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Timing my next S&P 500 Lump Sum (10k-12k) considering Midterms and Geopolitical Volatility?
I’ve been a long-term S&P 500 investor for about 5 years now. Due to high international wire transfer fees ($50 per transfer), DCA is not a viable option for me. Instead, I usually do a Lump Sum of 10k–$12k USD about 2 or 3 times a year I had some …
Market Response to Trump’s big War Announcement
What are everyone’s predictions to how we’ll see the market reacting after Trump makes his war announcement tonight? I’m far from an expert, but my best guess is that we’ll see one of two things: (1) He announces a ground invasion - probably Kharg Island. Most stocks lose value, while …
The Nasdaq is being taken over.
SpaceX is IPOing, Tesla and Palantir have crazy valuations, Anthropic is IPOing later this year... [https://www.investors.com/news/spacex-ipo-nasdaq-anthropic-openai-index-investing/](https://www.investors.com/news/spacex-ipo-nasdaq-anthropic-openai-index-investing/) Especially with the fast-track changes, tons of ETFs are going to pull these companies in and weigh them way heavier than I think a lot of us like. QQQ holders might be in for …
What’s the best way for small time investor to participate in the upcoming SpaceX IPO?
I just saw this SpaceX IPO valuation of $1.5T to $1.74T. That’s crazy! How do they even determine the initial IPO price and what’s the best way for a small time investor/trader to participate without having to chase the run after bell ring at market opening?
Real talk for all the Americans
I'm so serious, how worth it is investing/keeping your investments with all this bullshit going on and literally no promise we as a Nation will ever recover from this... I get trucking through the turbulence- but is there not genuinely in the back of your minds the though yeah this …
Vanguard FTSE global all cap index fund vs HSBC FTSE all-world index fund? (Brand new investor)
Hi, I’m just opening my first pension (SIPP in the UK), and am looking for what to put my first ever investment in. It’s looking like a global fund is a good starting point, and I’m stuck between the vanguard and hsbc. Looking at the graph of the HSBC one …
A Second Mar-a-Lago Invite in Two Months Tells You the First One Landed
A lot of small caps spend their lives trying to get one serious room to pay attention. DVLT just got invited back for a second private investor round table at Mar-a-Lago in less than two months. That is not normal small-cap behavior. The important part is not the venue itself. …
At the Open: Major averages were set to extend Tuesday’s gain, with futures trading solidly higher ahead of Wednesday’s opening bell.
Markets continued to trade with remarks from the White House top of mind after President Trump stated he foresaw the U.S.-Iran conflict concluding within two to three weeks. Treasury yields stabilized as traders began re-pricing a chance of a rate cut this year. However, fairly measured cooling in crude prices …
Savings sitting in USFR, but eyeing VOO/SPY.
Not looking for financial advice or instruction, just a general consensus while I continue researching. I moved my savings a few years back to USFR to at least get a little dividend earnings that reinvest automatically from it just sitting there. I'm not displeased with the results, but now than …
If Starboard succeeds, Is Expedia the most logical buyer for Viator? And how much upside is actually on the table for TRIP shareholders?
I've been following TripAdvisor for some time now and posting my thoughts, and there are more and more arguments about preparing to sell a key part of the business, and perhaps the entire company. At the center of it all is Viator, and the question that arises for me now …