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Confused where to invest my 401k
Hey everyone, I’m trying to figure out where to invest my 401k. I see people saying FXAIX, but that’s not an option on the platform my company uses (Merrill Lynch). The closest one I can find is VEBCT, because it says it closely tracks S&P500 ?? Is VEBCT a good …
Is there a difference in cost with buying a fund direct with vanguard or through a third party like Trading 212?
I understand that you pay a platform fee as well as fund when direct with vanguard but what if the fund was bought with trading 212. Would you only pay the fund fee in this case or would you loss money by not going direct because Trading 212 would have …
BRICS, USD, and managed investments.
My family has some money in a trust that's being managed by one of the brokers. I'm not optimistic about the future of US strength right now and I'd like to protect the gains we've made over the past several years. We currently have the trust being managed in a …
RBC3599 Autocall redemption. How does this work?
So My TFSA is maxed out, This is getting paid out tomorrow 25% interest on top of the initial investment. I'm not sure what the investor is going to do. He is going to put the principle back into something similar, He always does this for my dad. I have …
Dollar Cost Averaging Contribution Change
I started dollar cost averaging an amount of $10 for each stock in my portflio bi-weekly. After about a year of this, I want to contribute more ($25) bi-weekly. Would changing my contribution amount mess up the dollar cost averaging strategy? It doesnt seem like so, but double checking to …
Investing in land sounds easy… till I actually started looking
So I’ve been thinking about getting into land investing, seemed like a solid move instead of just throwing all my money into stocks and crypto. Thought it’d be simple find a cheap lot, buy it, hold it, maybe sell later for a profit. But man, the more I dig into …
Does Trump's rise to power really mean that Crypto is still worth investing in?
Many people are saying this year is the "Year of Cryptocurrency," especially with Trump in power. Both he and Musk have shown support for Bitcoin and even issued their own coins. But aside from that, what other points really prove that this will definitely be the "Year of Cryptocurrency"? I …
Is 3-4% dividend payment the standard?
I'm considering to diversify my portfolio by adding ExxonMobil to it. Stocks appreciation and dividends seems good in the long-run. I'm a long-run holder. I'm interested in ExxonMobil mainly due to dividends, which are paid at 3-4%. My question is, is it worth buying ExxonMobil stocks solely for dividend purposes, …
At what point does it make more sense to tailback on retirement investments?
I had a revelation this morning that I may be doing everything wrong. I have been aggressively saving for retirement since I started working. Currently 29 with a base salary of 135,000 and 170,000 tied up in stock investments. Most of this in a 403b/457 and Roth with about 25k …
Top three non-SP500 holdings?
I saw a good post of a discussion of top individual stocks holdings that are not mag7. I am curious what everybody would say their top picks are for stocks that are not held in the SP500. This could be smaller U.S. stocks or international companies. Obviously smart money places …