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What is everyone’s thoughts on the next cpi?
I see plenty of people scared about April 2nd but I am more scared of April 10th when consumer price index comes. This cpi is the first one to come after Trump implemented those tariffs. Inflation is guaranteed we just don’t know how bad it will be. Am I crazy …
Reallocating Funds. How should I invest for the next 10 years to retire early?
Goal: Retire in 10 years, living modestly on dividends I began investing in March, 2020. Had about $60k in my savings account and knew nothing about investing. Got bored during Covid and started my investment journey, just randomly picking individual stocks. In June of 2020, I read an article about …
Understanding that aggressive growth is one side of a highly volatile asset, what is considered volatile asset? Is it just not being diversified?
I have been reading this brilliant write up from u/McKoijion that beautifully breaks down high level investing. I included the write up below. I started reasoning, why would someone pick just VTI over using VT? And why someone would pick just VOO over VTI? My reasoning is (and this is …
Feb 2025 Europe car sales released: BMW +5%, SAIC Motors +26%, Renault +11%, while Mitsubishi and Tesla plunge by -40% among 12 other car brands surveyed
**BMW (Germany)**: ETR:BMW up 5% **SAIC Motors (China)**: SHA:600104 up 26% **Renault (France)**: EPA:RNO up 11% **Mitsubishi Group (Japan)**: TYO:8058 down 40% **Tesla Motors (USA):** NASDAQ:TLSA down by 40% Note: Out of 17 car brands analyzed, only 3 reported positive year over year sales measured through new vehicle registrations in …
Why would I want a Roth IRA vs traditional. Won’t I theoretically be making $0 not counting withdrawals when I retire?
If I was retired and living off my investments and social security what are the odds that I'm making more than when I was working? Maybe I'm missing something but whenever I see this recommendation and people say "if you expect to be in a higher tax bracket than you …
Individually picking stocks to track a benchmark?
I don't know if this is the correct place to post a question of this nature if not, please point me in the correct direction. I Will preface by saying my retirement is already in mutual fund ETF that has me set to FIRE. With some extra cash I would …
What makes the financial sector line go up?
So I’ve been faithfully putting my 401k money into a 90/10 mix of an sp500 tracker fund and a mid cap fund. I’d like to get a little more into sector mutual funds and efts and I started with SOXQ for tech and semiconductors. Most sector funds are pretty self …
March 2025, US consumer confidence drops to a 12-year low
"For the fourth straight month, American consumer confidence fell as inflation and worries over tariffs dimmed their view of the economy, per a report from The Conference Board. The reading was the worst in [over a decade](https://links.morningbrew.com/c/x1Y?mblid=aaff1b407146&mbcid=39158748.3025152&mid=65b0280ee770942a8d3eaa02ee64e486&mbuuid=jRBHcfc9jtuiG41CmNP67KkB) and below the threshold which the Conference Board says could forecast an imminent …
Which would you choose VGT or QQQ for the next 15 years?
I have a Roth IRA looking to invest approx 150k into one of the following listed in the title for the next 15 years. I haven’t seen many people mention VGT but appears to be a solid choice especially with lower fees. Looking forward to everyone’s input.
Will one be taxed for transferring money from one mutual fund to another?
One has a mutual fund that they made money on. Will they be taxed if they move the money from one mutual fund to a different mutual fund? Also: Will they be charged in any other way for taking the money out of one mutual fund and putting it in …