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crazy charlie

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Looking for an opinion or two.Sold some property and have a check for 200k in hand.Wife and I are very conservative investors and were thinking of a simple 3-5yr cd whichever has a higher rate which prob wouldnt top 3%.Anyone do anything safe and interesting with $$$$?? Charlie
 

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A gal (financial consultant) I was dating many years ago (30 or so) gave me some advise which has worked out very well. So long as your more then 5 years from retiring, place your money in an Index fund. Under 5 years, place in Bonds/Index (60/40) or Government securities.

When the bottom fell out in 07 and 08, kept putting money in, and everything has come back and more

CIBC Bank offers 2.2%
 

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All seriousness aside . . . I'd buy a boat with the $200K, but that is just me :D

I'd look for the type of investment that provides a steady income not highly related to the stock market. It has been going up for 10 years, so it may be due for a serious pull-back.
 

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I've been slowly moving our money to more conservative funds in anticipation of the next recession which I'm looking to see in May. When we seem to be near the bottom of that I'll start slowly moving back. I use retirement date target funds.

So while I agree with alldodge, I'd sit on the cash for a bit then move it over slowly. You can never predict peaks or valleys so by moving chunks of it you don't have to. You may miss some, but not all.
 

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FOUND A "CALIFORNIA" BANK that seems to be the only bank with over 3% ,every other bank is around 2%
 

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i trust very little from California. Honestly if you are thinking about it just setting for 6 month to a year before moving into something higher returns a 1 % diff isn't too much to worry about.
 

crazy charlie

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Im thinking Navy fed credit union which is at 3%.I guess thats about as good as it gets with zero risk.
 

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Hey Charlie, I'm on the NCU site and I'm not seeing 3% other then with with a 5yr CD
 
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Yep, Charlie, if you want near zero risk, 3% isn't bad.
 

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No offense to anyone here but the last place I’d seek investment advice is on a website from a bunch of strangers. You need to talk to a fiduciary financial advisor. I’m assuming you don’t have one since you are asking financial advice here. A fiduciary financial advisor can guide you with the $200000 and your other assets and help you plan for the future.
 

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I met with my financial advisor on Wednesday. . . I told him about my plans for a new boat :D
 

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fiduciary financial advisor.

No offense taken but also not tossing any your way

The rule/law what ever those tried to set in motion, to my knowledge never happened. My mother in law had more then 1/2 Mil (among other things) in her IRA. She had been taken advantage of with her investments. The bank which she worked for until retiring also didn't give her the best advise.

I can go on for a long time, but to keep it short. I was asked by her children to figure out what she has. It took almost a year.

Two if her investments (for example) is a one year point to point. On June 6 of one year to June 6 of the next year (in this case). If the S&P increases on that one day, she will gain up to 4%, but if it goes above that she only gets 4%.

I'm digressing, had a financial adviser sent buy a place she had a lot of her funds in, and he said "this is not mandated yet" so he was not being fiduciary. Went on to try to explain this is not a good deal for her. We did not agree and he left.

I like Vanguard because of the low over head. Janice is another good one, but even Vanguard wanted to place her funds into a managed "Vanguard" place at a 60/40 (stock/Bonds). Her funds are now in Vanguard in the Admerials fund which is ame as what was proposed, but un-managed. The fees are much less and so far the last 3 years, she has to increase the amount of minimum withdraw because the funds are increasing so well

I am not a financial analysts/adviser

Do agree, if you can find one which does have a fiduciary responsibility then I would listen
 

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No offense to anyone here but the last place I’d seek investment advice is on a website from a bunch of strangers. You need to talk to a fiduciary financial advisor. I’m assuming you don’t have one since you are asking financial advice here. A fiduciary financial advisor can guide you with the $200000 and your other assets and help you plan for the future.

I agree. Go to Iboats for advice with 200k? U r crazy charlie... We have "a guy".... :D
 

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Looking for an opinion or two.Sold some property and have a check for 200k in hand.Wife and I are very conservative investors and were thinking of a simple 3-5yr cd whichever has a higher rate which prob wouldnt top 3%.Anyone do anything safe and interesting with $$$$?? Charlie

I haven't read what others said. We were just talking about the exact same thing today. Around 200K CDN from the sale of a property. I told our investment guy at 2.5% over a 5 year term the cost of living increases are expected to surpass the return. So we will actually lose money when the term comes to fruition. I dream of the days of 1989, a G.I.C. I had for a 5 yr term here in Canada paid a 17% return.

Real Estate is were we are going to put the cash. We didn't take the hit here in Canada as did the mortgage fiasco in the US in the last decade due to some of our Banking/Mortgage controls. So it isn't as volatile as it can be in other countries. I like to be able to see, touch and smell my investments, sometimes taste them too, we once had a Race Horse, long story.

OK I read the responses, I'm not buying a boat and not taking financial advice on the interweb so I really shouldn't give any, the above is what we are doing not advice This is advice. When a new financial guy wants my business I ask him or her their address. Why they ask? Why? Because if you live in a 1 bedroom basement apt. I'm not taking any advice from you. A BMW or Porche, anyone can rent by the day. So ask your advisor where they live and to prove it. Too embarrassed to ask that? Ask yourself what is more important, the confidence you have in your advisors ability based on their success or the risk that you may come off as a crass *** bass. To me it's my investment guys track record. My Grand Father asked me once " Who do you want to be? The Lion or the Sheep? Your choice."
 
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Our guy is really good. In fact, when he switched companies all his accounts followed him, including us....
 

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Our guy is really good. In fact, when he switched companies all his accounts followed him, including us....

That is excellent because having someone with a proven track record that you can trust is priceless. Our guy recently retired and isn't doing any consulting. I've had him since 1981. Looking for someone new is both a pain and labourious.
 

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I'm with tpenfield - get a new boat

Great idea. Let him spend his Samolians on a really BIG boat then he can take us out on it and we can keep our Loonies in our jeans. A Loonie is our Canadian 1 dollar coin (73 cents USD) that originally had a Loon stamped on it. A Toonie is our 2 buck coin of course. We have done away with the penny and are planning to ditch the nickel soon. When I have a jar full of change or the ash tray in the truck is full my lady helps me by recycling those pesky Loonies and Toonies. A good handful can be 50 bucks. That friends is poor investing on my part, zero returns.
 

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Zero return would be good in that scenario. He'll lose half of it in depreciation in a heartbeat....
 
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