I’m new to buying stocks and used Stash. Pros and cons or recommendation for other traditional company like Charles Schwab?

Any good books / courses on futures trading?

I was paid a retention bonus last year which I have to return - couple of questions: Will I get a corrected W2 ? If yes, how much time does it generally to generate a corrected W2? Should I wait for corrected W2 to file the return ? (with the current comp - I owe taxes however with the W2C - I will probably not..) thoughts??

Ex-ACN Employee with question about ESPP-related line items on pay stub. I assume I'll need to know these if the day comes I sell and need to adjust the cost basis to avoid double tax.

Can someone please explain what the following are:
1. ESPP##TxbIncome: $XXX.XX
2. FracShareNonTax: $XXX.XX
3. NetShrDel##NoTx: $XXX.XX

28yo single male, no debt, 110k income, LCOL (Dallas). I've been living fairly frugally, maxing out 401k and reached 170k NW.

I kind of want to splurge on a LUXURY ($2,100/mo) apartment. It's an amazing place, high rise, 20th floor, large balcony, floor to ceiling windows, loft style in the middle of the nicest part in Dallas 🥰😍

1) would my application even get approved due to my income?

2) is this too much?

Open to all opinions! TiA!

What is the benefit of investing in mutual funds such as VTSAX over a similar ETF other than reoccurring investments that allow you to set it and forget it? Is that why people choose them?

Upload button in etax is not working for me. I am not able to upload any tax proofs because of the same. Anyone else facing the same issue?

May be this is off the topic..
One of my friend who is a doctor & is an international med graduate. He passed his United States Medical Licensing Exams with above average scores. He has applied fr the match last yr & was nt able to match. Match process costs around USD10k; this year he is applying again after borrowing funds frm different sources bt he is under tremendous pressure to get match. I feel his pain as he has studied for 10+ yrs and is struggling to match nw. I m nt sure hw I can help

Anyone has a good financial advisor they’d recommend?

Do we need to do anything special to accept international investors?

I’m a new renter, is it common to pay pretty steep fees with online rent payment? Looking at a 35 dollar “service charge” that I’d like to avoid if possible

My strategy for Bitcoin:

Buy low
Get worried and sell lower
Get FOMO and buy even lower
Panic and sell at its lowest
Cry myself to sleep
Repeat

If anyone is looking to create a Robinhood account and wants a free stock, I’m one referral code away from earning a free stock...👀

Can my vacation home be 45 minutes away if it’s at the beach? Or does that look suspicious? I want to get in for 10% down and lower rate than an investment home

469k new construction
No washer dryer or refrigerator included
Added these at cost, downgraded to basic grey paint throughout, removed blinds and builder accepted 460. Feeling cheated :/

What would have been a better offer?

Im surrreeeee this has been covered before (sorry) but search is Tumi Tumi Tumi (are they paying ppl commission here?). How do I start small-time investing in shares? Help please :)

Does anyone know about the difference between PepsiCo GBS and India holdings?

Couples without kids, how do you justify buying a house and paying school taxes? Almost all of the good residential areas are with a high school tax. Just curious if childless couples can ever buy and live in nice areas or rent forever

Hi - any good books recommendations for getting started on real estate investing?

Does anyone have 120K bonvoy points they’re willing to sell? How much?

MY WLB sucks

Hi Fishes, Need advise on tech stack. I am a Mainframe developer with 6+ years of experience. Which tech stack would be more suitable between Devops or Data Science or Mainframe modernization. I already resigned and have 2 months to join new company. Also please let me know if anybody have switched technology in current organisation or new organisation from mainframe and which company to target which could offer exposure to other technology along with Mainframe. Thanks

Why PMP and not PRINCE2? Haven't done either but keen to know your reasons for choosing PMP.

Starting as a trainee at large international (but UK-HQed) firm soon. Does anyone have any general advice on seat planning?

What’s the best way to get out of small law? I am a junior partner and don’t want to be running a law firm by myself in 5-10 years. The mid-level partners are not business-savvy so I don’t see myself wanting to partner with them either. I want to move to a larger firm.

🐠 Would you rather work on award winning next level creative with zero work life balance or churn out mediocre work and have a healthy work life balance?

What’s the best group to work on at FCB Health?

Do people read Glassdoor reviews? I should have before starting here 🤦🏽‍♂️

Hi All!
Anyone from the insurance industry based in Jakarta, Indonesia? Would be happy to connect/network over coffee

I work on Jake from State Farm. AMA

Hi, I am immediate joiner in java, spring boot, microservicws and aws. Last company: concentrix. Previously worked at Citicorp, Fiserv, TCS and Accenture
Exp: 6 yrs. Looking for only remote opportunity. No offers as if now. LWD : 9/11/2022.

How many of you have worried about finding a job outside of education since everyone is leaving?

Our company is a small company with 80-100 employees in India, what the company does is ask us to track every single minute of our day, from getting into the office to what time we got up for lunch, tea, etc. for everything we have to put a log, do you guys think this is a healthy process for a company to grow? All the employees be frustrated that they have to go to office regularly and finish 9 hours somehow, a measured break time is also allocated.

Is anyone nervous about the whole Russia situation and how that may affect the market if an actual invasion takes place? Do you think it makes sense to take out investments just until things settle down, or even assuming the fed will increase interest rates? Thoughts?

Turnips at 193! Not the highest, but stop by and say hello.

73K57

Dear Connections,
I am a Chartered Accountant have 3.5 years of post qualification experience in M&A Tax and 1.5 years in Audit. I am looking for a shift. Please let me in case you come across any opportunities. My preferred location is Delhi NCR. Thanks in advance.

Most affordable beach in Florida for 2

Fort Lauderdale

Miami

Dania

Thoughts please ?

Planning sometime in December during Christmas or is Hilton head or Myrtle beach in SC better ? I want somewhere warm

Any moms on here that absolutely love their company and feel 100% supported?

What should I do? My 401k went from gaining 38% year after year for the past 4 years, now I'm losing money rapidly. I lost over 11k twice this week already. I been down almost every day this week. Please offer some good advice. What should I do? Should I put everything into safer stocks or just sit tight and ride it out?

What’s been the sentiment on MARA? Is the blip gone?

Anyone else feel like the markets always conspire against them? I.e. I have a “fun money” day trading account and bought two stocks about a year ago. Sold them because they weren’t doing anything and I found a more attractive investment and then they’re up literally 60% over the next three days after a year of 0 movement.

Michael Burry comments make me want to run to cash

What do you guyz think of PLTR?

Inflation report out today. Question- Does this report comes out every month?
is there some fed announcement or meeting schedule for the year?

Penn or draftkings?

Thursday I got it in my head that I needed to hedge against potential Dollar devaluation. I looked at other market funds thinking them to be good proxies for other currencies.

I decided to pick up a few but saw the Baltic Index was going up, higher shipping rates means increased demand, so it pointed to the Chinese economy picking up significantly.

I looked at FXI, there was no option interest so they were super cheap. I figured I pick up a bunch.

They opened at +%333 talk about dumb luck.

My 401k technology stocks are down 27% as I started beginning of last year!
Hold and ride OR some other recommendation?

Never invested before…can y’all share resources (podcasts, books, favorite news outlets, etc.) so I can educate myself and get started

What are yall buying?

What's going on today? I thought stonks only go up?

Curious if anyone has invested a big amount in one stock let’s say buying 150k of CRWD in may based on gut or conviction however you may put it. Want to have a discussion around lessons learnt and ways to derisk.

Is crowdstrike a good buy 215??

Am I crazy for thinking the next ten years look bearish for mega-cap tech? Explanations inside.

What’s the largest % of you portfolio you would put in VOO? Currently sitting at just under 50%

Sell Shopify or hold? Already 14% down today after the vaccine news. Will it recover?

Analysts seem to like TJX but looking at the long term debt/equity I can’t get comfortable. What am I missing?