S&P 500 vs Coinbase Assets
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My best friend wanted investment advice. “Something safe and long term. But also a little interested in some more risky investments.”
There’s an investing rule of thumb that you should subtract your age from 100 — and that’s the percentage of your portfolio that you should keep in stocks. For example, if you’re 30, you should keep 70% of your portfolio in stocks. If you’re 70, you should keep 30% of your portfolio in stocks.
I’d amend this and replace stocks with cryptocurrency. And you can do this yourself, without a broker.
Here’s why it’s a good idea in April, 2018:
The S&P 500 average rate rate of return averages to about 7.5%, and 9% if you reinvest dividends. (This avg depends on how may years included, but 10, 20, 60, it’s all in the ballpark). The likelihood of the Coinbase assets delivering an 8% gain or more by years end is practically certain. In fact, if BTC reaches a new ATH this year (as it does most years), it will have outperformed the compound interest of 10 years reinvesting dividends in the S&P.
Any American with a bank account can outperform the S&P 500 with the CoinBase assets. I’m bearish on LiteCoin, but it tends to go the same direction as the rest.
So, set a goal for yourself. Are you trying to outperform the S&P 500? Then buy today, take account of transaction costs, and sell when the price rises. As I write, the price is $8,495. When Bitcoin reaches $9,259 (a 9% increase) sell. You will have just outperformed the S&P 500, and 90% of hedge funds.
Don’t invest money you cannot lose. It could also go to $0 due to some quantum computing revolution. But the benefits of joining the cryptoverse are significant. Learn about it. Let it welcome you.
