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    Daily Advice Thread - All basic help or advice questions must be posted here. Investing

    Daily Advice Thread - All basic help or advice questions must be posted here. Investing


    Daily Advice Thread - All basic help or advice questions must be posted here.

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 05:17 AM PDT

    If your question is "I have $10,000, what do I do?" or other "advice for my personal situation" questions. If you are going to ask how to invest you should include relevant information, such as the following:

    • 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 significant other?
    • 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.

    Please consider consulting our FAQ first - https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/wiki/faq

    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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    Jeff Bezos Sells About $1.8 Billion Worth Of Amazon Shares In Three Days

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 06:43 AM PDT

    Dow gives up 300-point gain, goes negative after Trump says US adding additional tariffs on China

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 10:40 AM PDT

    Oil plunges 7.9% after Trump adds tariffs on China, raising fears of a global economic slowdown

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 11:40 AM PDT

    Aphria becomes first Canadian pot company to turn a profit

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 03:24 PM PDT

    https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/aphria-is-first-canadian-pot-company-to-turn-a-profit-1.1296068

    I like to toss this stuff out for the general investment community. If you want more information on the cannabis sector than PM me.

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    Vanguard Reopens Dividend Growth Fund - August 1 Press Release.

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 09:15 PM PDT

    For fans of Dividend Growth investing:

    Vanguard Reopens Dividend Growth Fund

    https://vgi.vg/2yuYaPl

    VALLEY FORGE, PA (August 1, 2019)—Vanguard today announced the reopening of the $36.6 billion Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund (VDIGX) to all investors, effective immediately.

    Vanguard closed the fund to most new accounts in July 2016, seeking to protect the interests of existing shareholders by reducing cash flow after a period of rapid growth. Cash flow has subsequently subsided and market conditions have changed since the fund's closing.

    "After careful analysis of the fund's current cash flows and asset level, and following consultation with the fund's advisor, we're confident that there is ample capacity to reopen the Fund," said Matthew Brancato, head of Vanguard's Portfolio Review Department, who noted that the reopening should not be construed by investors as a "buy signal" for the fund or dividend stocks in general.

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    Is anyone here living off of dividends? If so, what are some benefits and downsides to this?

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 02:55 PM PDT

    Google parent Alphabet overtakes Apple to become new king of cash

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 02:27 PM PDT

    The corporate world has a new king of cash. The title for the company with the biggest financial reserves, held by Apple for a decade, has passed to Google's parent, Alphabet, according to figures released in recent days.

    The switch in leadership follows a concerted effort by the iPhone maker to reduce its liquid reserves, six years after it first came under pressure from activist investor Carl Icahn to pay out more of its cash hoard. Apple's holdings of cash and marketable securities, net of debt, has fallen to $102bn, down from a peak of $163bn at the end of 2017.

    Alphabet's financial reserves have been moving in the opposite direction. At $117bn, its cash pile has risen by almost $20bn over the same period.

    More https://amp.ft.com/content/332dd974-b349-11e9-8cb2-799a3a8cf37b

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    Why is everything crashing in the last few minutes?

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 10:36 AM PDT

    Crashing is maybe a little bit exaggerated but i'm still wondering why.;

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    Writing cash secured puts in the times of turmoil

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 12:44 AM PDT

    Say Donny goes ballistic on China and Xi goes ballistic on the US, or we discover that all those leveraged buyouts are not such a great idea, or whatever else messes up the markets. I obviously want to buy more stock (and hodl for 10-20 years) in such times - it's cheaper! That's why I'm holding bonds in my portfolio.

    Does it make sense to write cash secured puts instead of straight up buying? Seems like a no-brainer, especially given that implied volatility is through the roof when there's blood in the streets, which increases the option premium I'd collect. My intent is to get assigned on those puts.

    What are the downsides? What kind of price reduction would I typically see by writing cash secured puts on which I'm getting assigned, versus straight buying SPY?

    Warren Buffet seems to be into such kinds of plays, and this is a lot coming from a smart guy who called derivatives "financial weapons of mass destruction".

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    Investment platforms

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 04:03 AM PDT

    What are good investment platforms? My friend told me he uses Landa but I took a look at it and it seems fishy.

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    where/how to buy gold in greater boston?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 03:58 AM PDT

    thought i'd get 1% of my port into physical gold

    have literally no idea where/how to buy from legit brick & mortar source.

    buying online seems sketchy. any advice quite welcome

    thanks

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    Awesome and informative book: real estate

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 03:11 AM PDT

    Hello, looking for an awesome and very informative book for Canadians buying and selling real estates in the US?

    Thanks.

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    Best TDameritrade NTF Mutual Funds

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 02:29 AM PDT

    Hey I'm looking through Ameritrade's NTF mutual funds but I can't locate ones that are no initial minimum basic Total market/S&P/Total world market index funds. Looking to just put something in for retirement but don't wanna pay the transaction fees. I also prefer mutual funds to ETFs. Can anyone point me to a good fund?

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    Pinterest jumps more than 15% after beating expectations

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 01:25 PM PDT

    https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/01/pinterest-q2-2019-earnings.html

    Pinterest reported narrower-than-expected losses in its second-quarter results on Thursday.

    The company's stock surged more than 15% in after-hours trading.

    Adjusted EBITDA: Loss of $26 million vs. loss of $39 million estimated

    Revenue: $261 million vs. $236 million, according to Refinitiv

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    Will bond gains beat stock gains if I think a recession is coming in the next 6 months to a year? By how much?

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 07:26 PM PDT

    So from what I understand if I'm invested in bonds and a recession hits, the fed/banks should lower interest rates and bond prices should increase. My question is, with rates already so low, is there enough upside to risk losing out on a year of gains in the stock market? Can bond prices really increase that much (assuming interest rates won't fall much below zero if at all). And if bonds do make sense, do I need to buy actual bonds or can I buy bond etfs? Should I buy 30 year bonds or 10 year bonds etc.?

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    ISM manufacturing index falls to 51.2 in July; construction spending down 1.3% in June

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 07:29 AM PDT

    https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/01/ism-manufacturing-index-hits-51point2-in-july-construction-spending-down-1point3percent.html

    The U.S. manufacturing sector expanded in July, but the pace of growth decelerated to its weakest in nearly three years stemming from a broad decline in activities from the month before, an industry report released on Thursday showed.

    The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said its index of national factory activity fell to 51.2, the lowest reading since August 2016.

    U.S. construction spending fell by the most in seven month in June as investment in private construction projects tumbled to a more than 1.5-year low.

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    Why Did Every Single Stock See Huge Sell-Off At 1:20 PM ET Today?

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 10:34 AM PDT

    What the hell was that?

    Oil, SPY, SNAP, INTC, AMD, CRC, XLK, XOP, ECA.

    I saw this huge drop starting at 1:20 PM and continuing for another 10 minutes.

    What causes something like this?

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    Powell Suggests Fed Embarking on 1990s-Style Mini Easing Cycle

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 05:10 AM PDT

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-01/powell-suggests-fed-embarking-on-1990s-style-mini-easing-cycle

    Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell hearkened back to the central bank's 1990's policy successes by suggesting he can sustain the record long U.S. economic expansion with just a modest reduction in interest rates.

    Powell's remark raised comparisons to 1995-96 and 1998, when Alan Greenspan headed the Fed. In each instance, the central bank ended up cutting rates three times in a successful effort to prolong an economic upswing that until this year was the longest.

    If Powell succeeds with his strategy, that may end up being beneficial for investors, the president and -- the chairman made clear -- the American people, including many who are just starting to see the fruits of a super tight jobs market.

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    what happened on European markets today?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 01:00 AM PDT

    Woke up to see everything in the red? what am i missing?

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    Closed End Fund

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 11:39 PM PDT

    Can someone put the definition of CEFs in plain language- please

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    Despite the Fed, the yield curve is stuck in 'recession' mode, stocks are a mess, and manufacturing is in retreat

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 08:13 AM PDT

    Is the economy slowing down?

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 06:25 AM PDT

    Even with the rate decrease, it "feels" like the economy is slowing down. Whether it be work (in the construction industry) or home sales, it seems to be the beginning stages of a slow down. I am not sure if this is a regional (Midwest US) thing or even a thing at all, but wanted to get your thoughts on it.

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    are there any successful investors in this subreddit i can just leach off of?

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 09:50 PM PDT

    i mean like they just post all their investments lmao

    thats a joke btw

    unless?

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    Yandex

    Posted: 01 Aug 2019 08:50 PM PDT

    Thoughts on Russian Google ?

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