Which is your stock pick this week?
Serious answers only!

Lebron James has extended his contract for $97.1 million including two mandatory years and an optional third one. Why does someone need so much money in their life?

Thoughts on airline stocks? Good time to get in?

What percentage of your income do you save, invest and spend?

How to save tax for the money from freelance work? As i already have a full time job.

first trade ideas for dec 23
$MVIS puts $FCEL calls

Does anyone know the answer to this? - My first mortgage statement was generated on 11/2 with a due date of 12/1 and includes a month of interest based on the balance on 11/2. I made a principle only payment on 11/14 of $500 which was applied right away. Will the interest automatically recalc to reflect a lower outstanding balance for a portion of the month? I plan to do this every month.

Anyone working towards early retirement? Whats your target $, age and location?

Can I live comfortably in Dubai on 25k a month? With wife and kid too?

What is the present value of a government pension? How does one calculate it? Trying to get a sense of weather it's worth moving over to Federal.

If you contribute partially to traditional 401k & partially to Roth 401k at your company, does it get confusing at all when it comes time to withdraw? Is it better to (cont.)

How do you invest and save for your children? I’m thinking about setting them up with custodial brokerage accounts but don’t want them to have a heyday at 18. Did you create irrevocable trusts or?? They are too young for earned income and I don’t own a business so no IRA investing opportunities here.

Anyone have any good realtors in the Greenville SC area who know the VA loan?

I should be getting my job offer this week. Can someone tell me if Chase offers benefits such as; student loan repayment, discounted daycare, childcare FSA, employer HSA contribution? If there’s a high-deductible plan what’s the max family out of pocket? What’s the employer 401k match?

Are remittances / gift sent from US to India (from post tax money) considered for any tax breaks or deductibles in the US?

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.

I am financially secure (husband now has a high earning job) and looking at what options for "moon shots" at chances of real wealth generation with my years in Big 4 (10+). Month to month cash flow isn't a concern anymore so i can focus on opportunities for bigger pay days. Ideas from the hive mind?

Any OCI holders here facing problem with this 25% PF deduction in India?

do we save 100% on mediclaim premium for our parents in income tax?

I’m getting ready for my first review: what kind of raise did you get after your first year? My firm doesn’t have a lock-step increase, so I don’t know what to expect or what to ask for.

Read that McK is paying 2K higher than BCG this year which means BCG will probably raise again next year to at least match. However, they can’t just copy McK with 2K to match because that would look bad so they’ll have to beat it again. Then McK and Bain will follow. Barring a devastating recession, I’m guessing this means MBB is all getting raises again next year?

Looking to learn what other people’s jobs are like, what’s your role and what’s your day to day like?

Will be moving to greater Denver area within the next year.
Looking for a good neighborhood with: 1) great schools; 2) less of a suburban feel. Suggestions?

Referal required for Amazon - London - Data and Analytics jobs
Could someone please help me?

Also please share the expected salary range and band in Amazon for YOE - 11 YEARS 5 MONTHS
Thanks in advance.

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

Hello Barclays folks,
Good evening!!
I will be joining on 14th nov. I heard that if the bank account details are not updated before the 15th salary will not get credited for that month and I need to wait for next month for full payment.please let me know where to update and what's the lastdate

I am going to start a career as a Patient Access Rep soon. I have previous admin experience and I am wondering if I should ask for a pay increase to salary? The starting pay for this position is 16.25 but I am wanting to ask for 19up…How much are patient reps making now days in this medical field?

Here is my dilemma: I was passed up for manager promo last year and rightfully so a lot of my feedback was definitely correlated to me not properly handing my symptoms causing a good bit of inconsistencies in my performance especially if I lacked interest. This year I’ve crushed it and switched up projects off of ones that I’ve long been on. The few people who “advocate” for me seem to be stuck on things that seem either 1) so unsubstantiated and show that they are too far detached from the …

Guys, has the gym at Bangalore office opened up?

Being promoted mid year in the Bay Area to senior and did not get a raise as expected. Trying to see what the current compensation is for seniors within deals.

This bowl is crickets and I think we should make it much bigger. Anybody have any ideas how to get more people in his bowl?

I messed up my screenshare in a meeting with 2 colleagues and showed my personal email that had scheduling info for my onsite interviews with another company. I closed it but it was up long enough for them to see it. Now they both pretend like they saw nothing and I felt panic for some reason. How were your experiences when letting it out the bag early like that?

If you’re looking for a good show to watch, I recommend White Collar. I watched it about 8 years ago and just started it again.

Am I the only one who fears a third world war is among us? I've been studying the circumstances that led to WW1 and WW2, and let me tell you, we're not as far as they were. I hope the better judgment of people avoids such a catastrophic outcome.

Are there a lot of openly gay male soldiers?

Best places for takeout in inner loop? I love Local Foods, Aladdin, etc.

I wanted to get your thoughts on the following:
1. Health Insurance for your parents (assuming they are 60+)
2. Term life options for myself (under 30)

I recently went through a medical family emergency and realised how important insurance is. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

At what monthly take away you guys took a home loan? Also, does the home loan includes cost of the plot?

Is there any bowl that discusses crypto investments?

Hi guys ,
Need sone suggestions onto how should i claim HRA . I live with parents but i hve seen ppl claiming hra by gng into a rent agreement with parents . What all doc are req and i am planning to claim less than 1 lac so pan card wont be req.

Has anybody invested on affordable housing in Gurgaon, India? Or got any insight for a first time investor.

What platforms do you use for your investments?

I use Zerodha for brokerage and Kuvera/Coin for MF investments.

Any CAA or tax expert here?

Anyone into option selling ?

What are the recommended tax saving options apart from 80C, HRA & NPS? Any insights would be much appreciated.

I started investing in January 2021 with a current portfolio of 40:60 across Mutual Funds ad stocks. The MF portfolio is giving my a current return of around 10% cumulative whereas the stocks are giving around 6% cumulative.

Not sure how to get the game right.
Views please friends.

Do you suggest booking profits now (even if they are less) to reduce the risk profile, given that market is moving sideways and bubble might finally burst 😬

If anyone is interested in investing in crypto, I’m running a kickback campaign on Vauld, where both, you and I can reap benefits. You could also FD your crypto investments at interest rates as high as 12.68% for a few tokens.

Comment here or DM me personally if interested to talk further. Note that this crash is a great opportunity to enter. 😊

Is it good to invest through fisdom app in mutual fund or suggest better way

How do you manage and track all your investments? E.g., stocks, mutual funds, PPF, PF, gold etc.? Do you use an Excel sheet or some app?

Mine portfolio is down approximately 30%.. what about you guys?

Hi guys, should I buy lumpsump for coffee can investing or do SIP ? And one more question if you guys can help . At what point let say I hold a coffee can stock when should I exit. I am planning to hold for 10 years but how do I know that this stock is not relevant now or some red flag I should exit .

If you were to invest ₹10L today for a period of say next 5 years. How would you do it?

Target is to have 15L by end of 5th year and NO investment can be made into real estate.

I'm relatively new to stock market investments and have tried to build a balanced portfolio for the long term. Should I hold the stocks for long term or does it make sense to book profits in between ?

Need 20lakh by next year for down payment have 1.8 L on hand which MF or stocks to invest so that can get 20L by next year and how much per month