Stock market vs note investments

[Gary Dezoysa]

Would you guys prefer putting your money in an index fund or mid risk (9-10% return) performing notes?

Advantage I see of the notes is less volatility. Well, unless one gets behind.

Advantage of stocks is less to think about, I could probably just setup an auto-transfer each month and that's it.

Curious what other considerations you might make when comparing the two.

[Dan Deppen]

If you are buying the performing notes yourself you can do better than a 9-10% return, although they won't necessarily be hands off. But you can get that kind of steady return without the work by investing in a note fund. As you point out stocks may have more upside than performing notes but there will be a lot more volitility.