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Old 05-02-2019, 10:52 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by originalhypa View Post
Interesting thread to come up today.
I just got an email from my money guy and it was interesting. For example, if you put this into a PIMCO managed fund when the fund started in 2012, you would have seen an average of 10.3% return per year. Your $50k investment would have nearly doubled in the last 7 years. That's not bad considering that your best bet on a standard bank account is going to be 2-3%. That said, you would have had to leave that money untouched in the bank for the last 7 years. That is the tough part, especially when you need a few bucks.

So fuck it. Go to Vegas and bet it all on black while banging two chicks at one time.
That's why I love RS.

Or be smart like Civicblues said, and TFSA that cash. At least you'll have some tax savings that won't eat up the principal.
Or if instead of paying your "money guy" to invest in some PIMCO fund, you could have just bought an ETF yourself of the S&P 500 and from January 1 2012 to December 31 2018 you would have realized an average return of 13.27% and your $50k would have been $115.5k. If we included data from Jan 1 2019 to today, it would be up another 17% on top of that.

If you are paying an investment advisor, and that's what he has recommended, you need to PM me and let me make a referral for you (I am not an advisor) - you are not getting your money's worth.

-Mark
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