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Questions tagged [starting-out-investing]
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What options do I have at 26 years old, with 1.2 million USD?
I'm a 26 years old female who got into an accident that almost killed me; I sued and after attorneys fees and medical bills from hell... I will walk away with around 1.2 million dollars tax-free.
Here are the crucial details:
I have no family (no…
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Are there things I can be doing while waiting for an investment to mature?
I'm not going to be a day trader and I don't have enough time to be an active trader in the sense that I will not be making several trades a month. Instead I'm more of a buy and hold investor. I find myself logging into Vanguard looking at my…
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Need help with the psychology of investing: past failures and future fears
I'm really struggling psychologically with investing concerns and need to get some perspective. The problems are the Past and the Future, and both effective our financial sense of well-being.
The Past
Other than some employer-contributed…
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What should I do with a lump sum payment while I don't have a steady source of income?
I am a 52 year old male. I have been on a limited employment for 2 1/2 years only working less than 10 hours a month at a local department store. I have asked for more hours and have not gotten any. I formerly worked a job that paid $69,000.00 per…
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How do you figure out your investment objectives?
According to What is the best way to learn investing techniques?, you start investing by figuring out your investment objectives.
What does this mean and how do you do it?
Is it trying to figure out how much money you hope to have for retirement,…
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First investment opportunity
I've known for years that I need to do some investing of some kind. But I've never been in a position to be able to do it on the level that I'd like to. In fact, right now I probably couldn't even spare more than a few hundred dollars. But at the…
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Sell rating and how do you use that
When watching the financial news, there is usually the upgrades and downgrades part of the show. At that time they share what companies have been upgraded to buy, but also which ones are downgraded to sell. Is that sell information just about…
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Warren and it's investments
Hi guys I'm like of course many others getting started on investments. Current college student, reading the intelligent investor.
My question is: how can I learn where to get started? I'm overflowed with information but they all teach you about…
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Investing for the 18 yr old college student
I am an 18 year old full-time college student. I only work during the summer months. I am the beneficiary of an Inherited CD in the amount of $10,000.00. I would like to invest in something that has a better return than a CD or IRA. Any…
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Type of investments to protect value
I live in Argentina where there are a lot of inflation, between 40% and 60% a year in last years, so my question it's what kind of assets should I study to protect value? I'm beginner in investments but as far as I know for this goal I should think…
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If the market always goes up then why doesn't everybody invest and become rich?
I'm new to investing and I've heard investors saying that the market always goes up, so in the long term, everybody is going to win. Is it true, if so then why doesn't everybody invest and get rich?
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What is a heuristic you have seen used to seperate scams from investments which, at the very least, are expected to break-even?
I sold a house which I inherited from my mother. I wish to invest the proceeds from the the house, but I know absolutely nothing about investing.
Suppose that I were to ask the following question:
"How can I tell the difference between a terrible…
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