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Am I being scammed by having my money in Raymond James? Looking for perspective :/
I was advised by my parents to place my money with a financial planner. Ended up putting about $70k into Raymond James, and my portfolio has grown to around $90k from a peak of $110k. However, I'm doing the math of compounding interest on their fees (1-2%), and over time, …
I think I am getting crazy
I am thinking of keeping all cash for now until the stable genius Donald Trump making his next major move. The stock market hate uncertainty, and Donald Trump is the epitome of stability itself, so every time he make some kind of announcement, the market shit its pant & drop …
S&P now whilst I'm young?
Hi guys, I'm 27 years old and have about $27k ready to go. It's most of the money I have. I haven't entered the market but my question is this... Should I invest in the s&p 500 now and then switch to the all world later? (closer to retirement age). …
US CANCELS ALL TARIFFS PERMANENTLY EFFECTIVE SUNDAY AT 1PM EST is there a way to use options to buy shares before market open?
America just cancelled all their tariffs across all trading partners. Markets have been pricing for an escalaration in trade war and seems like they got their resolve sooner - expecting market to react positively - is there a way I can use options or pre trading to secure shares earlier …
Opinion on this revelation- media will cry and whine to always make sure government moves stock market and real estate higher.
We have seen a drop but after a detailed investigation stock prices are still up over 15 percent and real estate in many areas has tripled in 5 years. The media is like a little baby that cries until it gets its way and the government is willing to spoil …
The one and only real method to wealth creation in the US - levering up other peoples money to take on risk, score big, earn a % or fees, if it fails not your money, try again with other other peoples money. Capitalism is called that because its easy to make money if you have capital.
The US is a wealth creation machine for one simple reason, debt is relatively cheap and their is a lot of capital floating around. Breaking this - stagflation, leverage collapse (08,09) devastates everyone but the people who used other peoples money to earn fees and percentages of gains applying risk …
How to include High Yield bonds into an investment portfolio?
Let's start from a typical portfolio consisting on stocks and government bonds. Some examples would be 100% stocks (to maximize growth), the typical 60/40 portfolio, the permanent portfolio, etc. My question is the following one: let's assume we want to include HY bonds (that is, junk bonds), or even investment …
Calculation for Tax Savings moving from Mutual Fund to ETF?
I'll preface this by saying I think the answer is probably a resounding "No", but I want to due my due diligence. I'm 20+ years from retirement and already maximize my 401K and IRA (backdoor). All left over funds go into Fidelity Mutual Funds that I've had since I was …
Investing in EV vehicles, suggestions for other companies.
I honestly think most people would be driving EV's in the future. Especially Canada where I live and where we have dirt cheap electricity. Tesla is getting a lot of hate recently and I'm looking to invest in some other companies? I still have a little a bit of Tesla …
Does it make sense to buy gold or is too late
Everything is very uncertain. I don't live in the states but the currency where I live is pegged to the USD and I have some USD savings so it's all going down. Is it wise to buy gold with my USD savings or is it too late for gold and …