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Stock/Crypto 2/19/26 Portfolio
I'm currently working on DCAing the dips each week. Just bought more AMZN, PLTR, ETH, SOL, BTC, and LINK today with half of my monthly pay and put in limits to buy at slightly slower prices for ETH/SOL/BTC/LINK with the other half. 401k/HSA/IRA goes into FSKAX/FXAIX/VFIAX. Real estate is 68% …
Why is VTI down but FSKAX is up?
A friend has FSKAX, I have VTI. They both seem to be a total stock market fund but two different methods, one being an ETF and the other being indexed. But I'm curious why VTI is down, it doesn't really make sense? If they basically have the same thing.
How many of you NEED the AI bubble to stay inflated?
Piggybacking off the insane takes I saw [in this thread earlier this morning](https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/1r8yv6d/openai_doesnt_make_sense_at_all/), I gotta ask this community: How exposed are you to the Magnificent 7 right now, and how screwed are you/your gains if their promise of some utopian future of AI doesn't actually pan out? Because as someone …
Portfolio Restructuring Advice (Exiting Stocks)
My current personal investment portfolio is comprised of about 75% individual stocks and 25% ETFs split 80/20 between VEQT/VRIF, respectively. Although my investment horizon is pretty far out (lets say 20yrs) and I wanna stay fairly aggressive, I think I’m done with individual stock-picking and wanna rebalance to something like: …
Bitcoin: The Emperor Is Not Naked, He Does Not Exist
The most hilarious, and kind of bizarre, thing nowadays is how firmly masses of people believe there is money in the Bitcoin system: that they are mining and buying coins, holding assets, exchanging currency, or owning something, even though it is easy to see that nothing is there. The confusion …
OpenAI doesn't make sense at all
So I just read that [openAI has a 730 Billion valuation pre-money](https://blocknow.com/openai-funding-round-nears-record-100b-raise-valuation-targets-850b/) and they're raising money again - 100B right now. In 2025, they raised [40 Billion at a $300 Billion valuation](https://openai.com/index/march-funding-updates/) (and apparently another 8B until the year's end) How is this possible? A company reach a possible TRILLION …
This article says you can retire a millionaire investing small daily amounts.…
Link to article- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/investing-just-12-day-could-120500290.html I just read a finance article claiming that investing a small amount every day into the stock market could grow into a million dollars by retirement. The idea is based on long term compounding and “average market returns”. On paper it all sounds great; invest consistently, …
36yo – Simple ETF portfolio. Overthinking factor tilts vs simplicity. Thoughts?
I’m 36, in accumulation, living in Europe with no capital gains tax but ~25/30% tax on dividends (they are taxed at income tax rates). Goal is FIRE in my early 40s. Current portfolio: 90% VT 10% Bitcoin (legacy position, planning to reduce to ~5% on the next run-up) I intentionally …
Most retail traders underestimate currency impact on equity portfolios.
If you hold US equities but live outside the US, your returns are not just stock returns. They’re: Stock performance + USD performance. In 2022 strong USD masked equity weakness for many international investors. In 2023 it worked the opposite way. Currency exposure is the silent PnL driver most ignore. …
This sub is dead wrong about Global ETF being superior to US ETF
Here are the arguments laid out by Global ETF bulls which i m about to demolish. I live in a developing country so i have an idea of whats going on. Before you say AI, no it is not AI written, i have to organise it or else it will …