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Re: How would you invest a substantial amount of Bitcoin?
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MJS_gold
on 27/10/2016, 11:12:24 UTC
I see you are getting responses from folks who seem very committed to cryptocurrencies.  If you are very certain that cryptocurrencies will outperform other asset classes during the time period before you may need this money (and that you won't get stuck holding the wrong cryptocurrency), then it is reasonable to keep it all in cryptocurrency.  However, I'm not sure it is reasonable to be that certain.   Here is an alternative investment strategy to consider:

10% stocks funds
10% bond funds
15% gold (and a little silver)
15% bitcoin (and perhaps a little alt-coins)
50% Federally insured investments (i.e., treasury bonds, CD's, savings accounts).

I consider this quite conservative.  If you can wait 20 years to cash-in, Series EE savings bonds will yield a government-guaranteed 3.53% annual return; this is hard to beat on a risk-adjusted basis at this time. 

If I were younger and more optimistic about the economy, I would double my stock exposure and reduce my government-guaranteed investments accordingly.