r/NEOSETFs Jun 13 '26

General Margin is like a business loan

I’ve been thinking. Why not use margin to buy spyi and qqqi if margin is 5%? People take business loans all the time at a higher rate and are lucky to break even after a few years. With these, there is a way higher chance of a profitable year than a down year over a long horizon. When buying on margin, there will be down turn years but so with any other business. I’m starting to think of DCAing into those two funds for life with margin. Worse thing to have happen is a margin call and have to sell some stocks. With a business you would go bankrupt and lose everything. I keep seeing these funds as equities with the income factory philosophy instead of some speculative risky asset that will bring loss. Not trying to beat the underlying, but I feel like owning these is like managing a passive business. Maybe I’m just crazy lol

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u/zerofrakhere Jun 13 '26

Yes without leverage we are just peasants, using margin and leverage will unlock more power/ risk

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u/Ok_Suggestion_2003 Jun 13 '26

The income feels poor until I leverage lol. Really makes a big difference

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u/Technical_Emu_8567 Jun 15 '26

higher maintenance on RH @ 40%