Investing megathread extravaganza

[DaFace]

A place to talk about investing stuff.

[DaFace]

I still use TurboTax. Yeah, the company isn't great, but for doing the actual job and doing it well, I've liked it enough to stick with it for years.

I've heard good things about FreeTaxUSA as an alternative, but I didn't love their online interface. It'd be nice to save the $80/year (I get the Home and Business version due to my wife's consulting work), but that's not going to make or break me.

[UteChief]

Intuit and H&R Block are the easiest. I agree with not wanting to use them because of how they affect the tax code. Unless you have a difficult tax situation you may be able to use a free service. I find Intuit is easiest for me, unless I find an accountant and they are twice as much.

[Buehler445]

I thought this was an interesting video. Not that it has anything to do with investing, but I thought it was interesting and relevant to personal finance.

[UteChief]

I enjoyed the video and agree with what it says. I’m tired of shitflation. I’ve just started consuming a lot less and doing more myself.

[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by UteChief

I enjoyed the video and agree with what it says. I’m tired of shitflation. I’ve just started consuming a lot less and doing more myself.

Yep yep....

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by UteChief

I enjoyed the video and agree with what it says. I’m tired of shitflation. I’ve just started consuming a lot less and doing more myself.

Yeah, I have too. I just work entirely too many hours to move the needle on doing shit myself more.

[TinyEvel]

What types of things are you doing more yourself?

[RunKC]

Can’t believe Tesla is still rocketing. All time high and still going!

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Can’t believe Tesla is still rocketing. All time high and still going!

I was meaning to comment on this. We'd speculated in some recent posts that TSLA might go up a lot given Musk's close relationship with the incoming president.

Oddly, the president seems to be negative on electric cars, but TSLA has been blasting out of the atmosphere. Setting aside theories on upcoming graft, I wonder if it's because some big tariffs may be targeted toward Chinese EV imports.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

What types of things are you doing more yourself?

For a variety of reasons, I seldom go to restaurants these days. I used to eat out probably five meals a week, and now (unless I'm traveling) it's probably two meals a month.

Restaurant food has become quite expensive and the quality has declined. It's not worth it any more other than a few places that are bucking the trend.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I was meaning to comment on this. We'd speculated in some recent posts that TSLA might go up a lot given Musk's close relationship with the incoming president.

Oddly, the president seems to be negative on electric cars, but TSLA has been blasting out of the atmosphere. Setting aside theories on upcoming graft, I wonder if it's because some big tariffs may be targeted toward Chinese EV imports.

No it's because I sold a bunch of shares early in the year.

You're welcome guys.

[GloryDayz]

Man oh man has Wall Street had some hard days recently.

[Dunit35]

I don’t have a lot of money in my Charles Schwab account but noticed I’m down 3% for the year on SWISX international index. Should I stop putting money into it? I’m up 13% on SWTSX total stock market. I don’t know a thing about this stuff and have a much better police retirement I pour money into.

[ThaVirus]

The market was way too good this year to yield a negative return. You should definitely look into it.

[scho63]

Originally Posted by Dunit35

I don’t have a lot of money in my Charles Schwab account but noticed I’m down 3% for the year on SWISX international index. Should I stop putting money into it? I’m up 13% on SWTSX total stock market. I don’t know a thing about this stuff and have a much better police retirement I pour money into.

You've done something horribly wrong