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Any full-time investors who started small?
Have any of you here, who are technically more advanced, created some sort of a software system - a set of scripts and dashboards, perhaps - that allowed you to do this full time? What were your biggest lessons learned? I am thunking of writing my own system to find …
Roth IRA help / guidance.
I’ve had my Roth for a little over a year, maxed it out, I deposit about 500/ month, I’m investing in S&P 500, index funds, the Vanguards, and the total is only sitting at around 9,000. Is this something that just takes time? Sorry, still trying to figure this out.
The Future of the NASDAQ 100: Room for Global Tech Companies?
Hey everyone, I've been thinking about the future of the NASDAQ 100 and the possibility that, in an increasingly globalized world, American tech companies might be surpassed by those from other countries, like Israel or China. If we see a shift in tech leadership in the future, with non-American companies …
Are you using 200dMA (or any other Moving Average)?
Hey everyone,I've been experimenting with different technical indicators for my investment strategy lately, and I keep coming back to the 200-day moving average as a surprisingly reliable indicator for long-term trends.I built a simple web tool for myself to visualize stock prices relative to their 200DMA (and other timeframes) because …
Wanting to set up an auto-deposit into a vanguard Australia ETF but have no idea what i'm doing. Any simple recommendations?
I'd like something reliable but slightly high growth. But I'm just not across the language or anything. I know there are Youtube videos, but it's honestly all too confusing and I'd rather just have someone recommend something to me. What's worked for you? I'd like to deposit about $200 a …
Robinhood giving away random stocks?
Unsure if this is the right spot, but just wondering if anyone knows about this or if it’ll cause issues for me. Imagur - https://imgur.com/gallery/A5gQPhQ Linked screenshots of stocks mentioned. Woke up this morning and was going through my stocks, and noticed these two popped up out of nowhere. Both …
Half a year looking back. Paying down mortgage early is a better investment
Just so you know, half a year ago, I was debating if I shall pay down my 7.785% mortgage or shall Ininvest that money in the stock market. Most redittors suggest paying off, I wanted to invest that money. So I did half and half. I paid down half of …
Tail Events - The Psychology of Money
What is a tail event? Basically a small number of big wins. In his book, Morgan Housel states that you can be wrong half of the time and still make a fortune! To allow enough time to take advantage of tail events: 1) Do not panic in a crisis and …
Inflation and insurance business
Since insurance companies receive the premium upfront and then manage the float, it’s possible that they might benefit from an environment with inflation. This is because if there’s inflation between the premium payment and the potential claim payment, the insurance companies will pay a claim amount that has been affected …
Thoughts on buying international stocks in foreign currencies.
I'm rolling around the idea of buying international stocks in the foreign currency in my head. And would buying foreign currency etf act like a hedge like the hedge country etfs? and would i need to buy 1-1 equivalent in that situation? so if i have 100 euros in my …