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Getting Started starting-out-investing
- Best way to start investing, for a young person just starting their career?
- Oversimplify it for me: the correct order of investing
Sudden Wealth/Windfall
Scams scams
- Most common types of financial scams an individual investor should beware of?
- Is this person wanting to pay my credit card trying to defraud me?
- I received $1000 and was asked to send it back. How was this scam meant to work?
- Scam or Real: A woman from Facebook apparently needs my bank account to send money
Credit credit credit-card
- If I were to buy something a day before my due date for my credit card bill, would I be charged interest?
- Is it worth it to take a car loan to improve credit ratings?
- Do people tend to spend less when using cash than credit cards?
- Should I open a credit card when I turn 18 just to start a credit score?
- How much does credit score matter?
Mortgage mortgage
- A US based question would be about down payments, PMI, and gift/loan
- How big of a mortgage can I realistically afford?
- How to shop for mortgage rates ? [In the U.S.]
- How to avoid having my father's down payment assistance get taxed as a gift
- After hitting 80% LTV, my mortgage lender refuses to remove PMI. Any recourse?
- 15 year mortgage vs 30 year paid off in 15
Buy vs Rent rent
- The balance between Renting and Buying
- When is it better to rent and when is better buy in a certain property market?
- In general, is it financially better to buy or to rent a house?
- Why is the "buy vs rent" debate framed in terms of "buy a house vs. rent an apartment"?
- Is there any reason to not buy if mortgage is comparable to rent?
- How high does the buy-to-rent ratio have to be to make renting cheaper over the long term?
Insurance insurance
- Why should I invest my money in a life insurance policy? [term vs whole life]
Stocks stocks
- What is the meaning of "short selling" or "going short" a stock?
- If a stock doesn't pay dividends, then why is the stock worth anything?
- Wash Sale Question (example of wash sale rule)
Mutual Fund Investments mutual-funds
- Mutual fund value went down, shares went up, no action taken by me
- Why are daily rebalanced inverse/leveraged ETFs bad for long term investing?
Gold gold
- Why does gold have value?
- How do you measure the value of gold?
- Does gold's value decrease over time due to the fact that it is being continuously mined?
- Is physical gold inflation-proof?
Money transfer to and from India india
- US Salary Transfered to Indian Acc and Tax Relation
- Transferring money from Foreign Account to NRO Account in india - is it taxable?
- Can I transfer money from an NRE account to a USA checking account?
- How to transfer inheritance money from India to USA
How to calculate interest rates apr
Loan amortization amortization
Retirement retirement
IRA ira
- Suggested topics:
- Can I deduct my contribution
- What are the differences between a "traditional" IRA and a Roth IRA?
- Required Minimum Distribution
401(k) 401k
- Recent graduate with new job: Choose Roth 401(k), or traditional 401(k)?
- Are 401(k) contribution limits for employee & employer separate? What about hitting the limit?
- 401(k) Contribution When Employer Has No Match?
- Roth vs regular vs post-tax
- Rollover (Should I?, how?)
- Why would you not want to rollover a previous employer's 401(k) when changing jobs?
- 401(k) loan provisions (length, amount, drawbacks, benefits)
