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Why Cash Is Not a Great Investment (Even With a 5% Yield!)

2023/6/21
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Taylor Schulte
创立Stay Wealthy和Define Financial,专注于无佣金退休规划和财务教育。
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Taylor Schulte:本期节目探讨了即使在当前高利率环境下,现金仍然不是一种理想的投资选择。演讲者首先回顾了现金在过去经济危机中作为安全资产的历史作用,然后深入分析了名义回报和实际回报的区别。名义回报率是指投资收益的总额,而实际回报率则考虑了通货膨胀因素。演讲者指出,投资者往往更关注名义回报率,而忽略了通货膨胀对实际购买力的影响。通过多个历史时期的案例分析,例如2022年5月至2023年5月期间,以及2009年至2020年期间现金回报与通货膨胀率的比较,演讲者强调了将名义回报与实际回报进行比较的重要性。演讲者认为,长期来看,现金的回报率通常与通货膨胀率相当,不会增加购买力。因此,将现金作为主要投资手段,在财富积累阶段会降低资金增长速度,而在退休阶段则会增加提早耗尽资金的风险。演讲者建议,投资者应将现金作为风险缓冲,而非主要投资工具,并建议建立一个相当于2到5年生活费的现金和债券储备,以应对不可预测的市场波动。演讲者还比较了现金与债券在2008-2009年金融危机中的表现,指出债券在危机期间提供了更高的回报,更适合作为退休投资组合的一部分。最后,演讲者总结道,投资者不应盲目追逐短期趋势,而应做出长期的投资决策,以实现退休目标。

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The episode begins by discussing the historical role of cash as a protective measure in retirement and how current high yields are changing perceptions of cash as an investment.

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"Cash is king."

But is it a great investment? 

Historically, investors have built up dry powder to fund emergencies or survive market downturns.

But with cash now yielding close to 5%...

...many investors are viewing cash as a way to make money.

Today I'm sharing why cash — even at today's rates — is a bad investment.

I'm also sharing how much cash a retirement investor should consider holding.

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