Official Investing Thread

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by Joe Louis, Jul 12, 2010.

  1. billdozer

    billdozer Well-Known Member
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    :rain::rain::rain:
     
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  2. Sportfan

    Sportfan From Six to Dumptime
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    all of these %’s make me super jealous. My last four W-2’s with another 4-6% that’s a lot of money left behind :feelsbadman:

    This is insane, so people who max their 401k are actually having how much extra contributed each year? Partners are getting $60k a year total?
     
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  3. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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    my wifes first job she would have ended up with 55k a year total between match/profit sharing/her own contributions

    sad days she never got to the vesting period for that one before it imploded
     
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  4. Mr Mortisay

    Mr Mortisay Well-Known Member
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    Arkansas Razorbacks

    Yes, I max out my 401(k) contribution each year (so this year would be 19,500), and I get that double matched for a total of 60k. I can contribute up to 19,500 to the Diamond plan each year and that gets single-matched. I also max out the family HSA each year at 7,200. So I’m putting it away pretty quickly (thankfully, since medical pathway effectively delays your saving by at least 10 years).
     
    #26204 Mr Mortisay, Nov 27, 2021
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  5. Sportfan

    Sportfan From Six to Dumptime
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    Wait so you’ll receive $58,500 in match this year? motherfucker that’s awesome and depressing.
     
  6. The Blackfish

    The Blackfish The Fish in Black
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    I wish I hadn’t read that. Was previously pretty happy with my 9% match.
     
  7. The Blackfish

    The Blackfish The Fish in Black
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    Now I’m just sitting here thinking about my abject poverty
     
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  8. Mr Mortisay

    Mr Mortisay Well-Known Member
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    Would posting my household’s combined student loans total be any consolation? :idk:
     
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  9. billdozer

    billdozer Well-Known Member
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  10. Bruce Wayne

    Bruce Wayne Billionaire Playboy
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    Michigan Wolverines

    Arkansas has state-sponsored retirement huh. Sounds like a socialism to me
     
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  11. Arliden

    Arliden Well-Known Member
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    If I got a match like that I'd be retiring at 50.
     
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  12. Mr Mortisay

    Mr Mortisay Well-Known Member
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    Arkansas Razorbacks

    Am I crazy for thinking the mouse is a good buy right now? Tanking today
     
  13. Sportfan

    Sportfan From Six to Dumptime
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    And here I was thinking I would get a small discount on my monthly VOO buy tomorrow :loldog:
     
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  14. Sportfan

    Sportfan From Six to Dumptime
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    did you get autocorrected? Not sure what this means.

    edit: Disney?
     
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  15. citrodong

    citrodong We're a cold fucking bean team.
    UCF KnightsIndianapolis Colts

    I think it's been a good buy for weeks and it's tanked every day so your mileage may vary.
     
  16. burnttatertot

    burnttatertot butt tuck zoomies
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    I like DIS at this price, but I also liked it last week at $150+ so....
     
  17. citrodong

    citrodong We're a cold fucking bean team.
    UCF KnightsIndianapolis Colts

  18. DuffandMuff

    DuffandMuff Well-Known Member
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    Checked my old financial services firm I worked at. 15,000 members with an average of $127K. The max match of $1,250 when I last left was awful and I'm sure contributes to that. The workforce there was pretty old, so I thought it would be higher. If you include the ESOP and PSP it adds another $85K per person.
     
  19. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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  20. billdozer

    billdozer Well-Known Member
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    Back to the 1 month's salary daily swings
     
    #26220 billdozer, Dec 2, 2021
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  21. Arliden

    Arliden Well-Known Member
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    Pretty crazy the amount of stocks in the Nasdaq that are shitting the bed (down 25%) and it’s just being held up by the big names. It’s even happening in SPY too.
     
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  22. fish

    fish Impossible, Germany
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    I'm in three weeks of downward spiral but I'll hold for years in necessary.
     
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  23. soulfly

    soulfly Well-Known Member
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    Seattle MarinersSeattle SeahawksBarcelonaSeattle SupersonicsSeattle SoundersSeattle Kraken

    Define downward spiral?

    I’m down 2.4% over the last month on the only account I’m actually managing myself. My managed accounts took initial bloodbaths but have rebounded decently.
     
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  24. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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    had FOMO about the ARKK returns a while back and almost put some of my roth into it

    very glad i did not
     
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  25. Creighton

    Creighton Well-Known Member

    My attempt at tax avoidance strategies in the next CY has burned me.
     
  26. Nashville Knight

    Nashville Knight Well-Known Member
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    Same here. I stuck with the bland VTI in IRA and VOO in brokerage.
     
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  27. citrodong

    citrodong We're a cold fucking bean team.
    UCF KnightsIndianapolis Colts

    Still up but I'm thankful I did the TMF thing and sold some calls against shares when I was way ahead on the 3x. I'm probably going to let them expire (1 today and 3 next week) and hopefully take the elevator back up to ATH
     
  28. citrodong

    citrodong We're a cold fucking bean team.
    UCF KnightsIndianapolis Colts

    I had sold TQQQ calls for $150 that expired today and I moved them back a week for $5.00 which is insane to me. If we keep going down I may just sell weekly calls against my shares at $150 until it triggers.
     
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  29. Seavie

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    Pretty much the same for me, except for Schwab equivalents. This week has had me pondering selling everything in those respective accounts, where I bought in each pay period, and trying to buy back in with a lump sum at a lower amount.
     
  30. The Blackfish

    The Blackfish The Fish in Black
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    I would not recommend that
     
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  31. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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    assuming there's no tax ramifications with this

    because even without tax ramifications this is a dicey proposition, with tax hits you're guaranteed to get smoked
     
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  32. Seavie

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    The tax hit wouldn't be huge. I'm still up a little overall, but nothing that would drain me.

    Maybe a better idea would be to sell any shares that I bought for more than the current price... And try to buy back in lower on those? Because yeah I just realized I also have many shares that were purchased way lower than the current price.
     
  33. The Blackfish

    The Blackfish The Fish in Black
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    Statistically speaking your best option is to do nothing.

    We could rebound Monday and not stop for 2 years and your out of the game or eating a loss. We could hit a bottom in a week and everyone could be saying it’s a fake bottom and we rebound and you miss it. You could make a little money, you could make a lot of money. You don’t know but the odds are not in your favor.
     
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  34. Jimmy the Saint

    Jimmy the Saint The future is a benevolent black hole
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    Trying to time the market is a fool’s game.
     
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  35. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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    this sell off seems to be in response to a jobs report that is basically choose your own adventure but one where 90% of it is bullish and we know the 10% that is bearish has been WAY OFF for six months with huge upward revisions

    so the chance of a quick rebound seems quite likely
     
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  36. Seavie

    Seavie Loading tweet...
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    I generally am not a smart man. And impatient.

    Would probably help if I didn't open the app every day. Because sometimes this is my mentality...
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    But I've never (thankfully) followed through with it.
     
  37. citrodong

    citrodong We're a cold fucking bean team.
    UCF KnightsIndianapolis Colts

    I think everything is smoke and mirrors except for this:

    https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WALCL

    Does the market reacting with this intensity to a single jobs report or a variant that has not shown to be significantly worse and CEOs are saying a vaccine can be made for in 3 months make any sense?

    Especially when we are seeing tech stocks get crushed and we know they did ok in the last lockdown.

    It's all a reaction to rates and the taper and everything else is just noise.
     
  38. fish

    fish Impossible, Germany
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    A little early to be making this statement, imo.
     
  39. burnttatertot

    burnttatertot butt tuck zoomies
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    *so&so stock down 10% on the day*

    me - holy shit I need to pick up 10-15k worth!

    *so&so stock down 25% the following month*

    me - why the fuck did I buy this?

    *so&so stock down another 10% today*

    me - holy shit I need to pick up 10-15k worth and buy my price down!
     
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  40. burnttatertot

    burnttatertot butt tuck zoomies
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    I know I fucked up but I just keep lying to myself and thinking, I'm not wrong, I just haven't been proven right yet.
     
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  41. dukebuckeye

    dukebuckeye I’m OK with your low opinion of me.
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    Been a rough last 3-4 months. It’ll rebound over time.
     
  42. Jc6

    Jc6 Space for Rent
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    Penn State Nittany LionsPhiladelphia Eagles

    I know those feels. I’m actually looking for something to invest in before the capital gains timeframe expires.

    Anyone have any ideas?
     
  43. burnttatertot

    burnttatertot butt tuck zoomies
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    DIS ($146.22)
    V ($196.32)
    LMT ($333.81)
    ATVI ($57.36)
     
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  44. billdozer

    billdozer Well-Known Member
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    Another month's salary bounce today. Look forward to a similar size down bounce tomorrow.
     
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  45. Chumbolone

    Chumbolone Wigglin’ my toes on a mink rug…
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    Buying XBI
     
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  46. fish

    fish Impossible, Germany
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    I picked up some DIS today.
     
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  47. bcuga

    bcuga Administrator
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    Georgia BulldogsAtlanta BravesAtlanta HawksAtlanta Falcons

    Are you getting a good dividend return on that ETF? I just started buying these up. I'm thinking about buying in a ROTH though to earn some tax free dividends so was curious what the dividend is like.
     
  48. Sportfan

    Sportfan From Six to Dumptime
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    it’s like 1.4-.1.8% annual yield so a nice added bonus
     
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  49. Arliden

    Arliden Well-Known Member
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    I think it depends on the sector, Energy and "re-opening" stocks? Variant.

    For tech its definitely the taper.
     
  50. Sportfan

    Sportfan From Six to Dumptime
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    Absurd first hour. Hold please.