Investment books. What is your ultimate favorite ?

Pretty new to stocks and investing I would like to invest $200-$300 a month in an ETF index fund which do you guys recommend? Also would like to invest some money monthly in a more risky stock which do you guys recommend?

Does anyone use the commuter card (use pretax money to pay for T passes, etc)?

Late in the game with buying crypto. Single but with limited savings with which to splurge. What is a good price point during a 'dip', and which 'stock' is best in my situation (LTC, BTC, ETC, etc.?)

Can one do an sip or increase amount in coffee can portfolio gradually instead of a lumpsum investment?

Which service(s) do you use and can recommend to send money to India?

Off the topic.. being in IT field and living in Bangalore, what do you think is best renting a house or opting for a home loan and paying similar emi for 20 years?

Fishes honest opinion needed. Me and My so presently live in Arkansas, living in our first home with a child 4 year, both of us recently changed our jobs and have HHI ~ 420K, current mortgage 1600/month. We are looking to move to Dallas and thinking of buying a house ~996K with a 15% down. Questions -
1. Should we go for house of that budget? We can afford, but asking based on market.
2. Should we down 15% or just 5% ? Or go for 20% ?
*Getting a rate lock 4.25% 🤞🏼

If anyone could answer this with accuracy, they wouldn’t be on Fishbowl but any guesses on when our 401k balances get back to where they were? Two years, five years? 💰

What do folks think about the Uber credit card? I already have CSR and citi double cash. Worth getting it?

If JetBlue moves my departure time by 3 hours can I get a credit card refund or only travel bank?

What rates are people getting for condos? I’m thinking about selling my condo (I had 3.25%) but my realtor said that the rates are so high now that if I were to buy a similarly priced place, the monthly payment would be like $800 more. I’m bad at math, so I wanted to ask here to confirm this is accurate. Mortgage is around $700k

Don’t mix Investment and Insurance.
Buy term insurance in your early age.
Invest mix mode equity and debt .
Ping me for invest and insurance help.
Also get discount price for insurance

What are you doing for a retirement plan as an independent consultant? Solo 401K, SEP IRA, etc.? Any recommendations on where to open an account?

What's the best 529plan? Heard Vanguard Nevada plan is popular due to low fee, or NY state one gives tax benefits upto $10k (but not sure if it matters for NJ residents working in NYC). What's the criteria for deciding 529?

Today I lost out on a house because my offer of $90k over the list price was beat out by another bid. Everyone else having an equally crappy Monday?

Anyone start later in life? About to turn 32 and my retirement savings are sad.

Anyone build a house in NVA? We're planning to move to a bigger house in a couple of years and building is an option if it's not too expensive. Anyone got any builders or $/sq ft info? Thanks!

How long did it take after getting your license to actually start making money?

Can grad students get $20k forgiven if they got Pell in undergrad but outstaning loans are only for grad school?

If you didn't have to pay off any more of your student loans what would you use the money for instead? I'm stuck between something impractical like a trip somewhere or something I need like a new car lol

Looking for book recommendations; any favorites? Interested in both fiction and educational/self-improvement (for example, investment / finance books, time management, etc). I feel my vocab is...

At the donor egg phase and just not dealing with it well. Having all kinds of regrets if I tried hard enough. Maybe should have ate better, tried all these different things. Did I do IVF too quickly? Some say IVF makes your eggs worse. Is this true???

Can i get some help activating my DMs? Will only send DMs on hustle culture (rise and grind baby) and little known investing tips that will make you a millionaire so it will be worth it. Cheers!

Need all opinions I can get. Interviewing at a place, and there are a few flags. (Details in 1st comment)

Hi all,

Im having 9.5yoe in java backend development( technical lead) and have not worked in devops till now. But recently i have started with a PG course in devops.
I am very much interested to move to devops. What kind of roles i can give interview for and what and all paths i can take forward.

Cleared technical round of MPHASIS, what should I expect in client round(BlackRock)

How is the job stability in Tesltra India How many employees work in India?
I was interviewed by people from Infosys, not sure how did they interview me for Telstra job. Any idea on these points ?

What are some strategies for a current 3L looking for a job to overcome many jobs asking for several years of experience? Should I even apply? I have some experience from internships, but is it enough

Working for MBB was my dream throughout undergrad. I just signed an offer for a role I am excited about at FAANG, but I can’t help but feel twinges of jealousy for people who are getting into MBB with the recent increase in experienced hiring. Please help me 🤦🏻‍♀️

My boss asked me to take care of some of the details of a project for her—the stuff that isn't really my area of expertise. And now I feel like a shirker because I haven't been able to finish them yet.

What are your expenses/time horror stories? Has anyone gotten fired in relation to expenses? Compensation withheld?

Anyone joined Non-technical teams or about to join ?? This week or next week

Can someone tell me if a HRBP III is more senior level than a HRBP I? I’ve never really dealt with those titles so I am a little confused!

Have an offer for Cognizant and Persistent Systems. Which one is a better company??

What is the salary range for a proposal manager with 3 years of experience?

I have heard very less flow of work in PWC AC’s. Does this mean recession impact has begun and they can start terminating employees on bench???

Hi Fishes,

I have 1.6 years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Microservices.

If I'm planning to switch how much CTC can I ask for?

Current CTC - 5.8LPA

Why are markets up today ? Has the panic subsided?

Guys, tell me the top 2 stocks to buys for long term (5 years) according to you. Will be investing in stocks for the first time, as it is impossible to resist these low stock prices

Does anyone else think that IBKR’s customer service is kinda shitty compared to other brokerages?

I have ~50k in a hysa earmarked for a future down payment. Would it be wiser to backdoor that cash into a mega Roth to increase earnings and then take out what I need in a year? Or better to keep them separate

Just opened a Roth IRA account for the 1st time thru Vanguard, and realized there‘re only index fund options to invest in and no ETFs. Does the 🐟 community deem target retirement funds a good option?

Any one know the fees associated with transferring between Vanguard target funds, 2065 to 2055 for example

Is it crazy to put down 50% if that down payment amount is almost 50% of your net worth?

1) I know that most of you will say that buying an expensive engagement ring is a waste and bad, etc. so let’s start with the assumption that I don’t care and it’s happening
2) does it make sense to finance an engagement ring purchase or buy in cash? If financing, how much would you have to put down for a ~$30k ring? (If you’re upset by this number just replace ring with car or education or wedding or whatever you feel good about lol)

Wish I listened to my roommate on Blue Apron. Up 115%

Anyone know about equitable advisors?

And the stock market is down ⬇️⬇️⬇️ where is the 🩸going to stop?

In Chicago Illinois, are Propepty taxes paid annually? Or in another way, if I sold my house today, I am still due to pay second half of 2021 in taxes at my end?

Father who’s living in my home country is transferring an apartment ownership to me. Should I be worried if this is some sort of a signal, maybe about his health? Also what do I need yo be aware of legally and financially?

Any great personal finance/investment books to read? Or even YouTubers/Podcasters

Really looking into expanding my investment horizons — particularly about learning about how to allocate my investment portfolio. Also, always nice to learn about better ways to save and cutback.

Anyone using Edward Jones? Feel like we did a mistake and rolled over all my husbands retirement accounts from different employers and our kids 529 under them Jan 2020. Since then market is down and accounts lost20%. But the fees every month is pretty high around $200. I am worried to move it to fidelity or some other place and manage myself(not very confident), then I have to sell all of the Edward Jones managed funds and buy new. sell low buy low makes sense but don’t want to loose anymore.

Currently have 35k in 401k and 22k in Roth with Vanguard through previous employer. New employer uses principal. Should I transfer my Vanguard funds to principal? Thinking of taking loan out cont.

Just starting to invest, should I make an account with Vanguard or Fidelity?

How would you allocate $200K today, knowing (1) this is in addition to your HYSA, investment, 401K.. (2) you have no immediate use (3) if we see a drop in real estate price in the next 1-2 yr timeframe, this could be part of your down payment for a house in HCOL

I was given a 15k, 0% loan to pay off my student loans upfront from a family member. Would it be better to invest this money and just pay back my family member monthly since the 4% rate on my loans would be less than (hopefully) the amount gained in the market?

What’s your target retirement number and at what age do you plan to retire?
Of course I know it depends on a wide range of factors, but I’m curious to get a sample from this group.
Mine is $5M at 55.