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Hello all,

From the beginning of my investment history about 3y ago I have heard that the S&P500 is one of the best ETFs that you can invest it.

In light of recent events I think this is becoming less and less the case. Do you think that is still the case? And if no what are you investing in?

Im looking to buy a single diversified fund. I like the low ter of WEBN but found many folks online weary of amundi due to their past mergers, also they are not fully all world but have the developed market covered. Vanguard is obviously well known and established but the ter of VWCE seems quite high. FWIA looks like a good compromise with a ter of 0.15 and the fund looks to be growing .

I have also considered SPYL with EXUS but i believe the transaction fees for 2 would leave me worse off than a single diversified fund .

What are your thoughts on this ?

One of my life goals is to own an Airstream or something similar that I can renovate. However we live in an urban area with no place to park it. I do eventually want to own an acreage in a desirable place but that goal is much further off but I would like to start on my Airstream goal a little sooner.

The typical option is rent a space to park it. I can afford it but this feels like throwing money away especially since I have no control over the rent cost, if I'd get kicked out eventually, or maybe I just don't get around to working on the Airstream that often. The timeline of renting is indefinite also.

The other option is buying some land on the cheap if possible. This wouldn't be my dream land. Maybe just a lot somewhere I could park it. I would want to get rid of the land at some point to fund the purchase of my dream land and am wondering if there is some major risk to this? Or is it a good investment?

I'd imagine paying all cash for it.

Hello fellow Lemmy investors. I need to vent/seek advice...

I'm passively invested to what is (for me) a big amount in VWCE... The beatings have been rough since trump took office and a good chunk of my profits have already been wiped out.

Due to a change in careers 2.5 years ago (starting my own business), I've not had as much income as I used to and have not been adding to the fund since then. This fund is my "do-not-touch" fund, I did have cash savings on the side, a decent chunk of which has gone into investments in my business, vehicle, etc.

I'm not wiped out yet and still in the green, and I still have a rainy-days worth amount in cash savings, but if this fuckery is gonna keep going, that won't last much longer I guess. My fund is all-world so it's supposed to rebalance if the US shits the bed (which is why I went for that rather than the traditional S&P500 indexes), but still it's getting beat pretty hard meanwhile. I'm in Europe if that matters.

I don't know what to do, my strategy would say to ignore this and stop looking at the app, but also I can't help being nervous and I really don't want to start seeing my hard-earned savings that I'm keeping for my kid/retirement go in the red...

This is gonna be an interesting week for markets.

Generally curious what stocks or investments you have your eyes on as markets decline or crash. As a growth/dividend investor, I'm watching KO to add to my position. How about you?

Perhaps i'm misinterpreting candlestick charts but earlier today i noticed that briefly HE1 dropped to 0.08p before jumping back up to essentially what it was before, that is a huge drop if true.

what happened?

My wife is inheriting an investment holding company that belonged to her grandpa, who passed away a few years ago. The ownership transfer is in the final stages, so we'll need to start thinking about what we ought to do with the assets it holds. Could you guys give us some guidance?

The company's assets are in a Swiss account that includes:

• 175 ozt fine gold (0.995), valued at about $500K USD;
• 2,000 shares of UBS Asia Flexible Bond Fund USD P-acc, valued at about $300K USD;
• Cash, mostly in Euros, valued around €350K/$360K.

The Asia bond fund invests in a variety of countries, including Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. About a quarter is sovereign bonds, and the rest is a mixture of bonds in those emerging markets.

The performance is not terrific, but now does seem like a good high point to sell. The percentage growth over the years was -5.7% in 2021, -16.4% in 2022, 3.9% in 2023, and 5.8% in 2024. Am I correct in thinking it's rational to sell these shares?

As for the gold, I'm not actually sure what makes the most sense. Thoughts?

(I want to force then to be more leftist lol)

I'm trying to raise money to buy property in Oregon (USA) for a live/work intentional community. I need to find someone with experience in investment/lending pitches to distill my ideas and plans into something that investors and banks won't balk at. I'm open to referrals to anyone with this sort of skillset.

Is a TDF a good choice for growing my money, in this case? I plan to use it for a house down payment and withdraw it in 5-7 years. I've been thinking of putting it in a 2030 or 2035 TDF. Should I go this route or just VTSAX and chill?

Background: USA, I will be saving in a taxable account, and I want to minimize my tax liability as much as possible.

31m. Just started investing last week and got some positions. I’ll probably add a couple more etf or stocks in this current down turn and add to the ones I have but Am I diverse enough as it is? I make roughly 2k/month working,( about half of that to expenses)my tax bracket is low rn so just trying to build capital to make it worth putting in an IRA. Thanks in advance don’t pull your punches. Not planning to do options either.

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Hi all,

Apologies in advance if this is not the best community for posting questions about personal investing. If you know a better community for it, please let me know!

I have an account with ETRADE and made a small investment in AKREX some time ago. For reasons unknown to me, it is no longer possible to buy AKREX through ETRADE, and I want to continue investing in it.

I appreciate their management team and would like to stick with them. What options do you suggest I explore? Should I find another platform that offers buy/sell options for AKREX, or should I consider switching to a different mutual fund?

Thanks!

Feels like I hear so much doom and gloom but also some positives sprinkled in. Wanted to see what the community thought.