If you plan to retire at the age of 55, how do you intend to stay engaged and productive? I am interested in learning about the various post-retirement opportunities you are considering—not for financial gain, but for personal fulfillment.

Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts and experiences.

What cert to go for next? Currently have AWS-SAA and Security+. Thinking about CISSP but how difficult is it compared to the AWS-SAA?

I’m a firm believer that a manager should develop a positive relationship with employees, but I don’t want that to be an invitation to disrespect my authority. How do you know where to draw the line to make this distinction clear?

Justice for Botham! Dallas cop convicted in wrongful apartment killing of innocent man.

My company is looking for a content management systems that will help manage blog creation, and can be used to assign and monitor progress of completion for blogs. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Novice investor looking to invest 100K. Do I DCA into ETFs / Mutual Funds?

In what increments (eg. $1,000) and cadence (eg. Monthly) should I DCA?

How should I spread out the increment across ETFs (eg. Equal percentage in each)?

Healthcare consulting practice. Deloitte vs Accenture vs other players. Thoughts on who has the best practice overall?

And any insight/who has the best practice in the provider space specifically?

Atlanta vs Savannah vs Tampa?

Anyone volunteering with the upcoming CFE exam this week?

Hi everyone! I was given an opportunity to work for a large bank for a management consultant position. But, I have only had finance/accounting experience. Any tips or skills that can help me land this job? Thanks!

Looking for technical data analyst in Austin, tx (also have remote available) to join a series E startup. Need strong python & sql experience. A lot of data munging and cross-functional work. Love to chat if this makes sense. Cheers!

I am looking for a Functional consultant role in blockchain and metaverse. Please let me know if you can refer me to your organisation.thanks

Looking for recommendations for an on-demand t-shirt print shop. I’m interested in printing various designs and artwork :)

What does the “Platforms and Ecosystems” product strategy team do and entail?

Is negotiating offers the norm now? I’ve been at my company awhile and at the time I was hired they said they don’t do negotiations, take it or leave it and they’d offer the next person. I do believe we renegotiate now, however I’m not sure if it’s the rule, the exception, or somewhere in the middle?

In-house comp at firms like KKR or Blackstone? Thx in advance.

HI! Everyone, I’m new on this group , i want to make some new connections and get some solid relationships build here. If anyone else wants to do some virtual handshakes, reach out and connect

Looking for a roommate in Miami to sign a lease with starting in January or February. Looking to sign a lease for a 2 bedroom/2 bathroom in a luxury building in Brickell, Downtown, Edgewater, or somewhere similar. I am clean, quiet, and respectful. I am a strategy and finance professional in my mid 20s (ex-McKinsey) who will be in the office 5 days a week. 

Are we on recession? My portfolio is super down - low cost ETF investor here

Can someone help me with this? I had a low utilization since pandemic, I.e., ~sub 5%, but never missed any payments. Would credit score be impacted if only one line of credit with a low utilization?

Too few accounts currently paid as agreed
FICO®

Scores consider the number of accounts that are paid as agreed. Your score was impacted because the number of these accounts is too low, or because you've missed payments recently on some of your accounts.

What is your socioeconomic background and how much NW do you consider “enough” to be able to live comfortably?

Best long term investment strategy against inflation to get to a large nest in for retirement?

Finished Rich Dad Poor Dad and appreciate the emphasis on creating alternative cash flows (vs. just income). Does anyone have book recommendations on creating wealth? I've focused heavily on income + 'safe' investing, but intrigued to learn more.

Sharks! I’m 33, currently working as a Java Architect (11.6 YOE, 40 LPA INR). I’m planning for retirement at my 40. Currently owning a house worth 1 Crore INR where I’ll be closing my home loan by this August. Please suggest diversified options of Investment for my retirement. I don’t have any investment till now (except the house) as I used my whole income to close off the Loan which I took in 2019.

I contribute 10% of my paycheck to my employee share purchase plan. Is this smart to do given the tax repercussions behind it? Is it smarter to invest less in that and more in my Roth or 401k?

Has anyone used Motley Fool’s stock advisor program, and found it helpful and worth the membership access?

I’m considering building up my I bonds to eventually replace my 6 month expenses emergency savings account. Any downsides I’m not considering? If I slowly ramp up and ladder, I can partially withdraw any amount if I need to after a year. Even with lower inflation in the future, I’m guessing it’s going to beat a savings account yield. Thoughts?

Do you think house prices in NJ will go down/up? Thinking of buying a house in 9-12 months and saving. What % is a good down payment? (First time home buyer here)

im 27 and could possibly retire if I kept my spending low. However you never know what’s going to happen, do you? How do you deal with the uncertainty?

I think everyone on this forum would be really fun to work with compared to the corporate zombies I often interact with. Have you identified other FIRE peers at work? If so, how did you find out and what did you think of them?

Have 50k in a checking account at a local bank getting no returns. I like having liquid assets since I support currently myself & girlfriend and any unexpected expenses my mother & younger brother have. Any advice how to calculate what I should keep on reserve vs. invest + learn about consequences of pulling investments early (more tax, fees, etc.). I feel like the inability to access funds when my family needs it has been the reason I haven’t invested outside of 401k and have this cash reserve

Are my crypto profits taxed?

Well yes. Crypto is taxed like stocks & other types of property. When you sell for a profit, you are required to pay tax on the gains. It’s called capital gains tax.

Still using Ally Bank savings account, but the APY had dropped to .60%. Time to move. Any recs on personal savings account? This is my emergency “savings”

What is a reasonable fat FIRE number for a married couple? Can’t figure out if numbers I see are for one or two peopl

I’m maxing out my 401K, traditional IRA and HSA this year and paying for some house improvements. I have about $750K total investments and very close to $2M net worth, but realize that I am behind on investments if I want to do FIRE. I was focused on paying off huge chunks of my mortgage and managed to whittle it down to $75K left. Would you suggest I go ahead and pay that off this year? Or pause and do a mega back door roth instead? I’m mid 40s. Thanks!

Single and childless but would like kids. High income and maxing out all tax advantaged accounts I can but was thinking of starting a 529 in my own name to be transferred to future kids. If I don’t have kids maybe transfer it to my nephew. Thoughts, pros, cons?

I have mostly passive investments. I was thinking the other day: what if everyone had only passive investments? Wouldn’t this create incredibly high amount of systemic risk? Are we all sheep??