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Pick a business for the next decade
Clorox, Kimberly Clark [+ Kenvue via acquisition], Lamb Weston, Nike. What one thing does this group have in common? Ugly 10 year charts. And compressed price/sales ratios today. Let’s leave valuation out of it. Which business do you think maintains or expands its market share and competes in the marketplace …
Long-term satellite allocation: Google vs Nvidia vs Broadcom (10–15 years)
Hi, I’m looking for some input on a small satellite allocation within an otherwise simple, long-term portfolio (core is a broad global ETF with ongoing DCA). My satellites currently include Google (GOOG), Nvidia (NVDA), and Broadcom (AVGO), but together they only make up a small % of my total portfolio. …
Can someone explain this to me?
So, over the years of adding a little of my paycheck to a few mutual funds, I have had $8,500 in PBLAX. They have been providing fairly consistent returns. I was content. But, last week the capital gains payout came, which was $1,766, I had it automatically set up to …
Is Investing in Precious Metal better than Index fund?
Doing some calculations in buying Silver and what I would get investing in a local index fund. Index fund has "Assumed investment growth: 9%" (On a 3 year minimum investment). In my local currency (Rand, ZAR) investing R10,000 per month with a R40,000 initial investment will make me a millionaire …
Are energy stocks about to blow up or they priced in already with AI?
Been getting tiktoks where certain states are running out of power because of data centers. I don't know if this is old news or if this is something that might be the next sector that is trending other than semiconductors. In my opinion I think the tech side is slowing …
Micron’s earnings surprise and what it suggests about AI-related memory demand
Micron’s latest earnings beat expectations across revenue margins and guidance driven largely by strong HBM demand from AI This suggests memory bandwidth may be a real bottleneck as AI scales That said MU remains cyclical and risks around oversupply valuation and AI capex slowdowns haven’t gone away Trying to understand …
Preferred Stock Trade for Potential 10-20% Return
I came across an interesting trade that I wanted to get thoughts on. It centers around Albemarle's mandatory convertible preferred stock ALB-A. This preferred stock pays a roughly 6% dividend, which is decent, but nothing crazy. Where it gets interesting is knowing that this preferred stock will convert to ALB …
Why is my SGOV down Overall?
I bought a few shares of SGOV on October 9 for $100.47. I just checked and my SGOV is trading at $100.27-.28 or so (moving). Why? I thought this was basically cash. I realize interest rates have gone down since October but still. It is a very small position so …
HYSA or Bond Fund for cash?
I have an HYSA paying 4% but have several accounts with a large brokerage house. Would/Do you keep funds you want easy access to in a high yield savings, or a bond fund like USFR / GSST for a slight bump in yield? At some level, having the funds at …
Contribute to Wife’s Roth IRA or open up Brokerage
Currently my wife (28) is a Stay at home mom. I (30) already contribute 6% of my income to my companies 401k to receive the full match, max out my Roth IRA and max out my HSA. I have some money left over and trying to decide if I should …