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Rate my 401K Portfolio please!
I'm 30 years old, trying to understand investing better. I have a 401K through my employer with Empower Retirement. This is what I've came up with so far (aiming for well-diversified but not too aggressive; I have a Roth IRA that I aggressively invest in). Any advice is appreciated! \- …
Possible investment Goldmine
My company recently just listed 136 acres in Costa Rica for $2.5m! right next to a hospital, small town, and the ocean! The property is located in a very popular part as well. If somebody is interested in more details on this and once pictures message me.
The last time gold prices went this crazy, it didn’t end well
There was a prolonged 12-year-long bull market from 1999 to 2011. Every one of those years generated positive returns too (excluding cost of insurance.) Amid 9/11, Enron/Worldcom fraud, the NASDAQ crash, banking crisis, etc., gold prices climbed from $250 to $1,900 per ounce, with most of those gains squeezed into …
Is now a good time to pay off my house?
With all of the ups and downs in the market, I'm very tempted to pull my investment money out of the market and just pay off my house. The loan is only 3.4 percent, and I've only got 54 k left on the mortgage in a city that only going …
Nvida tomorrow?: for someone that doesn’t own any individual stocks
I’ve got very little tied up in VOO. So many videos talking about opportunities in the current market. Would tomorrow’s potential slight dip be a wise or unwise opportunity to buy Nvidia for the long haul? Or should I wait for less volatility before buying for the long haul? I …
Preserving Savings by Converting to Foreign Currency
Does it make sense to convert an emergency fund or sizeable savings into say GBP as the dollar continues to weaken? I have been tracking USD against Euro and GBP, it is about to outpace my annual money market interest in a single week. Can I expect the money market …
LOLDX - move away from short term bond fund investments?
I have the following in LOLDX in a couple of accounts. Traditional IRA, \~$6.3K Roth IRA, \~$1.3K Should I transfer these to my bigger buckets, like FXAIX? My investment knowledge is limited, and if I remember correctly, my advisor-at-the-time advised me to purchase these. But I see it's just continued …
Bloomberg reporting that Goldman Sachs adjusted US tourism revenue to decrease by $90 billion US dollars in 2025
[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-15/us-economy-is-set-to-lose-billions-as-foreign-tourists-stay-away](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-15/us-economy-is-set-to-lose-billions-as-foreign-tourists-stay-away) "Goldman Sachs Group Inc. estimates in a worst-case scenario, the hit this year from reduced travel and boycotts could total 0.3% of gross domestic product, which would amount to almost $90 billion." The Bloomberg article mentions that international travel to the US was down 10% in March 2024 compared …
Nvidia shares drop 6% in after hours trading after CEO Jensen Huang says US export controls on chips will cost $5.5 billion in fees
"Nvidia said on Tuesday that it will take a quarterly charge of about $5.5 billion tied to exporting H20 graphics processing units to China and other destinations. The U.S. government, during the Biden administration, restricted AI chip exports in 2022 and then updated the rules the following year to prevent …
WisdomTree Core Laddered Municipal Fund (WTMU)
Has anyone taken a look at this new fund that WisdomTree opened up about a week ago? Is this set up any different to things that have already been out there for decades? Have been interested in starting positions in municipal bonds for a while now and the convenience of …