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Old 11-03-2009, 07:51 PM   #1
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You can't escape the risk / return trade off. I don't see how substituting equity market risk with high yield or hard money loan default risk necessarily puts you ahead of the game. Same thing with concentrated real estate bets.

The only way you can make a "low risk" portfolio work is to have a commensurately low withdrawal rate, or plan on having a short withdrawal period.
Good point. Risk is what we are really talking about here.
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