Ask HN: 'volatile year' Investment Strategies?

6 points·gentleman11··6 comments

The markets may go through a 'volatile' year or two, if not more, due to world events. What are you all doing with your investments?

Are you leaving your mutual funds in? Shifting them to something safer? Focusing on inflation-resistant investments? Buying property / avoiding property?

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Honestly, as someone in their early 30's who knows very little about the investment world, I'm still just dollar cost averaging into my Vanguard index tracking ETF's — Same amount, same day of the month.

I have held some shares in tech companies that I personally believe in but that's more for fun and with money I'd be okay not having tomorrow.

Maybe it's just a case of ignorance is bliss but ignoring the noise and following that strategy has been working so far for me so don't plan on altering it currently.

I allocated the majority of my portfolio to the JEPI etf, which has some unique characteristics, prior to the recent correction. It hasn't gone down as much as the benchmarks and has a solid dividend based of call premiums which are higher in volatility. I'm using the dividend proceeds to dollar cost average into growth again as we cascade down.

Buy low / Sell High!

Think 10yr time horizon and imagine if u bought SPY this low :)

You think this will be the low then? It seems that things could fall a lot more depending on what happens

Yes but the market is forward looking. Look at 2008-2009, the market started to recover in early 2009 but the recession was still happening and the economy didn’t look good until 1-2 years later

The same thing I’ve done for years: dollar cost average into index funds. I’m not a genius and can’t predict or time the market.

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