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solumunus
22 days ago
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S&P Global has lowered Oracle’s creditworthiness f...
> Protection from downside risk on your S&P500 investments may cost 20-30% of your investment
What? Absolutely not.
inigyou
22 days ago
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What did you buy and for how much?
solumunus
21 days ago
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You would buy puts. How much to spend is really up to you, but you can definitely get meaningful downside protection for much much less than that.
inigyou
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And what is the cost of full downside protection? It necessarily exceeds the full upside, or else everyone would do it.
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What? Absolutely not.