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SPY, SCHD, or another ETF
I recently sold a couple of blue chip stocks I was holding because market is crazy right now. Im a bit uncertain what the next couple of years will look like based off the market volatility from the new administration and I question the sustainability of the recent boom we've …
I have 21k in the Lifecycle fund (2050) w/ TSP. Is it safe there? Should I leave it or move it?
I've heard that there are safer and riskier funds, I don't know anything about investments, this is just where it was put by the DoD while I worked there. I want to be sure my savings are in the safest possible fund they can be in right now, I want …
FYI: I’m Not F**king Leaving
I sold back in 2020 during the pandemic. Almost exactly five years to the day. Market plummeted. Circuit Breakers. Sports cancelled. Unknown virus. Quarantine. I sold everything and trotted to the sidelines. Then the market ripppppeedddd higher. I learned my lesson. I was certain the world was headed to hell. …
Gains in a non retirement account; going cash only?
I’m pretty sure I know the answer but if I want to remove myself from the current market and move to cash or something else more conservative I have no choice but to take the gains when I move to a cash position? I have about $140k and don’t love …
Talk me off the ledge, please!
We are living in some wild times. Typically, I would never even consider taking money out of investments but my gut is screaming that things are going to get crazy and this does not feel like other downturns in the market. I would not touch my 401k, IRA, 403b but …
Does the “this time it’s different “ idea really apply now
One of the biggest deterrents for investing in US stocks (VOO) during uncertainty is that the market can’t recover or won’t because this predicament is different . Everytime this has happened though, the market has recovered . With the tariffs and US being seen as af adversary rather than an …
Is it risky to invest in tech ETF now?
Hi, I have invested in a few stocks but am very new to ETF investments. I know ETFs is relatively safer than individual stocks. Looking at the current market, I am not sure if it's wise to invest in Tech based ETF or to wait. Please suggest some of the …
GDP Forecast so bad the Administration wants to make up different numbers
Seriously, I can't believe how fast and how far we're going off the rails. 6 weeks ago, Atlanta Fed had a Q1 GDP growth forecast of 2.9%, last week it was revised down to a decline of 1.5%. Apparently, that wasn't low enough as it's now been revised down to …
Investing $1M now for my grandchildren 200 years down the line.
Why hasn't anyone done this? I'm sure the Rothschilds or Rockefellers have Trillions if not even Quadrillions simply because they have been in the game for so long and accumulated so much compound interest. I may not be ultra rich, but why not sacrifice myself for my family 200 years …
Foreign country investors’ money
I read somewhere that one of the US based ETFs that is Tesla heavy is 50% investors in S. Korea. Also apparently there is a 3 x leveraged Tesla stock that is a whopping 90% S. Koreans. Since Tesla is tanking at the moment, does this mean that the invested …