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The accomplishment isn’t the million dollar net worth, it’s that you’ve changed the trajectory of the next generation.
**breaking a generational cycle through financial literacy.** I (34F) wish someone had taught me about saving and investing when I was younger. I grew up in a family where financial literacy simply didn't exist. I'm the youngest of five siblings and the only one to graduate college and build a …
I spent the last 5 years building a business operating system by myself. Looking for honest feedback.
( Full Disclosure, I used AI to arrange all of my points ) I don't come from Silicon Valley. I owned two computer repair shops years ago. Life happened, and I eventually taught myself to code from scratch. For the last five years I've been building what has turned into …
Amazon might be one of the most misunderstood AI stocks right now.
A year ago people were worried Amazon was falling behind in AI. Now AWS is accelerating again, Amazon has its own AI chips, and it's still the cloud provider that many AI companies are comfortable building on. Yet the stock still doesn't seem to get much credit for any of …
Compounding is under appreciated
This will probably come off to some as a humble or not so humble brag, but I hope there are some lessons here. I am age 53 and recently crossed 10.2m nw with a 1.1m house so about 9.1 liquid currently invested 85/10/5. I’m a high earner but started entry …
Section 530A "Trump" accounts usually have worse tax benefits than even Traditional IRA and normal taxable accounts UNLESS they're converted to a Roth IRA later on
Section 530A "Trump" accounts have fewer tax-benefits (unless converted to Roth IRA) in most situations compared to normal taxable accounts. They're somewhat similar to really, really shitty Traditional IRA accounts where even the initial deposits are already taxed. So you don't even get the initial tax deductible benefit. (And even …
Help me get over my fear of taking profits
Basically I like to hold my shares to the point that I grow very attached to the company. It’s not ideal but it’s the truth. Even when I’m confident the shares will go down and I should sell so I can buy lower and get more shares, not being in …
Investing Firm Recomendations for People Completely Over Their Heads
I'm looking to find the best type of firm (Fisher, Vanguard, Schawb, private etc.) to help a friend invest. I'm not looking for investment advice per se, I'm looking for guidance on where to send someone looking for support. She's a lady in her late 60's who just inherited her …
Investing is really a lifelong battle against our own emotions
Last year, I invested Oracle at the price of 300+ (without leverage). I guess you already know what happened next. Yes, I have been trapped until now. For a long long time, I didn't want to open my brokerage account and avoided checking Oracle's stock price. I was simply avoiding …
Help me find missing ancient stocks
My greatgrandma bought my mom AT&T stocks at least 50-55 years ago when my mom was a kid. My mom doesn't know how many shares that was and where exactly were they held - but assuming it could sum up to a lot of money, me and my mom would …
Why don't the stock prices of good companies always go up?
I am from the Philippines. 1 yr since I started investing. Mostly invested in the S&P 500 because of THIS exact question. Been studying about basic fundamental analysis. and so far what I get is that, you should choose good companies, those whose products are needed, earnings are growing, have …