10 fold increase in the space of a week... jeesh.
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Holy shit... that's actually pretty amusing. There are gonna be a LOT of bag-holders when this market goes:
From what I can tell, the original guy basically dropped his entire IRA into it @ $50k or something. Which suggests to me he wasn't wildly gambling with house money, and he believed in it long enough to hold the position since sometime in 2019.
I mean, you're obviously right. Just didn't seem to fit the profile of someone playing the numbers game.
Anyway. Did anyone else just dump their entire investment portfolio into GME?
No? Just me?
So when hedge funds do it, it's capital management or banking services, but when the people do it, it's manipulative and unfair. Got it.
Glad I liquidated my position in Nokia yesterday afternoon when I heard rumblings of the same fuckery afoot with that stock too. Didn't make a killing or anything, but I turned around and used the profits to buy some MSFT, JNJ, and KO. Not as spicy, but I'm playing the long game.
Glad I liquidated my position in Nokia yesterday afternoon when I heard rumblings of the same fuckery afoot with that stock too. Didn't make a killing or anything, but I turned around and used the profits to buy some MSFT, JNJ, and KO. Not as spicy, but I'm playing the long game.
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Alright, so why the run on silver? 
I would assume because the stock market is overinflated, gold is overinflated bitcoin is overinflated and inflation is real.
to distract buyers from GMEAlright, so why the run on silver?
“Look, it’s shiny!”
My brief perusal of Reddit this morning suggests a high level of
Silver Thursday - Wikipedia
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Perhaps?
. Lots of claims of coordinated division attempts of r/wallstreetbets, and/or claims of Conglomo Corp trying to cover losses by driving up silver prices. Either way, more confirmation for my bias that it's all just a bunch of rich people fuckery. Might be some real money to be made in Alcoa shares at this point.e.g.:
THEY'RE TRYING TO DIVIDE US!!! DON'T LISTEN. HOLD HOLD I SAID❗❗❗
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Don’t listen to them, this is them trying to take focus away from GME
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Re: Reddit Silver
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WallStreetBets says Reddit group hit by "large amount" of bot activity
One research firm believes that as much as 97% of the posts on WallStreetBets could be generated by bots, not people.
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Go back to the $120k, already depreciated down to $50k.
Read something the other day saying that mathematically speaking, the best way to invest for retirement was:
1. Invest in employer sponsored plan until employer match is achieved
2. Max out roth IRA if eligible
3. Resume investing in employer sponsored 401k up to the cap
Anyone have the numbers to back this up? I'm wondering for whom this is the optimal strategy.
And yes, I am still within the subset eligible to contribute to a Roth IRA.
1. Invest in employer sponsored plan until employer match is achieved
2. Max out roth IRA if eligible
3. Resume investing in employer sponsored 401k up to the cap
Anyone have the numbers to back this up? I'm wondering for whom this is the optimal strategy.
And yes, I am still within the subset eligible to contribute to a Roth IRA.
I agree with the good Dr.
I set aside the annual max for my 401k, I have an ESOP, and I have a gambling account for stupid investments, although that is partially made up of ETFs as well as stocks.
Regardless, start by maxing your 401k, evaluate your remaining budget, and after expenses find a balance with any remaining funds between fun money and additional investing. Working suck. Working sucks moar if you aren't enjoying your 'extra' money.
I set aside the annual max for my 401k, I have an ESOP, and I have a gambling account for stupid investments, although that is partially made up of ETFs as well as stocks.
Regardless, start by maxing your 401k, evaluate your remaining budget, and after expenses find a balance with any remaining funds between fun money and additional investing. Working suck. Working sucks moar if you aren't enjoying your 'extra' money.
The theory is that taxes (generally) keep going up, and if you expect to maintain a relatively similar lifestyle in retirement, your total taxes paid might be higher than today. Numbers aren't necessarily perfect because they're mostly based on speculation of the future.
It's always advantageous to get your employer match (100% ROI), of course.
As Toshi said, this probably depends heavily on your current situation and future goals. Your traditional (pre-tax) contributions come out of your top marginal bracket(s), so you're basically betting that your future tax situation will be lower than your current top marginal bracket(s). Not a bad bet if you plan to retire modestly but have a high income today.
Your Roth contributions are post-tax, so you're paying your top marginal bracket and betting that your future tax situation will be higher than your current one, which could come from a high retirement savings or significantly higher future taxes. My in-laws are like this; never had a huge income but saved every penny and have a nice retirement.
All that said... my personal view is that there's a lot of value in having a good mixture, and probably not stressing about the efficiency too much. You want some pre-tax investments, because if everything you have is post-tax, then you're missing out on a big block of untaxed/lightly taxed income (i.e. the first couple of marginal income brackets). But if everything you have is pre-tax, you lose out on the ability to finesse your income bracket by taking some post-tax money. And frankly, if my retirement situation is such that I'm paying more taxes than in my working life, it means I'm pretty comfortable, and that's probably not a situation to stress too much about.
Right now my mix is 15% pre-tax (exceeds employer match by quite a bit) to 401K + ~$3K annually to a Roth. I was just curious to see if there was a justification for dialing back my pre-tax and delegating that to post-tax. Not because I'm super worried about it, more so to optimize my savings strategy with little upfront effort.
never mind percentages, if you can afford to set aside your max ($19.5k for your age?) do that, and get accustomed to the balance being your working budget. Then evaluate how much money is left for additional investments.
Yup. Never get used to having the money in hand and you won't miss it.
/me stresses about affordability of this and that (the house!) but also is starting from a baseline of a 401(a) funded to the IRS annual comp limit, 403(b) and 457(b) maxed, family HSA maxed. Overflow goes to taxable for flexibility, which is good when making big impulse purchases! Sometimes if I'm feeling very secure then I load up the 529, but am going to shy away again from that for a while until the boat stops rocking.
Pro-tip: don't have kids and you'll never worry about affording retirement.
And take a few mid-life retirements, don't waste that shit on old age.Pro-tip: don't have kids and you'll never worry about affording retirement.
Working on it. Each raise I get now gets split between myself and savings. Though I *highly* doubt I'll find myself in a position, at least in the near future, to max out all of the accounts ala @Toshi.
Trying to plan it all using just my salary is certainly an exercise in creativity. Hence, this thread.
Things get too bad and I can always channel my inner Virginia Woolf.Pro-tip: don't have kids and you'll never worry about affording retirement.
Mid-life retirement #1 already in the books.
This is sage advice.
If/when they have kids the savings in childcare from being close to parents could be absolutely immense.
Nothing you have to worry about at this point.
Pro-tip: don't have kids and you'll never worry about affording retirement.
One of if not the biggest reason we moved back. Of course, we currently cannot afford to live within 45 minutes of either set of parents, due to the ridiculous covid housing market. Didnt see that one coming. Pwned.
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I did most of that in my 20's...
I suppose I had a small one when we moved to CO. Only 3 months, but I suppose that beats nothing, right?
Mine were mostly short like that... but there were a lot of them
Guesstimate the future value of your savings, then calculate what the 4% safe withdrawal rate looks like on that. Add your estimated social security.
If that looks like more or similar dollars to what you are currently earning, you want to shift a little more to your Roth.
But honestly, for the majority of us, it has always seemed to me like there's too much guesswork involved to be really efficient. Whatever gains you get by figuring out your precisely optimal strategy is likely offset if your situation changes in 10 years (which is why I'm just shooting to make sure I have a mixture of both and not stressing about my specific mix).
The other benefit to a Roth is you can withdraw your contributions at any time, making it a good vehicle for both early retirement and emergencies.
Frankly, if an HSA is an option, that's probably the only thing that's almost guaranteed to be more optimal. Potentially no taxes paid on it, ever (depending on what you spend it on) and at retirement age you can spend it like a normal 401k with no penalties.
Another piece which seems not to have been meaningfully discussed is pay interest on nothing.
Don't get loans for motor vehicles or anything else, pay credit card bills on time and in full.
The only probably necessary exception is a mortgage.
Don't get loans for motor vehicles or anything else, pay credit card bills on time and in full.
The only probably necessary exception is a mortgage.
Agreed, though loans for vehicles can make sense if they're low enough. If you can get a loan for <2%, your can probably make your cash work harder than that.
Credit card interest is absolute poison, though.