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Talking heads ratings. "Transitory inflation"
I wish there were a quick way to see past talking points of the investment "experts" on news shows. I'm thinking some kind of badge for all those that said "inflation is transitory" in 2021-22. I know no one has a crystal ball, but I don’t want to be listening …
How to allocate 250k for future
Scenario: You sold your too large home and have 250k to tuck away. You need to put some toward your two kids’ college. They are currently a sophomore and freshman in high school with 25k each saved for college. You need to allocate quite a bit for retirement since you …
Foreign investment considerations
With Schwab making a crypto etf, I wanted to get my account out of Schwab into a different account. For now, I'm going with Fidelity. One reason I wanted to do that is because Fidelity (to my layman understanding) offers better choices and options for investing in foreign markets/bonds. I've …
Investing on a small budget
I’m sure there are a thousand posts about this already. But just out of curiosity, what would be the smartest way to invest a few hundred a month. I have VOO and SCHD (DRIP on) and do about half and half right now because it’s not much. When I come …
Help me pull the trigger to sell PFE
I've held on to PFE stock for years and watched it lose about a third of its value. Sure, the dividend is high at 6.5%, but the stock seems to be going nowhere fast. Still kicking myself for not cashing out during peak vaccine euphoria. I guess I fell for …
autocallable notes vs options
Can someone explain what's the difference between autocallable notes vs selling puts? I know that autocallable notes are not a common tool as options but from what I reading it looks that it's the same concept as selling puts. I understand that it might be structured different then options but …
Get out of Robinhood now.
RH violated multiple laws and in fact does not have your money in holding and likely violated laws on your trade orders in the past 6 years. I know everyone knows RH is BAD but this is WORSE than BAD! This in turn has a direct impact on all markets …
Get out of Robinhood now.
RH violated multiple laws and in fact does not have your money in holding and likely violated laws on your trade orders in the past 6 years. I know everyone knows RH is BAD but this is WORSE than BAD! $6,500,000 for its violations of Exchange Act Section 17(a) and …
Is selling ever OK to rebalanced portfolio (as opposed to rebalancing by buying)?
I started investing around 5 years ago, and have been consistently DCAing into mainly VTI (US) and VXUS (International) with a weekly breakdown of 70% and 30% respectively. I wasn't really up-to-date on rebalancing until recently, when I noticed that the performance of VTI over the years has taken me …
401k Employer $70k Contribution Limit?
Can anybody break this down to me as to how this works? I know employees have a limit of $23k this year and I have been utilizing my companies match to max out every year, but how does the employer limit of $70k take effect. Is this usual a bonus …