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Best ways to find Michigan business owners open to partnerships?
I’m interested in learning more about the Michigan small business and entrepreneurship scene, especially around acquisitions, partnerships, and growth opportunities. For those who have built, bought, sold, or partnered in a business locally, what are the best places to meet serious business owners? Are there local groups, events, broker networks, …
A guide for middle age investors
Been lurking here for a while. Finally launched something. Made a PDF for people in their 30s/40s who make good money but have no clue if they’re investing right. Most stuff online is US-centric or for kids. This isn’t. Covers broker choice, which ETF and why, tax wrappers by country, …
Gold prices surged! Iran's response is imminent, putting the market in a highly sensitive moment!
Market risk aversion has surged again, driving gold prices up yesterday. The core reasons behind this remain the situation in the Middle East and the progress of US-Iran negotiations. According to the latest Reuters report, Iran is reviewing the US proposal, and the market generally believes that the US and …
Pension funds are (rightly) beginning to scrutinise the SpaceX IPO. They will likely take action to shield their funds from automatically buying SpaceX shares. Elon Musk's plan to turn passive investment funds into his bagholders is probably not going to work.
[https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/investor-group-urges-sec-scrutinize-spacex-ipo-filing-avoid-conflicts-2026-05-06/](https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/investor-group-urges-sec-scrutinize-spacex-ipo-filing-avoid-conflicts-2026-05-06/) An investor group (SOC Investment Group) that advises pension funds said this: "We are specifically concerned that SpaceX's IPO will expose numerous investors – many unwillingly – to a company whose value may decline once its financial disclosures can be independently assessed and verified". This indicates that institutions are …
1.2k invested since January 2026
Not much I know but I decided that I should be investing outside of my 401k. Along with putting money into the market I have been saving for a place, upping my 401k, paying for college out of pocket while paying off my 20k of debt (should be done by …
Sold house at 100% equity. Now what?
Sold our house and am currently sitting on 280k cash. Throw it at our current mortgage (6.3%) or invest in something like tbills or dividend fund and offset the interest I’m paying? Current mortgage is manageable but not ideal but I would like to grow the cash pile to use …
Could do with some encouragement
Hi all, I hope this doesn't count as self promotion...I just don't know who else to turn to. *Disclaimer: this isn't about wanting personal financial advice - this is just about wanting some reassurance, and maybe some perspective from others....because I never told anybody I knew that I had started …
529 college fund question
Hi I have a 12 yo kid whose 529 account just reached the goal for the total value that I figured the kid would need. In large part, this happened due to outsized stock market gains (since 2022 particularly). Since there are 6 years left before drawing from 529, how …
Buying into business (23m)
Buying into a business (23m) For some background, 1 am an electrician on nsw coast, I have been working with the same company since around my second year of my apprenticeship, I'm now 2-1/2 years out of my apprenticeship and running some of my own jobs with a bit of …
Scam Proof Resistance Community
Reading some of the post and responses I say this is probably one of the worst communities for a scammer to try his luck. It is my sincere belief that interacting with the people with this community will provide the experience I need. Scenario You developed a software architecture that …