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Settlement Money Investing?
My Wife (45) is getting a settlement from a fall she had 4 years ago . We are wondering what the best option is to make this money grow , HYSA or invest in say VOO? After all the payouts she will receive 70k . We owe 144k on the …
The best days of Big Tech are over
Well, not completely. Nvidia will still be fine long term. But money will continue to slowly leave the big tech names. Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and, of course, Tesla. The risk/reward just isn’t there any more. The small cap tech stocks will be where new money will be deployed. Small …
Am I the only one who respects Jerome Powell a lot?
Seriously, think about what this guy has had to handle. He was at the helm of the Federal Reserve during *a global pandemic*, then navigated the economic fallout from the *Ukraine war*, and now—while everyone seems to be playing politics—he’s standing firm against pressure, especially from Trump, who clearly wants …
UNH Stock crashing >20% on earnings miss, why?
I'm just curious about collective thoughts on how this happens. If I understand it correctly, they missed their earnings by like 1%. How does that result in a 20% devaluation? I understand their PE is large and their book value is low comparatively, but is that it? I hold $0 …
Trump Media Alerts SEC to Potential Manipulation of DJT stock
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/04/17/3063417/0/en/Trump-Media-Alerts-SEC-to-Potential-Manipulation-of-DJT-stock.html “MEMO: Suspicious Trading Activity of DJT Stock To: Mark Uyeda, Acting Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission From: Trump Media & Technology Group Date: April 17, 2025 Subject: Potential Illegal Naked Short Selling and Market Manipulation of DJT Stock” The hypocrisy lol
Rocket Lab will be big in 25 years from now.
One stock I think will be huge and most people don’t talk about is rocket lab. They are just under 10 billion in market cap. They are an end to end space company that launches rockets, build space systems and will eventually add consolation to manage the systems. Their ceo …
Is it insider trading if I work in the industry
This is all hypothetical. But say I work for a private company and it is experiencing industry wide factors that is affecting company performance negatively. If I expect the industry to do worse than expected from first hand experience, is it insider trading to sell all my shares of competitors …
Best ways to get exposure to assets like gold and silver, as well as currencies such as franc and yen in retirement accounts?
I called my broker (Fidelity) and had a fairly useless call about this. Right now I'm in cash and doing a bit of swing and day trading just due to the volatility right now. But I hate doing this as it eats up a lot of my time. I spend …
United Healthcare currently down ~23% today after missing earnings and slashing future forecasts, total loss of ~$100b in market cap
United Healthcare has 400k employees and is the 4th largest revenue earner among F500 companies after Walmart, Apple, and Amazon. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune\_500) I don't think there has ever been this large of a drop in any of the top 10 companies in the F500 in a single trading day? From what …
Trump calls for Fed Chair Jerome Powell's 'termination' in blistering attack
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5367696/trump-jerome-powell-federal-reserve-economy-tariffs President Trump renewed his attack on Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell Thursday for not cutting interest rates, even as Trump's own trade war makes rate cuts more difficult. In a social media post, Trump complained that Powell is "always TOO LATE AND WRONG," and he insisted the Fed chairman's …