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What Would a 50% Drop in U.S. Stocks Mean for Investors and the Economy, According to Recent Warnings?
I’ve been reading about Jeremy Grantham’s recent comments—posts on X suggest he believes the U.S. stock market is overvalued, with a Shiller P/E ratio currently over 37, compared to a normal level of 18. He warns there’s a potential 50% downside for stocks to return to normal valuations. That’s a …
Potential Black Swan - Ukraine
So this just hit me and I don’t like it. The meltdown of US/UKR relations on Friday could reverberate into a black swan. How? Trump demands a public apology from Zelensky. Zelensky doesn’t provide one. US withdraws all support to Ukraine. Europe decides to puts troops into Ukraine to guarantee …
Inherited IRA 100k~ 10 year requirement.
Account needs to be empty in 10 years. All tax advantage accounts maxed (457 and Roth IRA) for both me and wife. All VTSAX or S&P. Plus I will have a pension that pays 65% of base salary at 48 along with healthcare. My father was already taking rmds so …
How long does it take for a financial advisor to come back to you with a plan after meeting with you
I met with 2 advisors in a firm (together) more than 2 weeks ago. They said they'd be in touch once they had time to get a prospectus done. I have around half a million. I don't know how much work this entails but I'm feeling ignored. Am I missing …
Contributing to previous year of ROTH IRA
Do you all continue to contribute to the previous years Roth IRA? In this case it would be 2024s contributions. Or As soon as the year changes you start contributing to that year only? This is coming from someone who probably won’t hit the annual limit in contributions to the …
Factors influencing gold bullion and efts?
Hey everyone, I'm going to preface this by saying that I'm asking this question largely in the spirit of understanding the forces involved in the gold markets, and deepening my understanding of precious metals as an asset class beyond "an insurance policy against volitility." But I've searched for answers in …
Top 3 companies to invest forever goog, Microsoft, apple?
I was thinking the other day about what tech stocks I could buy and just hold forever. And I’m my opinion (let me know what you think as well) these 3 companies are basically like one company. - if google loses search who gets it? Bing -if anyone loses cloud …
If i sell stock in ROTH IRA
If i sell some stock in my ROTH IRA , whom I put a few dollars in and just don’t want it on my list of investments anymore and rather just put those few bucks into my bigger ETF positions, will i have to pay Capital gains tax on that …
Broker company question, does it even matter?
Hi everyone, What's the major difference between choosing Fidelity, Schwab, Robinhood, personal bank, etc. . .? Through my work company they use Fidelity to handle our retirement plans. I was wondering if it would be best to move my brokerage to Fidelity to have everything in one or keep them …
Time to reduce US equity positions
While the world is watching the U.S.-Ukraine conversation descending into a comedy show, it is time to anticipate higher inflation and reduce U.S. equity positions. It is clear that the top agenda of U.S. government is to contain China at all costs, even at the sacrifice of Ukraine and Europe. …