They will then trade with the remaining 25% (usually with a high risk strategy). If they lose the 25%, then by the end of the minimum period, this will be made back by the risk free investments.

Nice idea hey. I like it anyway. Good way to convince people to invest in you with no real track record.
  • #6
  • Dec 18, 2007 8:58pm Dec 18, 2007 8:58pm
Is nobody here hedging their risks with other instruments (CDs, savings accounts, etc.)??

There is a bank in my town that offers 6% on my CHECKING account.... very nice for adding margin money when needed, then removing it and putting it back in the checking account for interest.
  • #7
  • Dec 18, 2007 9:32pm Dec 18, 2007 9:32pm
Quoting tdion
Is nobody here hedging their risks with other instruments (CDs, savings accounts, etc.)??

There is a bank in my town that offers 6% on my CHECKING account.... very nice for adding margin money when needed, then removing it and putting it back in the checking account for interest.
6%?! That's disgusting. Is the bank operated out of someone's basement? I would definitely take advantage of that....

(are you sure there's no catches?)
  • #8
  • Dec 18, 2007 11:16pm Dec 18, 2007 11:16pm
They are located in a Super Walmart in Charleston, SC.

Not only do they offer that, but 7 day a week office hours....

Quoting renegade7
6%?! That's disgusting. Is the bank operated out of someone's basement? I would definitely take advantage of that....

(are you sure there's no catches?)
  • #9
  • Dec 31, 2007 1:42am Dec 31, 2007 1:42am
Bond screener:

http://screen.yahoo.com/bonds.html

A bit off-topic, but does anyone know of any zero APR credit cards that can be used to fund accounts?
  • #10
  • Jun 22, 2008 10:56pm Jun 22, 2008 10:56pm
why did this thread never catch on?

this should be a mandatory aspect of trading forex.... you can't expose your entire portfolio to forex and expect to walk away a winner....

surely folks here are invested in other opportunities...
  • #11
  • Last Post: Jun 22, 2008 11:14pm Jun 22, 2008 11:14pm
Savings accounts, term deposits and property.

Last house I bought shot up over 20% in 12 months. The house I live in has more than doubled in 4 years (bought 370, now worth 800+).

Property bubble is generally a sham, prices may drop short term, but value will always increase in the long run. Increasing population ensures this. I'm in it for the long haul, not a quick buck over 12 months.

You have to be smart with property, don't buy over priced crud movie star mansions (that's the bubble that will burst hard), look for potential growth areas.
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