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To: Sweet Ol who wrote (200159)8/2/2024 4:24:55 PM
From: yard_man  Respond to of 221988
 
I only play them through the ETFs -- TLT, TMF, IEF and I like XLU as a proxy -- when the market settles down a little more

Note: I thought about near-term "protection" -- some TMF puts. These puts looked terribly expensive to me. In spite of all the call OI -- I think the market expects a reversal -- so there won't be one??

just my thought.



To: Sweet Ol who wrote (200159)8/2/2024 5:12:39 PM
From: yard_man  Respond to of 221988
 
I've been regularly buying this in my 401k -- but there are limited choices there ... and I get a match

stockcharts.com

Armstrong says stay away from government bonds -- I don't know if I am that paranoid yet.

just have short-term treasury fund in another one I haven't rolled over