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A Tale of Three DeFi Indices - Crypto World's "VT/VTI/SPY etc"
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Crypto is not for FIRE. FIRE is all about getting enough money to retire early, with certainty. Crypto is still too much of a gamble and doesn’t have the same certainty as investing in ETFs like VT, VOO, VTI, etc. However, since crypto is high risk, high reward, if the risk pays off you will be able to retire. It’s just not a guarantee
Both. I lost a substantial amount in crypto a year or so ago. Since then I got into daytrading the traditional market. I occasionally daytrade btc and matic. Losing this $ got me really interested in personal finance. Started pumping $ in my 401k, IRA and various other investment vehicles. Losing that $ was one of the best things that ever happened to me. It’s a shame it took me till I was almost 40 to take control of my life but, here we are. I have a btc bag, algo bag, ftm bag and sol as well. But no where near as much as I have in a VT equivalent.
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You're paying high fees for shares of ETHE that grayscale holds, supposedly backed by ethereum. It's 2.5% annual fee, significantly higher than stuff like VOO, VT, etc. There are also fees when you trade it. While I can trade VOO commission free, it costs me $6.99 per trade in ETHE. Finally, you're exposed to much more risk than holding eth yourself: ETHE depends on Grayscale not going bankrupt and people being willing to put up with their high fees, but Grayscale doesn't even hold their assets. They are stored by Coinbase, so now you're also trusting that CB doesn't go bankrupt, doesn't get hacked, etc. That's a lot of additional failure points and fees that you don't have to put up with when you buy your crypto directly.
If we're defining gambling the same way, "wagering of something of value on a **random event** with the intent of winning something else of value" I'd say that is a stretch. Bitcoin is a newer asset class and at the current stage it is going to be volatile and higher risk than say VT, VTI or FSKAX of a protracted drop like previously mentioned tickers. However, Bitcoin has reached a stage in its development as an asset class where the risk of going away or completely losing value is, IMO, lower. Will concede it has not been out long compared to the underlying assets of above tickers however once you understand the macro cycles and if you can be patient and not greedy but instead buy somewhere in the lower prices and sell somewhere in the upper prices you can do very well. Will agree going all-in is dangerous but having a non-trivial portion in BTC as long as you're prudent with your approach can provide a disproportionate return to traditional investments.
Yes, and putting it all into an index ETF like VT
* [The Great Reset and the Rise of Bitcoin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9VshkgxJ4) * [This Machine Greens](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-7dMVcVWgc) * [Banking On Africa - The Bitcoin Revolution](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VT_zpHQzBE) * [The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk4gZrBR9CU) * [Banking on Bitcoin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByvbAi924TI)
I do have about 4-6 months worth of food/water stockpiled...the problem there is expiration. A fan of guns, but the wife is not. Stocks can be fine, but dollar denominated assets less so. I primarily hold $VT. I refuse to hold bonds, and I will never buy them in the future.
Outside of tax-advantaged accounts, yes...but the tax-advantaged accounts mostly hold $VT (so well-diversified and global to help hedge currency risk) and are roughly 80% of my net worth. Effectively, anything that could be easily accessed goes into metals and bitcoin instead of a brokerage account
Used to be 5% of my paycheck and 95% for US stocks. 50% since 2022 and 50% on VT.
Is that for OSRS too? Or they still being OG on that front. 
Isn’t it similar with stocks? At first everyone wants to be this super traded looking to beat the market but after a bunch of margin calls, it’s 100% VT
I have been a total market index fund investor before crypto. Now that I'm into crypto and have become accustomed to some of the philosophies you find here I'm opting to invest more into a global ETF like VT rather than the US. I'd like to get into real estate as well.
SPY and VOO both track the S&P500 index. VOO has a 0.03% expense ratio and SPY has a 0.09% expense ratio. For a buy and hold investor, you should buy VOO. Options traders prefer to use SPY since it has higher volume generally. As for other options, VT is a great all-in-one option with exposure to virtually all US and international stocks at a ~60/40 split. Many prefer more exposure to US stocks and opt to buy VTI for total US market and VXUS total international market at their preferred weight. As you approach retirement, you should also consider exposure to the bond market. BND is a good option there.
*Cramer opens his mouth:* 
On YouTube. Very well made. https://youtu.be/_VT_zpHQzBE
ooh I know this one, it's because you can register salvage titled cars and cars from other states even if you don't live there. My MIL used to work at the VT DMV and they'd get people coming in from crazy far away to register cars that wouldn't be accepted in their home states.
Bro could have just bought VT and called it a life
*As long as the hacker wears a black ski mask and black leather gloves inside his home, and as long as he uses and old VT-220 terminal with white text and a green background... there is no way to stop him without the aid of fictional female superheroes with tight uniforms and laaaaarge breasts...*
He’s one of the poorest members of Congress and known for being frugal. As a member of Congress, he is required to maintain a home in DC. He also has his family house in Burlington, where he served as Governor. His other house is a modest lake house in VT that his wife bought for <$600k after selling her family estate. His net worth is $2MM. At the age of 80+, having been a top US politician his whole life, the dude should have made more than that.
Visible thinking routines are what Teachers use to guide their students’ thinking. But I think this VT routine suits our purpose very well How will you fill in the following visible thinking routine for FTX? I used to think… Now I think…
The one I used to use only required a phone number for smaller amounts. Beyond a certain amount then they require ID. I think at first it was $800, then later $400, then later I believe they started requiring ID for any amount (when selling, at least, I never bought from it). So it probably varies. There used to be a SkyHook bitcoin ATM at the mall in Burlington VT that required no ID, but it only sold bitcoin, you couldn't sell to it. It got shut down because the owner (a college kid) didn't have a MSB license though.
Excluding mandatory retirement savings: I'm 50% stocks (VT), 30% Bitcoin, 10% gold and 10% short term bonds.
Neat. Reminds me of the Skyhook bitcoin atm (which was also open source and easy to build yourself). Some college student in Burlington VT put one in the mall (next to a 3D printing kiosk) and was later shut down for not having a MSB license. IIRC he didn't get any fines, but they threatened to hit him hard if he didn't shut it down.
>7ReplyGive Awa Uh so you decided to have a coin you didn't do any research on be your 2nd biggest bag? The foundation has been transparent with the vesting schedule and anyone who did a google search would have found out why algo's inflation was high in 2021 and why that wont be the case going forward. Dude just stick to VT.
It's been brutal for everything. VT (total world market ETF) is down 19% year to date, inflation is running rampant, energy issues stemming from the Russian invasion. We are in a recession but none of the governments want to actually admit it.
I can see TA being useful as a tool and it is a tool that is always used by big banks or commodity traders. However you said it nicely in your post, it takes a lot of time and knowledge to get to a point utilizing it. For most people that’s just a waste of time and they are better off with DCA (also true for other asset classes) and use the time to learn other skills that improve somebodies career to earn more money to invest. Below starting capital of at least 100k, probably 1 Million, I don’t think the time spent is worth it. For somebody with an investable fortune of 1 Million, every 1% of higher return than the market is still only 10k per year which is way below minimum wage. (Of course this accumulates over many years but so are savings from promotions.) Additionally you also need the emotional discipline for trading and this skill is even harder to learn as demonstrated by many reputable Hedgefunds in the past that, out of nowhere, lose 50% in a day or a few weeks. Good luck recovering from that. All that to eventually be one of the (maybe) 1% of investors who can consistently outperform the market based on skill. Thank you but I rather stick to monkey style investing like VT because I don’t think my monkey brain can compete with high frequency trading algorithms like Renaissance Technologies has.
10% btc, rest in VT and just ignore it. That's what I do now. Been great so far. I usually would dca but at that amount I'd just dump it all in.
Maybe only buy the top two coins…. Or maybe just invest in things with actual cash flow, like stocks and bonds and real estate. Anyone who is investing 90% of their investment portfolio purely into cryptocurrency is just asking to be taken to the market and flayed. Invest like 1-5% in crypto and the other 95% into something like VOO or VTI or VT. If cryptocurrency returns anything like posters here say it will. Your 1-5% allocation will be more than enough to get good returns. And if you get fleeced for all it’s worth and lose everything (which seems to be the norm in crypto) you actually aren’t down a whole lot of money.
Maybe if you compare them to the broader crypto market, but cryptocurrencies are inherently an extremely risky asset class, even riskier than small-cap growth stocks which are basically lottery tickets. I’d argue the “safe” range for most people is somewhere between a total market index fund (like VT) and blue chip dividend payers (like KO)
I keep crypto stocks in Roth IRA: GBTC, ETHE, COIN I keep regular stocks in my Non-Roth IRA: VTI, VT, NIO 401k is pretty limited for options and will be different for everyone. Mine is Fidelity Growth Fund and Intel (Long)
I tried every asset allocation and came to the conclusion i can sleep the best with: 90% VT total World Market by vanguard 10% split into BTC / ETH Do this for 20 years and you will have a stable fortune without big risks and live your live
Just add VT for diversity. K.I.S.S
VTI, VT, VXUS, VTSAX are also ones to look into if you don’t just wanna own the S&P 500
50% VT; 30% real estate; 15% VTI, 5% BTC
I'm super boring and conservative with my investments. All I have is VT, VTI, a few pieces of real estate, and a little bit of BTC. This year has really stuck it in and broke it off..... except for the real estate, but that might be about to change too. I'm too stuck in my ways to start buying individual stocks now. Thanks for the suggestions though.
Really want to add that,in addition to everything you said, do not overweight your portfolio in crypto! You should be DCAing significantly more into VT, VTI, etc than all your Crypto combined. And investing what you can afford includes after saving for retirement, not just literally so you can still pay rent this month .
I think the ultimate message here is that every tool kit requires a numerous amount of tools and a wide variety of that: a plumber isn’t gonna say, “ oh, you know what, screwdriver suck and I’m never gonna own a screwdriver, I’ll never find any uses for screwdrivers – but wrenches, those are the best and I’ll only use wrenches…” at some point I think the responsible and prudent thing to do is to be dollar cost averaging into an all weather portfolio; have some gold, have some international and US stocks i.e. VT wax, have some bitcoin, have a REIT (VGSLX)/rental property, and have some cash for buying opportunities in all of these sectors… And if you’re dollar cost averaging into all of these overtime, you’re never really gonna get burned or feel buyers remorse- sure you may suffer the swings of the market, but that’s everyone –because you’ve made this a habit and a lifestyle: investing and saving. DCA and diversify, my friends.
I'd recommend checking out the Bogleheads method/subreddit some people go VT (world market) some people go VTI (small/mid/large cap of US market) some people go VOO (large cap of US market) some people go VTI + VXUS (also world market but lower expense ratio and more stocks than VT)
[Favorite Gilfoyle crypto scene](https://youtu.be/81zBnjh2VT8)
I think your heart is in the right place, but you need to be DCAing that money into something with real intrinsic value, like a good diversified basket of stocks — VT, for example. Crypto is headed towards its intrinsic value, which is zero.
Not a lot of places accept SPY or VT either. Use USD for your transactions, but don't horde it.
Yes. [Banking On Africa - The Bitcoin Revolution](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VT_zpHQzBE)
A passive portfolio made just of 1 Total World ETF like VT will beat 90%+ of other portfolios imo...
Real quick, if you are a Boglehead, the correct move is VT, but, if you are a Boglehead, you probably already know that.
Let's at least get VT with a pulse and cardiovert from there.
Degeneration of the VT intensifies
You really only included tech (which has taken a huge hit this year) and 2 meme stocks (why are these even here?) while excluding more traditional "blue chips". Take a look at PG (-10.33%), JNJ (+5%), KO (+7.23%), or WMT (-14.26%). Even just look at the total market VT (-17.05%). Crypto and tech are definitely losing more than the general market. I'm still not worried, but you should provide a better picture.
A very clear lecture about UTXO's including why you can't re-broadcast confirmed transactions: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT2o4KCEbes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT2o4KCEbes)
You should really educate yourself because if you don't understand such basic concepts you should only be buying Bitcoin and $VT.
Go for the east ones like Alabama, Michigan, Delaware, etc. Avoid WA and VT by all costs. NY isn’t even possible unless you have political clout and at least $5M sitting around for bonding, insurance, and bribing.
Same is true if you had a European bank account. And? If you had all your money in bitcoin and lived in Ukraine and got killed VT a rocket guess what . . . Your family probably got nothing because they don't have your key. That sucks. And if you had a hardware wallet that you had to leave behind . . . Well also sucks. Terrible solution to non existent problem
VT is down - 15% S&P500 is down -12% Exxon is up +39% and they pay a 3,84% dividend What is your point exactly OP?