I'm in my late 20s and am starting to think seriously about retirement planning. Given the power of compound interest, I know starting early is crucial. For those of you who began planning in your 20s or earlier, what strategies did you find most effective? Were there specific investments or savings habits that made a significant difference?

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

After 7 years of actively managing my portfolio I have concluded that simple boring index funds are way to go. I did well in tech stocks but have some I'll times entries and exits which kinda took down profits. Do you still believe actively trading would produce better results. I have learned quite a lot in process but now I don't think I would be able to give same time when life gets busy with higher roles, kids etc. Anyone have been successful in managing their portfolios and beating indexes.

For a 2-year associate now tasked with senior-like roles such as reviewing and training, does anyone have advice on how to review individual hnw tax returns?

First time home buyer with credit score of 772... is that good?

Anything you wish you did 1-2 years before going to b school to help pay for the cost? (E.g., 529)

Should I max out my HSA contribution?
I am maxing my 401k though.

Also, if I max my HSA, can I invest say 50% and keep the other 50% for expenses?

Anyone got the salary credited.

How much tax you paid... please also mention deduction u have used.

Let's make a list....will be usefull for all Amazonians

Hey 🐠 , how do you guys shop for car insurance? Having a hard time finding a true aggregator site for comparison—they all direct me to individual insurers for quotes. My rate at GEICO just went up 40% so want to shop around a bit…

With social security potentially running out, why couldn’t it be an option for the govt to put $5k for every baby that is born in a year into an account Invested in a govt share class S&P 500 fund. Historical average is 10%+, which would provide roughly $2.7 million for a baby born today. Eventually, this would eliminate the need for soc sec tax, and would only cost $18 Billion a year instead of several trillion a year being deposited into the trust.

Just starting to invest. Planning to put 20% in BLOK, 20% in TQQQ, %20 GSLC, %20 SNPE, 20% VTI. Any reactions, other suggestions?

How does the housing market work exactly, like, what determines whether prices go up or down?

Do you pay attention to BTC or ETH funding rates? Does it impact your trading/investment strategy?

Are most of people in this bowl from a science background or coming from a finance/impact investing perspective?

Random thought — isn’t being a realtor scary? Going into random houses and not knowing who might be inside, showing houses alone to complete strangers, random people coming to open houses with my tracking..

Can we show rent paying to parents if we are living with them.. Do company mandates that parents should be living in different city to qualify for such HRA exemption.

Any advice in terms of investment to save the maximum tax?

Hi, I am new to investing, i am looking for mutual funds where i can have a long term investment. I and ready to invest 10k per month in SIP's split accross multiple funds. Can someone provide me suggestions

Question for my 401k focused advisors out there--what programs are you using that is instrumental to your 401k practice that you simply can't do without? I'm being pitched on Envestnet & im not sold.

The wife, baby and I are moving to Greenville SC in the spring.

Would love to hear anyone’s experiences about the city and where you’d suggest we start our house search!

I don't want to ask the Mck recruiter more questions. Can someone explain the differences in the Profit Sharing Retirement Plan and the Money Purchase Pension Plan? Does Mck contribute to both?

the more I want something, the harder it is to achieve. anyone has this feeling also?

Do you truly think cities like Miami, Seattle , NYC will be flooding/ underwater within the next few decades?

Share the best news you've seen today please!!
I haven't had a good week, but I'm sure this community can make it better :)

Any clue if Oracle India will renegotiate for offer if counter offer is provided?

I have a side gig consulting business specializing in data analytics, PowerBI, API integrations, data warehouses, and Amazon PPC. My team and I have worked with multiple top Amazon companies to do this. Anyone know someone who needs this ?! Let’s chat !

Would you accept a part time freelance gig for an hourly rate?

Anybody else still procrastinating on their tax prep? My accountant sends polite reminder emails, but combing through my credit card statements to tally expenses is overwhelming. Help.

I’m a Canadian on a TN visa. Am I allowed to trade crypto on Robinhood? If so, can I trade the same coin multiple times in one day (day trading)? What tax implications would this have for me other than the standard capital gains considerations?

My father took a home loan, and the same home is kept as mortgage.
I'm paying arround 22k emi for the same but unable to exempt tax as the loan is on my father's name.

I googled a lot how to transfer it but neither gift deed nor sale deed would work as the property is on mortgage that's under bank's ownership (until loan is fulfilled).
Tax is also getting deducted, I'm paying hefty emis.
What can I do?
Please advise 🙂

I need some good career-development or finance-related book recommendations

My gpa fell to a 3.0. I was working multiple jobs in college and had one really bad semester due to a traumatic event I went through. What are the chances the firm revokes my offer during a pandemic?

Anyone aware of the best data sources for angel investing? Would love to understand returns but assets, stage, involvement, check size, cap table, etc…

Curious to know what you've seen as working to non working dollars split in Canadian agencies. Reference any specific brands (or categories) if you can. I'm used to seeing the conventional 15-20% split for non working (production dollars only, not including media budget, agency fees) but are those days gone now with the takeover of digital (vs traditional) ad placements?

Does anyone have any advice on how to shift from a specialist (paid advertising) to a more strategic (in digital marketing) role? I've been job searching for a couple of weeks and would love to be considered for roles outside paid advertising but it seems to be extra challenging this time of the year.

Anyone hearing noise about layoffs?