I have been market for few years and know quite many things but I don't consider myself expert.
I have some allocation in stocks and some in bonds.
I invest those bond allocation in GOVZ. Here is my thinking:
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Interest rates go down – The ETF will make major gains and I can exit it in the future
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Interest rate stay the same – ETF will still make slow up moves because of the coupon it receive from underlying
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Interest rate increases – Let's say they increase from 3% to 5%. The ETF will go down. It's a scenario where I lose but interest rates are most likely to down in 5 year period. So chance of this are very low.
In worse case, I can exit it and buy 25-30 year close date treasury directly from my broker. Eventually it will expire after 25-30 years giving me an interest of 3%
That's my thinking process. I am not going all into GOVZ. But considering the low possibility of interest rate going up in 5 years, it's a very good buy for now.
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