Anyone who used both TD Ameritrade and Robinhood as a beginner? Which one do you recommend?

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Ameritrade = more functionality
Robinhood = better user experience

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Fidelity

I use both - TDA/TOS is way better for options, but for beginners/simple stock investing I'd recommend RH as the app is very easy to use.

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Looking for recommendations on books for personal finance and investing?

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I'm going to accept an offer that's 150k+🎉 I'm a single filer, no kids. I'll be able to max out: 401k, HSA, but from my understanding, I will not qualify to utilize IRA? Aside from building a 6-month emergency fund (HYSA), what are potential next investment vehicles? I do know I want to start purchasing real estate for cash flow. But what about mega-backdoor Roth IRA? I'll admit, I still need to read more on it.

Just curious what investment vehicles you're using to get to FIRE.

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What are your thoughts on paying PMI on a mortgage? I’m looking to buy a house in a year or two that are $300k. I have about $80k in cash and don’t know if I should continue building up my cash reserves and put 20% down or push more to retirement. I’m currently at about 20% going to 401K/IRA, then get 6% profit sharing. I save 54% of my gross income on average.

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Should I change my tax withholding now?
Our first kid is due in July.

I don’t see why I couldn’t. I haven’t found anything yet that suggests they pro-rate based on DOB.

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Have you done a background check on yourself? Why/what error or issue did you find?

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In what proportion do you typically allocate your net monthly savings into liquid cash, stocks, ETFs, Index Funds etc?

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I did it again guys! I bought tsla and aapl at their highest point now and looking forward to selling them when they hit the bottom soon!

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Offtopic
How you are looking at the real estate market of Bangalore. Only sky is the limit for monthly rent. Is there any chance for this trend to cool down?
Is it advisable to buy a flat in Bangalore?

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I’m on OPT working full time in consulting. Under my F-1 visa, am I allowed to collect income from my country if I have a gig there? e.g If I join a college prep academy in my country, am I allowed to accept payment from them into my US bank account (as in they do a wire transfer for my help)?
Thank you

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Looking to support a new APIA founded startup? Well look no further!

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Well I have and founded Okane (money in Japanese 🤑)

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Lmk what you think!!

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Hi, am travelling to my home country over the new year period and would like to rent out my 1BHK for a month till Jan. pls dm if you need details, thanks!

How much is an acceptable down payment for a home? I've seen some great listings asking for 10%, whereas some others are requesting up to 50%. Is this normal and what does it depend upon?

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Some mortgage lenders require 6+ months of monthly reserves in order to approve your mortgage. Can I just get my sister to transfer money into my account and return to her upon loan approval? Will that one time payment disqualify me?

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Anybody have real estate / rental properties as a side hustle? Is it worth it? What’s the effort vs. Financial obligations vs. Income ratio?

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Thoughts on buying a house now? Lease is up in January. Can finally afford to buy. But would it be better to wait until next year in case of recession -> foreclosure market -> better deals? WDYT

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Anyone have experience with Fisher Investments and their portfolios? I lost a nice account to them today because I made a conservative investor 18% last year, but his buddy made 25% with fisher. :(

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Does anyone know how to declare in my individual tax return, RSA and Stock Options from a US Company that I have? Non exercised yet.

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I'm looking into homeowners insurance for a new build townhome. Does anyone have any suggestions on providers? Thanks!

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I mentioned to a few people around town that I’d be willing to sell my condo portfolio. Didn’t think it would go anywhere. And now I have an offer for 3.9m can’t believe it. But also not sure if ..

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Looking for a tax planner and/or financial advisor in the Bay Area. Please comment or DM me.

Only personally tried and tested recommendations, there is so much nonsense and noise otherwise!

PS- Single, Indian, 39f, recently moved from Chicago and no tax instrument that I use!

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Hey guys, I desperately want to switch from my current company. I have around 5 years of experience in Finance. Can anyone please refer me if there are openings?

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Hello Community, I am a professional with Deloitte USI in the SOX 404 Assurance team but would like to get into the field of Data Science and with focus on Financial Data. Can someone guide me where to start with and if there is a value for time & money course I can enroll my self in. If you are into the same field, would appreciate if you can drop your contact details such as LinkedIn Profile, Phone number etc.

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Any Charlotte folks here? Thinking of moving to the city sometime next year - what are some good neighborhoods for a young family?

And how’s the Indian food scene in Charlotte?

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Did Discover made a change on your career and personal life?

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My supervisor gave me 8hours of AWOL because I couldn't show up one day because I was under anxiety. I have gave him letters from psychiatrist,psychologist that I'm passing through this. He didn't care and gave me an AWOL. I want to leave my job because my department is very toxic but I don't want to leave having that on my records.
If I move to another job later on (private or federal) this 8 hours of AWOL will show up?

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Which level do you start earning RSUs at IQVIA?

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Morning all! Hope you have a great weekend! 👨🏽

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How does Nokia treat external employees?

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Palo Alto TC at Senior and Principal Product Manager levels…. Any clue?

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Joining BDO this week. Any good perks I should know about?

What’s the story on KKR Capstone? Heard they recently lost some leadership/went through restructuring… anyone know what happened? Has the operating mode changed? Prestige of the team?

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Wipro HR asked me to fill on boarding forms to generate employee id. My joining day is on 1st Dec. Will it be problem if I won’t join on joining day.

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Department of Veteran Affairs has several social work jobs posted that “allows telehealth” but isn’t remote. Does anyone know what exactly this means? I’ve speculated but am not sure.

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Time to buy another pair of shoes. How quickly do you blow through tennis shoes on the job?

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My SO and I are looking to invest in a beach front property in either Delaware or NC. We are using Redfin primarily for the search. We looked at a few airbnb calculators online to build our own. Plan on setting up llc as well for tax benefits.

Since this is the first time we are doing this, we are looking for any applicable advice or lessons learned from folks who have done this before, Tia!

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Anyone else think we are in a bubble and it will burst soon?

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Anyone going to view houses to buy in this situation?

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Thoughts on baba?

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How safe is personal capital to use?

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Anyone use Northwestern Mutual for long/medium savings? I backed out of a 529 for my kid because the sales cost in the fund was 4.6% upfront which is ridiculous. I was so mad. I use vanguard for all personal savings outside of my 401k and I’m generally very happy with it.

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Beginner here:
My portfolio is as follows:
VOO 30%
VTI 25%
VXUS 20%
ZCN.TO 10%
Remainder: HYSA + cash.
Please advise if there’s any adjustments you recommend or other ETFs that you leverage.
Thank you in advance!

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How do you decide when to sell an asset? So many times I sold and then boom 🚀🚀🚀

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With all the talks about GME, AMC, NOK, a smart investor gets out before the music stops. If Chamath was on our side he would have exercised his options and held the stock and not sold the next day. He is not one of us, he is just anti-WallStreet. Do not put money you cannot afford to lose and no margins.

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Are you all excited for Airbnb?

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What are your thoughts on paying PMI on a mortgage? I’m looking to buy a house in a year or two that are $300k. I have about $80k in cash and don’t know if I should continue building up my cash reserves and put 20% down or push more to retirement. I’m currently at about 20% going to 401K/IRA, then get 6% profit sharing. I save 54% of my gross income on average.

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Should I change my tax withholding now?
Our first kid is due in July.

I don’t see why I couldn’t. I haven’t found anything yet that suggests they pro-rate based on DOB.

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In what proportion do you typically allocate your net monthly savings into liquid cash, stocks, ETFs, Index Funds etc?

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I did it again guys! I bought tsla and aapl at their highest point now and looking forward to selling them when they hit the bottom soon!

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Do you all think it’s best to wait until next year for new construction? Prices seem super inflated due to materials costs and/or supply shortages

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Some mortgage lenders require 6+ months of monthly reserves in order to approve your mortgage. Can I just get my sister to transfer money into my account and return to her upon loan approval? Will that one time payment disqualify me?

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Is there a good book to teach kids, teens and even college students about personal finance or should i write one?!

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What do financial advisors actually do?

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