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Raising the long-term game - your advice
So, yesterday, it passed exactly 15 years since I started my main portfolio. It has increased by 572%, 13.54% annualized. When compared to SPX and NDQ annualised returns over the same period, it's substantially outperformed the former at 8.68% and slightly the latter at 12.94% (both slightly adjusted for my …
Thoughts on opening a put spread on oil?
I’ve been digging into oil lately and wanted to get some feedback from people who trade this more actively. I’m considering opening a put spread on USO, at the current 145 price or USO, I’d open a 140/120 spread with an October expiration. My general thesis is that oil prices …
More optimism across the market today
four mega-caps reported wednesday night. two got punished hard (MSFT -5% on $190B capex guide, META -9% on spending hike). two crushed it (GOOG cloud growth, AMZN massive EPS beat). then thursday CAT +10%, LLY +7%, QCOM +16% picked up the slack. SPX closed 7,209. the part that actually matters: …
Need advice on investing/dca'ing
Hey guys, as the title suggests I could use some advice at this time. Now I know everyone's situation is different and everything should be taken on a case by case situation, but as an almost 40yr old with at maybe 20 years left in the market and a 1 …
Glide Path / Asset Allocation / Target Date Funds - Suggestions & Feedback
I got to looking at various Glide Paths from large Fund Families regarding their Asset Allocation. Needless to say, Bond's performance has been lackluster and does not hedge risk like it did in the past. Thus, I am focusing only on Bond's subcategories that have a CAGR above 3% over …
Reddit reports Free Cash Flow of $311 million versus $127 million. Strong
And average revenue per user of $5.23 up 44%. Still a fraction of Instagram - despite highly targetable specific discussion groups DAUs up 17%. Led by international up 26%. Revenue overall up 69% to $609 million and net income nearly doubled to $204 million. They are buying back A Lot …
Russell 2000 Index confusion between performance of index vs. fund based on it?
On my trading platform (brokerage account) I have that performance screen where you can see how your portfolio stacks up against the major indexes. I noticed the Russell Index killing it lately, so back in Q3 2025 I put some of my 401k funds into a Russell fund. To say …
HITI: NASDAQ A Hidden Gem in Its Sector
**HITI currently has over 2.5 million members across Canada, with a long-term goal revised upwards to 4 million from 2.5 million, which has already been exceeded.** Market share reached an all-time high, confirming the superiority of HITI’s $Cost model, which makes it unique compared to its peers. **Raj’s goal is …
Reallocating my weekly investments
I am 15 and currently have a portfolio that I've been putting $185 in weekly. My breakdown is: $30 - FXAIX(S&P) $40 - EWY(South Korea) $100 - VXUS(International) $15 - VDC(Consumer Staples). I was trying to diversify internationally, but now my portfolio is about 65% S&P, 15% International, 7% FSELX …
Any advantages or disadvantages?
I (55m) am a retired police officer with a 457b and earning a pension. My spouse (56f) is a teacher and has 4 yrs until retirement and her pension. She is currently contributing to a traditional 403b. We are happy with the amounts in our 457b and her 403b. Our …