This last renourishment was like pulling teeth to get the army corps of engineers to do it and it's already been compromised by the ultra high tides we just went through.   

It would basically be like laddering bonds with different rates and maturities.  

I am not writing about the "Trump Bump" or specifically the most recent 7 years, but rather the generally accepted range for the next 20-30 years.I like the approach of diversifying stock/bond market investments with directly owned real estate and section 506 deals.  

At the most basic level investing in securities (stocks or bonds) means you are purchasing a small slice of the future economic returns of that company.

What makes a self-directed IRA custodian different is that they are not purely connected to the public exchanges and limited to investing in stocks, bonds and funds, but rather have the staff training and paperwork to document the IRA's investment in the more individualized transactions that occur when investing in real estate, notes and other non-traditional assets.

(ii) A debt instrument, deposit, stripped bond, stripped coupon (including a servicing right treated for federal income tax purposes as a stripped coupon), regular interest in a REMIC or FASIT, or any other intangible treated as debt for federal income tax purposes.

Your dollar is losing value in the bank and inflation kills stockes and bonds.

You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” — Walt Disney

(f) Unpaid assessments under the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code) that are not satisfied as a result of the sale proceeds being applied pursuant to Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 4671) of Part 8, or that are being collected through a foreclosure action pursuant to Part 14 (commencing with Section 8830)of Division 10 of the Streets and Highways Code.

It’s been like pulling teeth to get someone in their local section 8 office to answer the phone.