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Reddit Pulser/wallstreetbets
You had the best investment of your life and turned it into the worst investment of your life. You are a true regard.
Selling half a six-year Nvidia position for a car converts an unrealized gain into a taxable one, and 771 comments are debating whether borrowing against the shares would have been cheaper. How you fund a windfall purchase decides what you keep.
Invesco’s Quality Fund Beat VIG Over Five Years. 76.4% Against 65.69%.
VIG has long been a go-to core holding for investors who want durable, dividend-growing businesses, and Morningstar still rates it among the best in its class. But a rival ETF built on an entirely different selection process has quietly stacked up a meaningful edge over both fiv…
Reddit Pulser/personalfinance
Yes! I max out my HSA and *never* use it. Saving that money for later in life - when you'll likely have more medical bills - is the best thing you can do.
The thread's advice is unanimous: treat the HSA as the most tax-advantaged retirement account you have, fund it to the max and pay medical bills out of pocket so the balance stays invested. The mistake is spending it down every year and losing decades of untaxed growth.
Investors Have Poured a Record $2.24 Trillion Into ETFs This Year. Three Firms Collected Nearly Half of It
A record $2.24 trillion has flooded into ETFs worldwide this year, yet despite thousands of funds competing for that money, nearly half of it ended up in the hands of just three companies running essentially the same idea.
DATA RELEASE
2-Year Treasury Yield
4.61%
-6 bp
The front end just backed off its highs, with the 2-year slipping 6 basis points to 4.61% after the Fed held rates steady. That is the part of the curve that reprices first when policy expectations shift, so money market and short-duration bond holders feel it immediately.
Source: FRED · DGS2DATA RELEASE
10-Year Treasury Yield
4.98%
-7 bp
The 10-year slipped back below the 5% line, down 7 basis points to 4.98%, the third straight easing that pulls mortgage rates, bank funding costs and long-duration equity valuations with it.
Source: FRED · DGS10Sponsored
Her Social Security Check Is $2,000. A Mortgage Lender Could Count It as $2,500, Helping Her Qualify for a Bigger Home Loan
Mortgage lenders do not have to take a retiree’s Social Security check at face value, and the gap between what she receives and what a lender counts as income could determine whether she qualifies for the home she wants.
Dave Ramsey Says Personal Finance Is 80% Behavior. Here Are 3 Retirement Mistakes to Avoid
Dave Ramsey built his reputation on a single ratio, and for people closing in on retirement that ratio carries a price tag most never calculate until it’s too late. Three common decisions made under stress can cost more in a single year than a decade of careful saving.
He Withdrew $18,000 From His 401(k) for a Down Payment. The $10,000 First-Time Homebuyer Exception Won’t Apply to His 401(k) Withdrawal
A 52-year-old engineer pulled $18,000 from his 401(k) for a home down payment, confident a well-known IRS exception would shield part of it from the early withdrawal penalty. His plan approved the hardship request, but the IRS operates by a very different set of rules.
Dividend$0.27ex-date 2026-10-30 · 6.18% yield · 26 yrs paying
Twenty-six unbroken years of monthly payouts now come with a 6.18% indicated yield, the kind of entry point net lease buyers rarely get. Miss today's ex-date and you wait another month to start collecting.
New 52-week high$558.88+0.2% vs prior high · 2026-09-03
Vertex Pharmaceuticals closed at $558.88, a fresh 52-week high and 0.16% above the September 3 peak. The $141.7 billion biotech has now reclaimed the top of its range after a two-month stretch spent trading closer to $500.
New 52-week high$927.89+8.9% vs prior high · 2026-09-02
Regeneron's Q3 earnings beat lifted it to a fresh 52-week high of $927.89, clearing the September 2 peak by 8.9%. That single jump erases months of range-bound trading in the biotech.