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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 …
Need Advice on 529 Allocation for graduating senior in this market
Our son graduates in May, will be attending a state college with annual tuition of roughly $20K, and we have $31K in his 529, with $500 monthly contributions that we will continue to make. The recent market turn has dropped the balance by $2k and I need advice on how …
401k and Roth IRA. Contribution limits.
My wife and I file MFJ. Combined gross income of 200k. We will each max out our 401k's this year including the over 50 catch-up. I'd also like to fund a Roth for both of us. There's nothing against fully funding both accounts for both of us in a single …
Find a rebuttal to this argument
"The US is not getting ripped off by anybody. The problem is the US has been living beyond its means for decades. It consumes more than it produces. It has outsourced its manufacturing and borrowed money in order to have a higher standard of living than it's entitled to based …
~50% of 164 hedge fund managers who manage $386 billion USD now say that the US economy should brace for a hard landing, up almost 43 percentage points since February - why is there such a big disparity between institutional and retail investor sentiment?
"82% of respondents said the global economy is set to weaken, which is a 30-year high." "49% of them said a hard landing is now the most likely outcome for the global economy, up significantly from 6% in February and 11% in March. "The percentage of investors who intend to …
Trump fires two board members from credit union regulator, raising fears about the Fed's independence
"President Trump fired the two Democrats on the three-member board of the National Credit Union Administration, which regulates the nation's credit unions." "These latest firings, on the heels of similar dismissals at other agencies believed to be independent, is sparking concern that the Federal Reserve's independence is under threat — …
Stock Sale Tax Loss Harvest Offset for Rental Sale Gains?
I have some taxable stocks and a rental property I was considering selling to reduce some of my landlord headaches. Would it make sense in any situation to sell stocks and harvest the loss to offset the capital gains from a rental property sale? The rental property is under an …
What is a good physical in hand investment
Truth be told I’m a very skeptical person and I don’t have much faith in the markets especially as of late. I’m curious what sort of investments would be recommended that I can actually hold in my hand. My first thought is gold and/or silver as they are generally used …