#bond investing

[toptips]

Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS): A Comprehensive Guide to

Inflation-Proof Investing

[warnerrayan754]

Ultimate Guide to Bond Investing in UAE | Century Financial

Discover the ultimate guide to bond investing in the UAE with Century Financial. Learn about bond types, strategies, and how to navigate the UAE market.

[sonybithub]

Bonds 101: Your Roadmap to Financial Stability

Bonds play a pivotal role in bolstering your financial portfolio. They are the unsung heroes, quietly working behind the scenes to provide you with stability and growth. Understanding bonds is not just crucial; it’s a fundamental aspect of financial literacy. What Are Bonds? Definition and Basics Bonds, in essence, are debt securities. When you invest in bonds, you’re essentially lending money…

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[ohsleepie]

The prince and his Physician. A role-reversal au based on a dream I had that I wanted to draw something for. More ramblings under the cut

In this au, there is a kingdom of men where the briar valley once stood. Silver, the heir to this kingdom, has been the only member of the royal family for centuries, the result of a curse that causes him to die before he's old enough to ascend to the throne and reincarnate days after his passing. Silver's immortality was once a symbols for the kingdom's permanence, but the repeated death of their monarch every two decades or so has left the citizens with perpetual, generational sorrow with seemingly no solution as no one besides Silver was alive when the curse was placed.

A few centuries after Silver was born and it was believed the last full-blooded fae in briar valley had either abandoned the land or died, a draconian fae child is found in the brambles. This fae, given the name Malleus, was brought to the kingdom at the request if the prince and raised as part of the royal court with the express purpose of becoming the royal physician/chemist. It is believed that Silver's curse, as everlasting as it seems, was placed on him by a fae with extreme magical prowess and if anyone has a chance of breaking it, it's another fae. The kingdom believes that Malleus will be able to break the death curse and allow Silver to become their immortal king.

However, Silver has other plans for his chemist. From an early age, Silver requested that Malleus use his talents to find a different kind of solution to his curse that he can never tell anyone. He wants Malleus to find a way to stop his reincarnations entirely and let him unburden his people with the monarchy. Whether to fulfill the request of the kingdom he calls home, or the prince that took him in is in Malleus' hands.

[0vergrowngraveyard]

“things changed when you left. i changed.”

“i know, buddy, i know. you did what you had to do to survive.”

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collaboration with @brainworms-all-night-long!!!! i did the lineart while they did the rendering!!! go give them some love, they make incredible stuff 🩵🩵

[grif-hawaiian-rolls]

Movie night is a vital part of the Red Team experience

plus an honorary Doc to make the snack runs

[bigboobshaunt]

I know it's largely a waste of time because the people I've seen peddling this idea don't really care and are just doing it to add pointless discourse, but I am bored at work so at least I'm getting paid!

The idea that, although Kabru cares about Laios, Laios doesn't care about Kabru is wrong, even before he becomes his royal advisor and the new interactions they got post-canon, and insisting otherwise shows a lack of understanding of the dynamic.

I think it's clear to everyone that the confession scene mattered to Kabru, so the camp pushing this lately isn't even arguing that, but I don't think they're thinking from Laios' side.

The entire scene is meant to be a parallel to Laios and Shuro's fight way earlier in the manga. Laios hasn't known Kabru for nearly as long, but he was still someone who was ultimately lying to him (a façade in Kabru's case, wrapped up in his own trauma) and someone that Laios built up an ideal version of in his head... so why is his reaction to Kabru coming clean so starkly different? Simply put, it's his character development.

Instead of angry and betrayed, he doesn't even initially believe anyone would go through the trouble of braving the Dungeon to be his friend. Such a ridiculous idea!

But Kabru IS sincere. He is sincere in his desire to get to truly know Laios. He has his own wrong ideas about what makes Laios tick, but differently from many, many people in his life (especially with his childhood and his complex feelings towards his village and his parents who ostracized him and Falin) Kabru is willing to make an effort to understand him. That's huge.

[suntails]

🐙⚔️

[boy-in-red-dress]

"I once considered him the center of my life, the sun in my galaxy..."

[potatobugz]

huddling for warmth

[stobinesque]

Ok, ok, I know "Steve deserves a friend who shares his interest in sports" is a popular fandom take, and, like, that's not wrong, but: Guys. It's Robin. Like. Did you all see the way she's cheering during the basketball game?? (Also Vickie. Steve and Vickie would totally bond over sports.) As a former band kid I can assert that being in pep/marching band does not automatically imply an interest in (or understanding of) sports, but Robin is actively cheering without first needing someone to explain what happened to her, and with actual, genuine enthusiasm! Maybe sports aren't her favorite thing, and maybe part of her excitement is for Lucas, but I 100% believe that she and Steve have watched basketball games together.

ETA: I originally wrote this post while rewatching ep 1 of season 4 and forgot at the time that in season 3 Robin talks about playing soccer. Jock!Robin is real and canon!

[bevirspnsblmnt]

Jergal's champion meets an old friend.

(Khael stresses out A Lot about the life expectancy difference between him and Astarion, to the point when he gets older than the age when Astarion was born again, he seeks out a familiar face (god) and demands his boon for having done his bidding, even if unknowingly. He brings 200 gold coins, the price for a single soul )his own) and demands immortality. Lichdom doesn't sound too bad.)

[rosemarytrash]

I love your rose cuz of her big eyebrows 💔

trust that life is all about change and transformation, nothing will ever stay the same, even that which appears stagnant is slowly being corroded and degraded into new, fresh form, and the only constant in life is that what you have now is not yours forever

except for how I draw rose's eyebrows. that will never change

[wigglesdtuff]

They would have the most epic of Warrior Cat roleplay forum posts

[bitchesgetriches]

Hi! I fully do not understand investing, but I’m going to follow the directions you and others give about IRA investments. The one thing that I totally do not grasp is the allocating the funs into an index. Isnt there a scenerio where the index loses money and by retirement age you check it out and it went completely under or something?

Hey kiddo! And welcome to the wide world of investing. You're on the right track by starting an IRA for your retirement.

Yes, there are people who lose money by investing their retirement fund. This happens when they retire at the same time a recession or stock market crash happens. And it's fucking unlucky timing.

If you invest $100, and the market falls to the point that it's worth $80, you will lose money if you pull your money out when it's worth $80. But after the fall, when the market recovers so your original investment is worth $120, and THEN you pull your money out... you will have made money!

In other words, timing matters. We explain exactly how this works here:

Wait... Did I Just Lose All My Money Investing in the Stock Market?

Now to address the second part of your question. You can avoid the risk of losing money by regularly adjusting your allocation. When you're young and many years from retirement, you can allocate your portfolio aggressively into higher-risk investments. Who cares if you lose money in the short term? As we explain in the link above, you don't actually LOSE the money until you take the money out of the stock market.

But as you get older and nearer to retirement, you want to lock in your gains by moving your money from high-risk investments like stocks to safer investments like bonds. That way when you get within a few years of retirement, you can kind of "protect" your investments from being overly affected by market fluctuations.

In other words: allocation is not a one-time activity. We explain this more here:

Investing Deathmatch: Stocks vs. Bonds 

This was a big oversimplification, but we go into detail about all of this here:

Do NOT Make This Disastrous Beginner Mistake With Your Retirement Funds 

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