I have a lot of trouble trying to find the right stock/index fund to invest. How did you decide on yours and what resources did you find most helpful? Goal is to gain net worth asap but keep 5 months worth of emergency funds as cash. want to get into real estate investing but out of my city because it’s hcol

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If you can’t make up your mind just buy VT (total world market) and call it a day. If you want to have more control on geo allocations instead get VTI and VXUS and adjust %

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If it’s something already offering the diversification you want and appropriate profile of risk/return then yes fine to have the same everywhere.

You should in any case always look at the overall picture of your investments to make sure they remain coherent as a whole.

As of now I have some stocks in robinhood, 401k (pretax and roth), a roth ira I cannot contribute anymore, and an open but no balance in traditional ira

Why can’t you contribute to Roth IRA?

Was told i can’t because of my current income

No balance in trad IRA means you can definitely contribute to Roth IRA via backdoor. What’s wrong with S&P 500?

Got it, thanks! Sorry to bother but would you happen to know the helpful article about this? I have gone across 10 different sites that all tell me different things

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