Ben Felix, a portfolio manager at PWL Capital in Canada, just released a video explaining why this is completely wrong:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3lP3BhvnSo
> Quantitative easing is a monetary policy whereby a central bank buys government bonds or other financial assets in order to inject money into the economy to expand economic activity. But what exactly does that mean? In today’s episode, Benjamin and Cameron are going to address this topic, avoiding highly politicized aspects, like whether or not central banks should be involved in the economy in the first place, and focusing purely on the operational perspective of quantitative easing – what is it, how it works, and what the intended transmission mechanisms are.
* https://rationalreminder.ca/podcast/109
> For instance, house flipping or starting a business. You can get better than the 5% or whatever you get after inflation in stocks. If you're really good at what you do, your odds of getting a better return go up.
That's nice if you want a different/second career or something. But there are those of us who are happy with our careers/jobs, and simply want something to do with our retirement savings… ain't nobody got time for that.
Of course the half-life on any new business is quite abysmal, so I'm not crazy/ambitious enough to take on that kind of risk.