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Retired Person - Income generation
A retired person has roughly $300k cash to invest. This must reliably generate enough annual taxable income to have MAGI stay above 100% federal poverty level of $15960 as of 2026 and must be lower risk to protect the principal. Consider all cost of living expenses covered. One idea is …
AGI and its implications for "Safety in Diversification"
Assuming that AGI will create major disruptions across industries, does diversification remain a valid "one size fits all, set and forget" safe strategy in this scenario? As much as I am aware that ETFs "evolve" in that they are constantly changing which companies they track as companies come and go …
Nvidia to invest up to 105 billion for open ai data center
\[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-17/nvidia-to-invest-up-to-105-billion-for-openai-data-center-in-ohio\](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-17/nvidia-to-invest-up-to-105-billion-for-openai-data-center-in-ohio) Along with the 105 billion investment into OpenAI nvidia is also investing 1.5 billion into SB energy which is the company building the facility. OpenAI has a 20 year lease for the center and nvidia is the sole chip supplier for the facility.
Looking for different perspectives, sell or reduce my position in AMD.
A few years ago I put 3-4K in AMD and have been very fortunate with the returns. With the huge run up from AI, I have completely pulled out my principal and still have 11k invested. I’m wondering whether I should trim the position more? I’m interested in having a …
Company Buyout + Leveraged ETF
Scenario: A company I trade is likely to be bought out. I currently only own shares of a 2x leveraged EFT of the company (not common shares). If the company is bought out, what typically happens to EFT holders of company stock? I assume the EFT will trade at the …
Daily General Discussion and Advice Thread - August 17, 2026
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The AI bubble is more dangerous than the dotcom one
The following is a warning to all investors in the AI compute space. Over the past year nearly all equities linked to the AI hardware space have experienced 10x runs or more. While there is real promise in the AI trade, it is my belief that compute equities will be …
I'm going to pick a strategy from one of the below and report back
I've done really, really well over the past year. I'm sliding out of some things I own and freeing up cash and moving some major bets I made into "house money" mode. And now, I want to put my cash to work but I need to choose a strategy. I …
Sell BND? Or hold on for some reason?
I have about 10% of my total portfolio in BND. I'm 35 and the more I think about it, the less need I see for bonds at all. (I should add that I'm not including in my portfolio count an emergency fund which sits somewhat in SGOV and somewhat in …
23, ~$350k portfolio from a custodial account, 70% in three stocks. How aggressively should I unwind this?
***Disclaimer:*** *I wrote this with AI help. I'm dyslexic and struggle to get information across concisely, so I gave an AI the details and had it organize them. The situation and the questions are mine.* Some background: my dad invested for me starting when I was a kid, and I …