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- Saving money for buying house I am curious to know what people do with the money which they are saving to buy a house? Do they keep in savings account which provides decent interest rate OR do they invest it in index/betterment/wealthfront OR do they take risk of putting certain portion of their money in stocks so that money is
- Inherited $5M post-tax. What do I do? 30yo SWE, net worth is $2.7M. TC 700k. Bay area. Besides maxing out my 401k (all in a target date fund) I've just put $ inside wealthfront since I started working at 22. I'm super new to investing because I never cared to learn it. Now that I suddenly inherited this much cash, how should I invest
- Wealthfront Hey blinders ...just curious to know how does wealthfront works ...! Does anyone has an account in it ?? let’s say for example deposited 5k and they invest on our behalf and takes the 0.25% on the return or is it just like robinhood ,Confused have read in google but I didn’t got the clear picture o
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- How to invest around $100K? Hi everyone I have around $100K savings and want to invest it. On a scale of 10, I am at 7 in terms of risk. I already do around $500/month into Wealthfront, 401K and some random stocks in Robinhood a) Is Vanguard my best option? If so, which funds? b) Should I buy a rental? If so, which area woul
- Experience with Robo advisors Hey everyone, With so many options to invest using robo advisors like Wealthfront, Betterment, Scwab intelligent portfolio, etc., would you guys like to share your experience if you are using any of them? I am thinking if I should go with these robo advisors or not. If not, why not and if yes then
- Buy a house in Bay Area or not? I’m a new grad working in BayArea (I mentioned this because I don’t have any plan to have a marriage/kids at this moment) My first year stock will be invested earlier next year, then I will have 200k cash at that moment and 250-300k at the end of next year. Currently I invested almost all of my mon
- Vanguard vs Robo-Advisors I was a happy Vanguard user for years, then jumped Betterment a couple of years ago. Now, I’m having reservations. Other than Tax Loss Harvesting, I can’t see how Betterment is better. I can’t see how Wealthfront is any better either. Am I missing something? The main thing the Robo-Advisors seem to
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- Wealthfront trading in restricted stock I am signing up for Wealthfront to start investing my savings. One of the questions it has asked me is whether they should not buy/sell any particular stock which I am restricted from trading. Obviously since I work in Uber I can't buy or sell the stock during blackout periods. But they say they c
- Investing tips for a new grad? Hi, Wanted to ask this community for any advice on how much money I should be investing vs keep in savings as a new grad. Currently, I’m maxing out my Roth 401K (Vanguard target retirement 2060) and IRA, and have about 10K in FAANG stocks. I also have company RSUs that I plan to hold for a little
- vote College fund New parent/investment newbie here. Trying to fine tune my risk preference when setting up a college fund for my 6 month old in wealthfront 529. My goal is to maximize returns in the next 10-15 years so overall have a higher than average risk preference. Planning to tune down the risk preference once
- Starting to invest -- help. How do you invest your money, especially in the early days when it's not a huge amount? I'm 24 and just finished paying off student loans (yussss) so can finally start putting aside substantial money. Any tips? I do have a 401k with fidelity and have been contributing 5% (Uber doesn't match). I al
- What to do with 100k in cash? Newbie investor here. I have 100k in cash in my savings account right now and trying to start investing in it. I was thinking of allocating an equal fraction to all the roboadvisors out there (using each's version of aggressive growth) as an experiment to see how each of them perform and also save a
- Totally lost on where to invest.... I am doing great financially and have significant positive cash flow on a yearly basis. With the positive cash flow, I am at a total loss now on where to invest money to keep it growing vs. Mismanaging it. I have somewhat exhausted the options I know of with my limited investing knowledge e.g. 401K
- #investing Should I combine my various mutual funds? I think most of us probably have some flavor of the below 4 buckets of investment opportunities. Right now I have them all contributing to different things. What would you do? Fund wise, I'm invested heavily with: 1. 401k (Fidelity - Target retirement) 2. IRA via backdoor (Vanguard - Target retir
- Can I “invest” my vested RSU’s within a year of vesting without getting hit with short term capital gains tax? I don’t understand this stuff very well, but my understanding is that after my stocks vest, I can’t touch them for a year or else I’ll get charged short term capital gains tax (STCGT). However, after a year, it will become long term capital gains tax, which is much less expensive. I’ve heard people
- Best place to get investment education What is the best place to get started with learning about investing? I want to make some changes to my lifestyle by becoming more careful with saving. Been living paycheck to paycheck since last 3 years on my 100k paycheck. I'm on a visa, so want to learn what is best for future. Do people self edu
- Advice for an investment dumbass So I sometimes get very lucky but in general I'm an engineer and not a business expert. Crypto has done me VERY well and I am thinking if I should sell some this year. But for general investing my earned income I'm wondering if I should just stuff it all in wealthfront and call it a day? 401k and I
- Saved 50k over the past three years after paying off my student loan debt. Need investment advice. With the market bleeding all round, I am hoping I can get into the market at some point. I'm not asking what the right point is - because that'd be thing the market. I'm asking for recommendations on what sort of stocks (or other investment vehicles) I can look into, especially beyond tech stocks.
- Is CPA worth it? I believe my revenue streams are pretty simple. I get a paycheck, invest in some stock myself and also use wealthfront. That's it. Do I need a CPA? I was originally just going to use turbotax and saw posts on internal groups about people having to pay additional, unnecessary tax due to software mist
- Autopilot ETF Investing: Mid to Long Term Hi! Just some background, I'm in my late 20s, have been investing through Betterment (auto weekly), Robinhood (some individual company stocks here and there), 401k. I'm happy with my Robinhood investments / returns. But my returns in Betterment could have been 'better'. It is set at 100% stocks hol
- What to do with my money? A second year auditor here. I graduated last year and have been living with my parents since. Don't really expect to move out any time soon. I don't have crazy expenses and pay minimum payments on student loans hoping my parents will eventually get to it one day. I've saved some cash (15k~ ish) an
- vote Sell AMZN and put the money in an WealthFront/index/ETF? I'm a total stock noob. I don't have enough time to figure it out. General guidance online seems to say "don't have all of your money in one stock because you're overexposed if that stock dips/tanks" My colleagues at Amazon say "never sell AMZN because it's always going up like crazy" AMZN is def
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- vote Do you think Wealthfront’s service is worth his 0.25% management fee? Do you think Wealthfront’s service is worth his 0.25% management fee? 1. I am in the Bay Area, so the tax is high 2. The risk score I chose is 10. Therefore, there are more stocks in international and emerging markets. 3. Enabled their stock level tax-loss harvesting. Through their services, I have
- Real estate to total net worth ratio? I’ve been squirreling away cash for the past few years, trying to simultaneously prepare for retirement and maybe buy a house one day. The general breakdown of my assets: 200K in my 401(k) 165K in an aggressive Wealthfront portfolio 310K in cash or low risk investments I feel silly holding so much
- retirement at 50 in bay area married with two kids i’m 41 wife is 44 my TC 736k and hers around 170k = 906k TC We save $35k a month = 420k savings a year across traditional 401k, mega backdoor roth 401k, college 529, regular brokerage, wealthfront investment account Own a nice 2M house with 850k mortgage left. payment is arou
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- Travel from India Any folks traveled back from India to the US recently? I am on OPT and have to travel to India urgently. Wanted to get an assessment of the situation. Thanks
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- Travel to India after graduation I will be graduating in Dec and will be joining Amazon in Feb on OPT. Is it risky to travel to India in December?
- Claim stimulus check on 2020 tax return? In 2019, I worked part time at my university and filed taxes for 9k earnings. I’ve been waiting and waiting, and haven’t received my stimulus check... Can I claim the $1200 on my 2020 tax return, even if my 2020 income is above the requirements? TC 200k YOE < 1
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- vote Stay or switch companies? I'm a designer, planning to switch to a smaller company. Even if I get promoted, I don't see myself growing much, and the work is getting boring. However, this company is less well known, but the culture seems awesome. Base: 101k Bonus: 2k Current TC: 103k New company. Base: 108k Bonus: 7k RSU- 5
- Referral Needed Looking for a referral. I need a fully remote position for personal reasons. I do not mind sharing why in my DM. YOE: 16- leadership roles. Do not mind being a individual contributor. Do not need to be a manager but I am great with people. Current Title: Capacity Planning Manager Education: Master