10-07-2021, 06:28 AM
What does one invest in if you're concerned about the government defaulting?
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Now granted the likelihood of this is less than 1%. However, there are enough lunatics in the Senate that if someone takes some "stand on principle" they could force the United States into a state of default even for an hour. Would that matter? I truly don't know but it's just as likely to do nothing as cause absolute pandemonium.</p> <p>So if you want to hedge against a government default what would you invest in? As in a mutual fund or some extremely secure financial instrument?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/brinlong"> /u/brinlong </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/q2t6kl/what_does_one_invest_in_if_youre_concerned_about/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/q2t6kl/what_does_one_invest_in_if_youre_concerned_about/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Now granted the likelihood of this is less than 1%. However, there are enough lunatics in the Senate that if someone takes some "stand on principle" they could force the United States into a state of default even for an hour. Would that matter? I truly don't know but it's just as likely to do nothing as cause absolute pandemonium.</p> <p>So if you want to hedge against a government default what would you invest in? As in a mutual fund or some extremely secure financial instrument?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/brinlong"> /u/brinlong </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/q2t6kl/what_does_one_invest_in_if_youre_concerned_about/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/q2t6kl/what_does_one_invest_in_if_youre_concerned_about/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R