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WSJ: Why There Will Never Be Another Warren Buffett
A great article by Jason Zweig on Warren Buffett after his announcement that he will retire at year-end. https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/why-there-will-never-be-another-warren-buffett-2b5fa268 Excerpt: There’s only one Warren Buffett, and there will never be another. On May 3, Buffett announced that he will step down as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate he …
12 million emails and passwords stolen in Zacks data breach—and users were never notified
Just found out that my email was part of a massive data breach involving Zacks Investment Research, and I was never notified. According to a memo I received, (would attach but this community doesn’t allow it 🙄) over 12 million email addresses and usernames were stolen and later leaked on …
VXUS or DBEF for international in a taxable account?
I have already selected VTI for U.S. stocks and would like to hear your opinion about the pros and cons of these international choices ||DBEF|VXUS| |:-|:-|:-| |who|Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged |Vanguard Total International| |Morningstar: Expected Performance|Bronze|Gold| |Morningstar: Past Performance|5/5|3/5| |holdings|694|8,554| |**countries**|developed|developed + developing| |North America, Europe|more|less| |Japan|more|less| |Asia, LatAm, Africa|less|more| …
Does anyone here try use elements of Technical analysis ( such as cycle driven positions), Modern Portfolio Theory (such as weighting the betas) and Fundamental analysis?
I am really curious about your impressions on the topic. People who are on stock market and discuss the reasoning behind their buys and sells usually affirm one school as a matter of dogma. I have met some technical traders who see little value on fundamental analysis, heard some fundamental …
Fibonacci Patterns In Pricing, Real or Nah?
What does everyone think of Fibonacci patterns in pricing? Can they reliably predict future prices? Maybe I'm missing something but they seem like the astrology of the financial world. Am I wrong? I've seen a lot of videos on YouTube by Chris Vermulen and he says that "Fibonacci is in …
What is the worst-case scenario you guys have had in mind when you designed your portfolios?
Did anyone decide what his portfolio breakdown on the basis of what it would look like during a mild recession or did you make more doomy and less probable projections and subsequently used them as a baseline for your minimal expected returns. I am striving for a very conservative portfolio, …
What would an ideal Doomsday Portfolio look like?
Let's assume a scenario of great destruction, full scale nuclear war, in which an EMP blast wipes out all machines in existence and we go back to the paper trading era. Would a standart Ivy-League portfolio hold up better than the most famous form of the Yale portfolio, popularized by …
Newby question, but how do dividends work in accumulating ETFs?
Newby question, but like, I know in Distributing ETFs you just get some dividend money every quarter deposited into your bank account. But how does it work with accumulating ETFs? I know it gets reinvested into the ETF itself, but does that mean you just get more shares of said …
Bleed Out the Fear, Then Melt Up: The Classic Year-End Setup.
In an ideal world, we’d see a gradual pullback to the $545–$550 ( SPY ) zone over the next few weeks , just enough of a dip to stir fear, shake out weak hands, and reignite the familiar headlines predicting doom. The sentiment would turn bearish again, retail traders would …
ETF + CFD + stock lifelong investing strategy for 30yo
Hey Hey, I just found out about ETF, looks very cool, i tend to overcomplicate stuff so just tell me if i'm crazy or is that a good investing strategy(i spent past week doing research and im starting to overcomplicate). Very short term: - Daytrading - i tried gold, i …