Not at all. Why do you say that?It seems like your views have evolved since you created your auto-signature?I think it is very small. I think this DIY investing stuff gets it's hooks into some people, and we just have this determination to learn it. For most it's just a bunch of mumbo-jumbo and they have no ability|intention|motivation to learn it.It's a bit shocking to see the number of investors who had no idea what to expect from a bond fund in a period of inflation and Fed tightening. Perhaps the universe of those truly capable of successful DIY investing is smaller than we think.As for the unusually high number of bond threads, no one can stop it, as this is all coming from folks who expect bonds to provide better than cash returns but without taking any downside risk at all. It seems people expect bonds to be a free lunch, they are not, nothing is. They can stay in cash if they don't want to see any downward price movements, but then should not have FOMO when bonds beat cash. That behavior won't make bonds an unmitigated disaster, just investor behavior, not learning the fundamentals, and expecting something for nothing.
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