Recently, the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond yield hit a critical line at 5.2%. While a 5.2% yield might sound like a simple stat, history shows it is a major warning sign that every investor needs to understand. Why Does 5.2% Matter to Stock Investors? When government bond yields rise this high, it acts like a giant magnet pulling cash out of the stock market. Think of it through the eyes of big institutional investors: - The Guaranteed Return: Why risk money on volatile stocks when the U.S. government guarantees a risk-free 5.2% return on your cash? - The Ghost of 2007: The last time long-term yields held above the 5.2% mark was in 2007. Just months later, the Great Recession hit, and the S&P 500 crashed. - History Repeats: This isn't just about 2008. Sudden jumps in interest rates and yields were the exact pins that popped the 1987 "Black Monday" bubble, the 2000 Dot-Com crash, and the stagflation crash of 1974. When rates climb, borrowing becomes expensive for businesses, future corporate profits drop, and stock prices usually slide.

In the last 17 years, I tried over 500 different strategies. Here's the full video on where I am at today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC8oz1HnN5E​ In this video, I share the biggest lessons I learned at each stage, the mistakes that cost me money, and why each strategy eventually led me to the next one. ​​You'll also learn why my investing philosophy shifted from simply pursuing higher returns to building a more repeatable and sustainable investment process. ​ My key investing journey and milestones:​​ - Forex - Value investing - Discounted blue chip stocks - Options for multiply your profit - Options for income - Machine Learning Each stage has its pros and cons I take all of the lessons I learned and apply it to the next market. Slowly but surely - I grew significantly as an investor Watch the full video here: ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC8oz1HnN5E​ Cheers, Eric --- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com Whether or you are retiring with $50K, $100K, $300K or more, it is important to figure out the right strategy for you. For people with lots of capital, they can afford to throw it all into CDs / GICs and earn a low 2-3% return. However, if you are looking to generate cashflow with a few hundred thousand, then you would need to look deeper You need to find a more capital efficient strategy and still achieve your target monthly cashflow (for retirement or simply working less) In Investing Accelerator, you will learn two strategies: First, we focus on buying options to buy discounted stocks to multiply our profits for long term gains Second, we focus on selling options to generate interest premium which serves as a more predictable stream of cashflow We use these strategies on blue chip companies like Apple, Microsoft, Visa, Mastercard etc

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