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    It's moronic Monday, the Wednesday edition, your chance to ask any of those questions that you're embarrassed to ask in real life. Investing

    It's moronic Monday, the Wednesday edition, your chance to ask any of those questions that you're embarrassed to ask in real life. Investing


    It's moronic Monday, the Wednesday edition, your chance to ask any of those questions that you're embarrassed to ask in real life.

    Posted: 10 Jan 2018 04:05 AM PST

    We encourage all our visitors to ask those investing related questions they were always too afraid to ask.

    The members of /r/investing are here to answer and educate!

    NOTE If your question is "I have $10,000, what do I do?" or anything similar. There is no single answer to this question, but we will also need A LOT MORE information if we are to give some sort of answer

    • How old are you?
    • Are you employed/making income? How much?
    • What are your objectives with this money? (buy a house? Retirement savings?)
    • What is your risk tolerance? (Do you mind risking it at blackjack or do you need to know its 100% safe?)
    • What are you current holdings? (Do you already have exposure to specific funds and sectors?)
    • Any other assets? House paid off? Cars? Expensive girlfriend? (not really an asset)
    • What is your time horizon? Do you need this money next month? Next 20yrs?
    • Any big debts?
    • Any other relevant financial information will be useful to give you a proper answer.

    Be aware that these answers are just opinions of Redditors and should be used as a starting point for your research. You should strongly consider seeing a registered financial rep before making any financial decisions!

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    Kodak up over 90% after announcing KodakCoin

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 11:31 AM PST

    Unreal how bananas the market is over crypto right now...Kodak announces a coin to be used by photographers on their site as a way to sell photos and the stock price surged as high at 105% in the afternoon today.

    Article here: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/09/kodak-joins-cryptocraze-with-digital-photo-licensing-site.html

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    Tax exempt bonds.

    Posted: 10 Jan 2018 04:08 AM PST

    Does anyone invest in tax exempt bonds? Does the tax exempt status make them worth it? Or would getting a higher interest rate and paying taxes be a better plan.

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    Jamie Dimon regrets calling bitcoin a 'fraud'

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:11 AM PST

    Source: http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/09/investing/jamie-dimon-regrets-bitcoin-fraud/index.html


    For months, the JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO was one of bitcoin's most vocal high-profile critics. He called the digital currency a "fraud", predicted that governments would "crush it" and even threatened to fire any of his bankers if they traded it.


    "If you're stupid enough to buy it, you'll pay the price for it one day," he said in October.

    That was just one of many critical comments about bitcoin, "which I regret making," Dimon said during an interview with Fox Business on Tuesday.

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    Hypothetical: you have reason to believe or know that there will be, within a year, a release of a battery with 10x the capacity of current batteries, with cheaper and simpler manufacturing. What would you invest/divest in?

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 04:01 PM PST

    A purely hypothetical but interesting question, as it's always within the realm of possibility. Image you know that someone will discover and publicize new battery technology with 10x the capacity, with easier and simpler manufacturing using common materials. Assume no catches, e.g. fast recharge time, long life, etc. This means that automobiles can easily have a 1000+ mile range, among many other things.

    • There would be an inevitable major divesting in oil stocks. Where would that money be invested in?
    • Do companies with focus on electric vehicles, like Tesla or Zero motorcycles, increase in stock value due to first mover advantage, or lose value because they've lost competitive advantage over other companies who can more easily compete?
    • This would cause more interest in solar/wind, possibly lower market prices to the point of making it cheaper than coal.
    • How will this affect other industries, such as aviation and boating?
    • What else would be affected and how would you invest?
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    Any interest from r/investing in having a stock picking competition?

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 06:17 PM PST

    Everyone will pick 1 long and 1 short and hold for 1 year. Thoughts?

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    I know some stocks that pay dividends, but are there ETFs or index funds that consist of dividend paying companies?

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 06:08 AM PST

    Hype Jumping: 3D image rendering company announces servers now mine Ethereum. Stock jumps 120%

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:57 PM PST

    Urbanimmersive converts its former 3D imaging server room into an Ethereum cryptocurrency mining business and begins the integration of blockchain technology into its platform

    stock jumps 120%

    Urbanimmersive Inc. announces that it has converted its former 3D imaging servers, previously used to the process of rendering 3D images, in cryptocurrency mining and begins work to integrate blockchain technology into its content platform for the creation of a registry of image copyright and for its credit line solution.

    To date, some of the servers have already successfully mined Ethereum cryptocurrency. Other available servers are running other rendering processes and will soon be converted. All revenue generated by mining operations and other rendering processes will be added to Urbanimmersive's revenue.

    "With the implementation of our cryptocurrency mining operation, our team has gained knowledge, expertise and more understanding of blockchain technology. We were able to clearly identify the benefits of implementing blockchain technology within our real estate marketing platform, particularly with respect to the application of a copyright information registry. images and on the financial credit line solution that we offer to real estate professionals, "said Ghislain Lemire, President and CEO of Urbanimmersive.

    "The positive results of the blockchain integration within our platform will strengthen the position of Urbanimmersive's marketing content platform in the real estate market and could lead to the creation of a new technology license for use by Urbanimmersive, particularly for other companies offering lines of credit or microfinance services to the Small and Medium Enterprise market. Says Lemire.

    what? how?

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    Daily advice thread. All questions about your personal situation should be asked here

    Posted: 10 Jan 2018 04:05 AM PST

    If your question is "I have $10,000, what do I do?" or anything similar. There is no single answer to this question, but we will also need A LOT MORE information if we are to give some sort of answer

    • How old are you?
    • Are you employed/making income? How much?
    • What are your objectives with this money? (buy a house? Retirement savings?)
    • What is your risk tolerance? (Do you mind risking it at blackjack or do you need to know its 100% safe?)
    • What are you current holdings? (Do you already have exposure to specific funds and sectors?)
    • Any other assets? House paid off? Cars? Expensive girlfriend? (not really an asset)
    • What is your time horizon? Do you need this money next month? Next 20yrs?
    • Any big debts?
    • Any other relevant financial information will be useful to give you a proper answer.

    Be aware that these answers are just opinions of Redditors and should be used as a starting point for your research. You should strongly consider seeing a registered financial rep before making any financial decisions!

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    I want to invest in an index that has a 3% management fee. What does that mean for me long-term?

    Posted: 10 Jan 2018 04:01 AM PST

    I'm thinking about buying an index fund for cryptocurrencies. The returns are very high (over 1000% in the last year) but the management fees are also high (3%).

    How do I calculate the management fees? Is it taken only from my gains or from my entire investment? Are they done yearly or monthly?

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    Any research out there on optimal frequency for continuous, automatic investing?

    Posted: 10 Jan 2018 03:19 AM PST

    Curious to know whether for investing in a fund where there's no brokerage, e.g. let's say a vanguard retail fund, is there an "optimal" frequency to invest?

    So for example, if you could invest $2000 / month, or $1000 / fortnight or $500 / week, or $100 / business day (mon-fri), do either of those frequencies have a benefit over the others?

    Aside from the obvious that there are more weeks than months (52 vs 12) so you'd end up investing more.

    I guess i'm hoping someone somewhere has looked at this and, for example, determined that investing on Wednesdays each week is better than on the 15th of each month.

    Any thoughts or things worth reading down that road?

    I note this is not technically dollar cost averaging (where a specific lump sum is invested over a period of time), but rather continuous, automatic investing.

    Thanks!

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    Crypto bubble and current bull run

    Posted: 10 Jan 2018 03:15 AM PST

    If (when) the crypto bubble bursts, is the general consensus that regular stocks will also get walloped? Will the end of the crypto bubble likely be the end of the bull run?

    Watching the comments, discussion and news narrative around crypto, along with the boat I've missed, I've taken an element of comfort from not being anxious at the volatility of crypto prices since I'm not in them. I've felt "safe".

    But now I wonder if the whole party is at risk given the size of the bubble and current mania.

    As an outsider to cryptos but someone with savings in regular index funds, should I also be getting anxious at the bubble mania and it's impact on my savings when things go south?

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    BlockTower: Crypto Hedge Fund Raises $140M and Hires Ex-Goldman Sachs VP

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 11:09 PM PST

    BlockTower, a Standford-based digital currency hedge fund, has raised $140 million since its inception in August 2017. It joins a market that is becoming more crowded by the day, as Bitcoin's success has hauled crypto into the mainstream. The recent futures launch by CBOE and CME have given the green light for more mainstream activity, and BlockTower is the latest in along the line of successes. Union Square Ventures LLC and Andreessen Horowitz are among the major investors.

    According to Morgan Stanley, there were already over 100 such funds as of December 2017, and that number is expected to increase exponentially this year. Goldman Sachs themselves have been aligning themselves closer with Bitcoin in recent times, with the recent announcement of a trading desk for June 2018: BlockTower: Crypto Hedge Fund Raises $140 Million

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    How do stock picks do from Money and Kiplinger's Magazine?

    Posted: 10 Jan 2018 02:39 AM PST

    How do stock picks do from Money and Kiplinger's Magazine? (I am glad you asked!)

    I went through five years of their stock recommendations that they put out in their magazines at the end of the year. (BEST STOCKS FOR 2018!) and compared the results against a total stock market fund like VTI, and determined if I bought their stock picks at the start of each year I would do about the same as buying a total stock market fund.

    Has anyone else come out ahead by buying recommended individual stocks from a financial media website vs just buying a total stock market ETF?

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    How useful is price to book value when evaluating a stock or a group of stocks like the S&P 500?

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 07:04 PM PST

    Perhaps there is a different answer for each part of this question. The price to book value for the S&P is currently 3.45. I note that both the median and the mean are around 2.75 (so perhaps that is roughly the fair priced point?). Is this yet another metric where stock prices seem quite high?

    EDIT: to make the text less choppy

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    Eastman Kodak adopts blockchain technology

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 09:33 AM PST

    https://www.marketwatch.com/story/kodak-boards-the-blockchain-bandwagon-2018-01-09?mod=bnbh

    They were up nearly 50% earlier, up almost 30 at the time of this post. I don't understand the uses for the technology enough to make a statement on if this can actually help the business or if they're just trying to link themselves with a hot buzzword to pop their stock.

    Looking forward to your comments!

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    Who is bidding up prices for companies that switch to anything blockchain?

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 12:24 PM PST

    In recent weeks we've seen multiple companies change their name or strategy to include blockchain. The change often appears superficial, or appears not to support the company's capabilities. Despite this, the stock prices go soaring. Who is actually investing in these companies in response to their blockchain ambitions that their prices should rise 40-300%? Automated traders, excitable individuals, or sophisticated institutional investors?

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    High risk, high reward investments?

    Posted: 10 Jan 2018 01:37 AM PST

    I'm young and have ~100k to invest. I currently have most of it in a Vanguard S&P500.

    Recently I saw the huge bitcoin/ crypto boom that is still ongoing, and I'd like to start playing with more risky investments. I plan to keep most of my money in the S&P, using at most 50% of my savings for risky investments.

    Other than bitcoin/ crypto, what are some high risk/ high reward investments I can play with?

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    Is Canada really the country with the highest mutual fund fees?

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 04:03 PM PST

    I can't find any source proving this

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    Some noob investing questions

    Posted: 10 Jan 2018 12:26 AM PST

    Pretty new to investing, but wanted to give it a try with a practice account.

    Through RBC investment practice account, I bought 5 shares of a stock at market order after hours, which went on a pending order. The next day, I checked and it was open order, but not processed or anything. The day after, it was just expired.

    Looking at these,

    1. Does every buy/sell require a pending order, and authorization of some kind preventing me from putting my orders in real time?

    2. If so, when or how long does it take for an authorization, and who does it?

    3. From my understanding buying at market order means buying whatever I can at lowest price possible, so why didn't my open order go through and ended up expiring?

    Thanks for your response

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    This is my portfolio (new user)

    Posted: 10 Jan 2018 12:25 AM PST

    Who am I? 24 year old Accounting major Bartender No debt

    I would like to have some opinions or advice about my current portfolio. I am looking at holding about 2-4 years but don't actually need the money. I currently have $4000 invested and will invest $1000 more every month.

    Portfolio: CIB496: Technology Mutual Fund (+12%) CIB520: Nasdaq Index Mutual Fund (+25%) NCE517: Income Fund (+2%) MIND: AI Run Equity Index Fund (-1%) HMMJ: Marijuana Index Fund (+60%)

    Overall Growth (+20%)

    My current strategy is picking developing sectors and investing in funds who do the work for me. I am also picking conservative funds and will soon add one or two assymetric stocks for more risk.

    Here are my ideas: CYBR: Cyber Technology Index Fund FPOCF: Nickel Mining Corporation in Canada GSG: Commodity Index Fund GBTC (Honestly probably not but we'll see)

    I am not looking for get rich quick schemes but am willing to take on some long-term risk, I do not have time to day trade.

    Thank you, feel free to ask questions as well if you want to know why I made certain decisions.

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    Can you make a steady, monthly income by investing? Is there anyone here that could stop working today and have enough money just from investments?

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 05:42 AM PST

    Hi guys,

    I'm a 26 years old trying to understand how to invest and I was wondering if it is possible to make a steady, monthly income from investments and if there's anyone here that does that.

    How long did it take you? How much did you invest overall?

    Thank you!

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    I’m 19. I have mutual fund. I have more money left over. Should I play it safe or start buying on the stock market?

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 11:04 PM PST

    I already have a mutual fund, and the return is something like 11-12% per year. But I have another $1370 or so (depending on exchange rate) that I could invest and add to the mutual fund.

    Everyone says they wish they started at 19, but I don't even know exactly where to begin. I'm pretty confident in the future of Tech (RYT, FTEC) and Lithium (LIT). Should I buy and forget until I learn more about trading?

    The thing is, I've been inspired by Rich Dad, Poor Dad to not play it safe: I don't want to just take a mutual fund.

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    Efficient Market Hypothesis Opinions

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 04:56 PM PST

    How true do you think the Efficient Market Hypothesis is?

    I just look at Tesla and think there's no way the market is being efficient about Tesla; it seems too inflated. Maybe I'm wrong. At the same time EMH must hold some truths.

    Another follow up: How much is the market influenced by investment firms versus by average joe investors? I ask b/c I wonder how many investment firms (aka professional investors) are invested in TSLA.

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    Can someone explain bid/ask open/close and high/low for me?

    Posted: 09 Jan 2018 06:47 PM PST

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