Market is at an all time high. I have more than half my bonus left over. Should I buy Vanguard ETFs in one go? Should I dollar cost average? Or is there a better strategy? Would love your thoughts!

The leason learnt by some of high salary negotiatiors in one point of time is never always chasing high salary and stuck in toxic company and suffer.
Please also give priority to company brand and wlb

I am planning to shift to Dubai with my wife. Looking for opportunities.
I have 14 plus yrs of total experience with 9+ years of experience in Java, Springboot and Microservices. I work as Tech Lead.
My 13 years of Work experience is in Financial Domain.
1. How much Salary should I expect ?
2. How much is enough to live in Dubai in a good way without compromising on lifestyle.
3. My current CTC is 37 Lakhs INR (Inhand 227000 per month)
Thanks in advance

I want a review for netcracker. Have an offer from mastercard 30.8 L (28 fixed and 2.8 variable) +1 L bonus
And Netcracker offering 32fixed in along with free transport and food coupans. Also told they are working on latest tech stack
Mastercard is not ready to revise offer
Shall I choose netcracker in this case?
Position Java backend dev with 8.7y exp


Position java backend dev
Exp 8.7y

Is there a way to Pay rent via Credit Card without paying the convenience fee?

Hi Amazonians,

I got an offer today from Amazon.
I have following queries:
1. In yearly appraisals do they increase base pay or just give RSUs ?
2.how much % is the variable pay ? In offer letter they didn't mention anything about it.
3.. Is gratuity and insurance included in base pay ?
4. What's the avg base salary for solution architect 2 role ?

Please help in understanding this! Thank you

Question about solo/self-employed 401ks: If I create a sole-member LLC for a side business and create a solo/self-employed 401k, am I only allowed to make contributions from the earnings earned via the LLC? Or am I allowed to contribute money earned from a different source (ie W-2 job).

How difficult is it to lateral to other areas of tax without prior experience in the area? (Ex: Income tax planning to estate planning, corporate tax to exec comp, or estate planning to controversy work, etc.) Assuming you have an LLM or a couple years of experience in your first tax area.

What’s your hourly rate for web development and where are you located? If you’re able to share, I’d really appreciate it. My agency is trying to figure out how to strike a balance in quoting website projects. We’re based in New Orleans and are not looking to gather comp set data. We just need some validation.

Anyone at LEK? What’s it like? (Quality of management, WLB, compensation, etc?) thanks!

Hospital software development analyst within the research department salary?

D 🐠, what was your take home in first year as principal? I assume you all get roughly 350 units and have to finance your buy in. What does that leave for your monthly draw? And after your insurance?

30 July was special.
Salary credited. Tax debited.
Both were equal.
Ab pura August daal-chawal khaake!

Does Persistent pay a full performance bonus?

I'm a young professional finishing my first year of my career. Last month I opened a brokerage account & invested $4000 in the stock market. I'm planning to invest at at least $2000/month every month now with the goal of creating a passive income stream. Do any of you have experience with a dividend growth strategy? How did you get started?

I am curious how Onesource Income tax stacks up against it's competition.

I have 9.5 yrs of experience and am currently level 62 in Microsoft. I feel I should be Senior SE in Microsoft (level 63) but when I got microsoft offer last year the HR said it is the maximum they can give. Fixed base is 28 LPA. There is an upcoming appraisal cycle in September, so I wanted to ask how much can I expect Microsoft to adjust the base salary in this appraisal cycle ( given my performance was decent) ?

Implications of a PE firm selling and a company bringing on a new investment partner?

Hi,
I have a couple of questions -
1. What is the average bonus pay for WM division ? I asked HR and he did not quote any range.
2. How long it takes to promote to 602 given an average to above average performer.
Thanks

Hi,

What will be the max salary offered for Lead Software Engineer at Fidelity Investments.

YOE: 5.5yrs

How about Purdue??

Hi Fishes,

Need 11 likes to start DM! Please help me achieving this.

Hi everyone I just finished last round of interview for BA

When can I expect call from HR and how will I know if I am selected or rejected

Does Paytm consider counter offer from service based companies?

How is the Senior Associate Role in PayTM
is it good to join?
what is the work life balance and learning?

How much does paytm pay for PM2, SPM, and GPM roles?

Anyone have experience on a credit strategy fund especially a credit hedge fund? Do they recruit non bankers? I saw an interesting opp but I have very little relevant background with debt (consulting background)

How much do part time, experienced paralegals in Pennsylvania make?

Anyone recently joined Accenture ( Avande ) how about work life balance?

How are projects for Java professional in brillio. And which location has better projects - Hyderabad/Pune.
And how is work environment and growth perspectives.

Hi Fishes
What does designation lead rep quant analysis means.

Non-MBA experienced hire with 2 years, federal, C level: 86k. Where am I in the salary band?

HI guys first time here. I'm a Mechatronics engineer, can work as controls engineer, Automation Engineer etc. I have previously worked with sensors actuators, plc, hmi so if anyone can refer me for a job here or abroad it would be appreciated so much.
And also please get this post to 11 likes so that I can interact with more of you guys.

Can someone confirm how long does a maintenance case take if wife is earning almost twice of husband and taken the kids along with her? Neither willing to stay in matrimonial home, not willing to give the kids or come back because she wants to work in another city and stay close to her own parents.
Demanding huge money in the name of kids to end the case. Should the guy pay the amount(1.5 times his CTC) or should wait for court?
How much maintenance is she eligible for considering her income?

I have a Fidelity Brokeragelink account for my 401k. Every other year I switch from pre and post tax contributions. My money is spread over 3 ETFs currently. Does anyone know how this is tracked? Say if $100k is traditional 401k and $100k is Roth 401k, but they’re mixed, how can Fidelity track what funds are Roth/traditional? If I’m up 300% in ARKK, how can I or anyone else at fidelity tell if the cost basis was pre or post tax contributions?

Investor’s Business Daily: worthwhile?

Need some advice. Currently 32 YO with $23.7k in student loans, $60k in retirement, and $54k in cash. Want to pay off loans by end of year, max out 401k, and save for a house. Does it make sense to use $10k from pension to pay down loans and the rest from cash? How much should I have in my 401k by this point?

Just gained some shares of a new stock due to a spin-off. I have owned the original company for years. Can I sell these shares now or would they be counted as short term capital gains?

Anyone have a SEP IRA? Is it better than a solo 401k? Understand I need to complete a tax form to initiate it but where do I go to start one? Rookie question, I know.

Is anyone familiar with McKenna Capital? I’m interested in investing in a real estate syndicate and McKenna looks compelling. Hard to tell if they are legit or potential scam?

Anyone invest PREIPO via DPO?

Thoughts on Sunrun as a stock investment? Buy or avoid?

Best way to get a home improvement loan? Any red flags/tricks to know? Is it worth it if o have the cash (would wipe out a lot of savings). Kitchen and removing walls is about $80k

What did you do with your RSU’s after it vested? Did you keep it or was it sold and reinvest to another stock/fund/etf?

Ok, I haven’t done an HSA previously, but considering it for my family during this next open enrollment. What do I need to know about high deductible plans? How do y’all feel about the HSA - any downsides? I’m honestly a little worried about the higher OOP costs, but we’re also not significant users/consumers of healthcare, knock on wood. Anyone regret it and go back to a normal PPO/POS insurance?

American airlines 🤯🤯🤯 💰

What's the best airline stock to get into before the possible travel rebound next year? Do you also get in now or Q1/Q2?

Looking at investing in FedEx and GameStop. Check out Forward PE and PEG, good earnings growth and operating cash flow. Thoughts?

My org will be pausing the Employer match to 401k for a few months. What's the best strategy to optimize my investment at this time?
Ride along/increase or decrease my percentage?

Anyone have experience with or recs for a good moving / shipping company? Trying to gauge typical cost, have about 5 furniture items to ship between states (7h driving distance) and would like them to load / unload. Thanks!

Please rip apart my investing plan. Am 24, already max out retirement and have 150k in cash I need to invest. Planning to invest a chunk each week for the next six months. See proposed portfolio in comments—>

Should I sell or hold Tesla considering it’s joining SP500? Right now my profit margin with it is around 110%.

Hi everyone! I’m a young professional right out of college getting into investing and personal finance management. Trying to better understand and educate myself on personal finance and investment strategies. Can someone recommend some recourses (books, podcasts, experts to follow, etc.) where it’s clearly explained for beginners? Trying to make sense of 401Ks, Roth IRAs, emergency funds etc.
Like I’m looking for someone like Dave Ramsey but for investment and money management advice.