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Donating Blood Plasma Twice a Week to Fund Dividends—Am I Taking It Too Far?
I’m 34, physically fit, and I go to the gym regularly. Financially, I’m doing fine—no major struggles, bills are paid, and I contribute an extra $150 per paycheck into my investment accounts. But lately, I’ve taken things a step further. For the past few months, I’ve been donating plasma twice …
International Student Advice
I'm an international student in the USA and next fall will work on campus. My pay will be about $650 monthly most of which will go to savings. I want to start investing small. Some in safe investments, a tiny bit in some high risk investments to learn how the …
My wells Fargo Brokerage account got robbed.
Wells Fargo closed my new brokerage account and kept my deposit. They can't tell me why. They gave me an address. To write. Literally to fucking write them. It's a new section they have, I signed up right away. Took a few days to get cleared and I made a …
Where to find a comparison of returns based on fees?
A while ago I've seen a chart comparing the returns over the long term (20 or 30 years if I'm not mistaken) for the same index but with different expense ratios. So one line represented growth without any expenses, one for the very same index but now with a 0.1% …
US travel/tourism industry expecting a $64 billion drop in revenue in 2025 due to travel restrictions by the Trump admin and international consumer boycotts
US travel economy is expecting a 5% decrease in tourism for 2025 due to new travel restrictions by the Trump admin and consumer boycott movements, translating to a $64 billion impact on the travel economy consisting of hospitality (hotels, rentals), retail, travel (airlines, car rentals, buses), and food (chains, small …
BREAKING: Fraud investigation into Tesla continues, $43M in government rebate payments paused and company banned from all Canadian EV rebate and grant programs
By Marco Chown Oved from the Star "Canada has frozen $43 million in payments to Tesla pending a line-by-line investigation into its last-minute surge in EV rebate claims made on the final weekend of the government program. The American EV maker run by U.S. presidential adviser Elon Musk will also …
Has anyone else noticed how late most ‘breaking’ financial news actually is?
*I’ve been trading for 3 years, and it drives me crazy how slow traditional news outlets are. By the time CNBC reports an earnings miss, the stock’s already dumped 5%. A few months ago, I started building* **AlphaFeed** *—an AI that scans 200+ sources (including foreign language blogs and SEC …
401K: target fund or own allocation?
Just graduated (23m) and started working full time. Company matches 6% and i just started 12% since I have minimal bills currently. I initially made my own allocation of the following: FXAIX (500 index) 50% FSMDIX (Mid Cap Index)25% FKIDX(International fund) 20% FXNAX(Us Bond index fund) 5% I know somebody …
Any reliable international platforms for investing in metals (gold, silver, platinum)?
After reading about the gold/silver ration and platinum/silver ratio, I was thinking of trying it out without actually having to buy physical, especially when it comes to silver. Are there well-known global/international platforms that deal with metals that any one has used?
Experience with provisional tender offer?
I recently purchased a few shares of a European stock. Shortly after, I received a letter from my broker that the company is making a tender offer for shareholders. The amount of the offer is very high compared to the current stock price (like 15 times the current price). Of …