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Teach me like I’m 12….what should I be investing in beyond a Target Index
I’ve regularly be investing into a Schwab target index - however I’m interested in diversifying my portfolio a little. But don’t have a clue where to start. I have a little extra money from my bonus this year and I’m interested in learning if I should be diversifying or just …
Best broker for lowest fees & easy onramp as a European citizen?
Hey there, What is the best place for Europeans to buy stocks and indices? I want the lowest feest possible as Im doing pretty big volume. I have used DeGiro (Netherlands Citizen. While their fees are very favorable for ETFs like Vanguard World Index or SP500 index, the fees on …
I'm coming off the sidelines
I've been holding cash since the start of the year. I kick myself for not buying the dip April 9th or whenever it was because I thought things were going to go much lower. But Trump is Trump. Now that he's backed off (for now) of his hit on the …
Did You Become Wealthy Through Investing ... If Not How Did You Build Your Wealth
I feel becoming wealthy through investing alone is rare. I am merely speculating now... no hard data. I think most people build wealth through super high paying career like surgeon or creating a business. Investing enhances their wealth but it wasn't the root of it. Please correct me if I'm …
Anyone else feeling like there are no right answers?
I’m sitting on $50k in cash that I have saved up for a down payment on a house. I’d like to wait until my girlfriend and I are married so that we can buy together. So likely won’t be buying for at least a year. I don’t want to throw …
Trump YoYo-ing the market
With Trump outright attacking Powell for a couple days and then suddenly reversing course, I'm left to believe one of the two: 1) Someone like McMillian, CEO of Walmart who met with Trump on Monday, was able to convince the president that continued aggression towards Powell was very bad for …
Stock market is a SCAM - beware
At least for ordinary retail investors it is. For most people, owning stocks or ETFs is a zero sum game and for some it’s a losing game. The stock markets goes up a couple of percent, then it goes down a couple of percent. Rinse and repeat. The only winners …
Y'all I'm so tired. What does a guy do?
I'm not a moneyed person compared to a lot of the people here, but I've grown my 20k to a hundred. I've read so much about investing, and it's all gone out the window over the last couple of weeks. I have no goddamn clue about what to do. I …
Plot Twist: Bitcoins Do Not Exist
Proving that bitcoins don’t exist is straightforward. All we need to do is clarify the difference between a thing and a number. Let’s start with a basic example. Imagine you have a dozen apples. The apples are the thing. They exist in the physical world. The number 12 is just …
The Big Announcement --- April 23, 2025
The President glanced at the clock on the Oval Office wall: 5:28 PM Eastern. His expression hardened into one of calculated precision. "Two minutes until the earnings call starts," he said, checking his gold watch against the clock. "Is everything in place?" His Chief of Staff nodded. "Yes, sir. Tesla's …