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What's the point of a 0.9-something reverse stock split?
I'm only an investor through an index-based ETF, but I got this message: """Shares of Thomson Reuters (NASDAQ/TSX: TRI) are now trading on a 0.984560-for-1 reverse-split basis (effective May 4, 2026).""" Maybe it has something to do with this subsequent note: """In addition to the share consolidation, Thomson Reuters has …
Can someone explain why prices go up? Is it just because it’s a norm to join “good” companies?
Nvidia blah blah blah they’re incredibly profitable. But if there was an unspoken rule, that we aren’t going to invest based off balance sheets or income statements.. wouldn’t everything be essentially a pump and dump scheme and a speculative investment? I guess what I’m saying, is if people didn’t have …
Investing on my own for the first time
Im currently with an advisor at Edward Jones and sick of paying 1.4% AUM. Just started making a lot more money and that fee will add up very quickly. Looking for some general advice. But would a 70/25/5 allocation to VTI/VSUX/BND be a good allocation? Im 40 so still relatively …
How do you prioritize contributions to taxable brokerage account vs maxing tax deferred accounts?
Some background: I think it's highly likely I'll need to relocate within 5 years to another city for a job. Some equity built up in our current house, but move is likely going from our LCOL area to a HCOL area so equity may be insufficient for a downpayment. In …
U.S. market long-term investors, are you worried about the Buffet indicator? What would you expect the overvaluation to lead to? How are you protecting your investments?
The [Buffet indicator](https://www.currentmarketvaluation.com/models/buffett-indicator.php) is the ratio of the total United States stock market to GDP. The current ratio of 230% is approximately 75.15% (or about 2.4 standard deviations) above the historical trend line, suggesting that the stock market is Strongly Overvalued relative to GDP. Does this mean the common advice …
AMSC stock is boring but solid
I just stumbled on AMSC. Energy technology company that designs, manufactures, and services power systems, with major institutional ownership from blackrock, vanguard, state street. PE ratio seems solid. Debt is extremely low. Anyone holding it?
Need some info regarding application
One of my investor friends is just using his phone in class and when I caught him he just close the application and something started with A and middle word B I think I just read "avalon buffet ..." Something like this When I ask him about that he just …
ESPP price higher than current stock price?
Our employer is offering an espp - 20% off 'strike' price and a match up to 500 dollars. Need to hold the stock for 4 years, it's non-qualified. Normally this is a 20% discount off some price determined from average of last 90 days of stock price. Then we pay …
OpenAI IPO could shake the market more than people think
There is a lot of hype about a possible IPO from OpenAI with a valuation between 750 billion and 1 trillion dollars. But if you look deeper, there are some serious risks that people are not talking about enough. First, AI is not like normal software. Every time you use …
Portfolio feedback request.
Hi, started investing very recently and I wanted to check what you thought about my allocation. MSCI World €11,500 37% NVDA €5,100 16.5% AVGO €2,770 9% YPF €2,660 8.6% Bitcoin €3,000 9.7% Google €2,300 7.4% NGNE €680 2.2% SERV €224 0.7% Plan is to just let everything compound and keep …