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I'm quite surprised how many people are voting bonds...

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🟩 Stocks. Higher risk, but higher returns!

Thinking about it from a stock to flow perspective I will always go with “hard” thinks like gold and real estate. Bonds are LOL to me and stocks well you can be diluted. Yes the companies can buy back shares but they rarely do it with a zero debt balance sheet.

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... when I think over the last 30/40 years you got absolutely crushed by those who when all in with risky tech stocks

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have they been? safe for who? over the last what 50-60 years if you were in bonds you got absolutely destroyed. Isn’t this part of the reasons corporations stopped offering pensions to life long employees. The investments they used (bonds) didn’t protect against anything

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Neither stocks nor bonds are universally "better"; they serve different roles based on your financial goals, time horizon, and risk tolerance. Rather than viewing them as competitors, you should view them as complementary tools used to balance growth and stability.

🟩 Stock is a better investment

Why: Cash and standard fixed coupon bonds are heavily penalized by inflation because their payouts are frozen. Great companies, however, can raise their prices to match inflation, and their earnings (and stock prices) tend to grow alongside the broader economy.

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If you are young or have decades before retirement, stocks are the primary engine used to build wealth from scratch.

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For most people, the answer isn't "one or the other." It’s a mix of both (asset allocation) that balances your need for growth with your need for peace of mind.

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Stocks are a bet on potential; bonds are a bet on certainty.

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For over 10 to 20 year periods, stocks historically outperform bonds by a wide margin, compounding wealth and beating inflation despite short-term volatility. However, if you need the money in 2 years, a stock market crash could wipe out your capital right when you need it.

Bonds provide capital preservation for near-term goals.

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I'm in for bonds.
While stocks have higher absolute returns, they come with massive price swings.

If you evaluate investments by how much reward you get for the sleep you lose, high quality bonds or a balanced portfolio often yield a smoother, more efficient risk adjusted return curve.

🟩 Stocks for upside, Bonds for safety.

• Stockholders are owners:- their upside is theoretically infinite, but they are last in line if things go wrong.
• Bondholders are lenders:- their upside is capped at the agreed interest rate, but if the company goes under, they get paid out first during liquidation.

🟩 Stocks because of Higher historical compound annual growth rates, it is just pure math.

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Bonds minimizes price swings that trigger emotional panic selling.

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Stocs is a better investment because heve higher Potential Returns. Historically, the stock market has outperformed bonds over the long term. If you have a long time horizon (e.g., decades until retirement), stocks allow your wealth to compound significantly.

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Bonds (specifically Government Treasuries). Individual stocks can drop to zero and stay there (think Enron or Lehman Brothers). Sovereign government bonds from stable nations guarantee the return of your principal at maturity, meaning your risk of permanent capital destruction is virtually zero if held to maturity.

Wah emulate your thinking? Let me give it a go

Honestly, I gravitate more towards bonds even if the interest rate isn’t as lucrative as stocks. I am the kind who likes to invest and forget and just move on with my life, doing other things haha

Not sure if that’s your logic too!

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