{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"BenJustman wrote","author_name":"BenJustman (npub153…2ryu8)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub153xmex42x4chdf757hp3q6zxagykkek7pdgwuwd074964dkyha9s82ryu8","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"When I first got into investing/personal finance I was always of the opinion that I'd have to get lucky to pick the right ones, so I just bought index funds.\n\nI stayed out of Bitcoin for a while because I saw it as a hedge against inflation/systemic collapse/tyrannical government and I didn't want to pick one thing as a winner.\n\nThen I realized that it would take a miracle for at least 1 of the things I'd be hedging against NOT to happen.\n\nThe USA is broke AF and much of the rest of the world is worse. Though I have political leanings, no politician can fix that core problem."}