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Actual volatility index vs VIX?
Technically the definition of volatility is the amount of movement either up or down, meaning a true volatility index would drop if the underlying bucket moves less than X up or down, and rises if the bucket moves more than X. We have VIX, but this seems to be considered …
Traditional employer 401k - confused by the word Active
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Is there a “self fulfilling prophecy” aspect to the SP500 performance?
New investors hear from others and read in their research that they can simply buy the SP500 to outperform most other strategies, so they buy an ETF of it and DCA it over the course of their life. Buying an ETF causes the price of it to go up, contributing …
$XBOTF - $60M Robotics Play vs $39B Competitors
**$XBOTF - $60M Robotics Play vs $39B Competitors** Realbotix Corp. (OTC: $XBOTF / TSX-V: $XBOT) **The Setup:** - TWO U.S. patents (20-year protection) - Already deployed: Fashion Show Las Vegas (42M visitors/year) - 97% Q-o-Q revenue growth - $6M cash, no debt - Fortune 500 customers: MGM, Ericsson **Why It's …
Does This 5–10 Year Growth Portfolio Look Solid? AI + Core ETFs
I’m planning to reinvest part of my portfolio into a moderate risk “high growth savings” allocation. I’ve run several iterations over the past few weeks and I think this version is close to finalized. The goal is to capture long term upside from large cap AI leaders while balancing that …
Close Price or Adjusted Close Price When Evaluating Performance?
Should I be using "close price" or "adjusted close price" when evaluating individual investment performance in my portfolio? For most of my holdings they are one and the same for the dates I am analyzing, but for two of them the prices are different, and it skews the returns performance …
Forced by life issues to sell, unfortunately...
The initial plan was to hold for a long period of time but some job, health and mortgage issues are forcing me to sell. I was hoping that things in general would be stable and controllable, to hold my portofolio for as long as I can, but the reality hits …
Need to redistribute SPY and VOO due to overlap
I started investing couple years ago and bought both SPY and VOO (both around 50k and gain around 17k). I want to redistribute and rebalance my portfolio to simpler and more efficient. Thinking to sell all SPY and buy VOO - is this the right way to do before the …
Better be a good week for me
Sort of a vent post, idk if something like this is allowed. If not, that’s perfectly okay. After losing some money by following trends and not knowing what i was doing, i was financially down a bit with some of my first investments as a person now in my 20s. …