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[Petunia 100]

In stocks, no. I don't do individual stocks.

I have wondered about growing it, though. It's legal now in our state; it's the federal government...

[Petunia 100]

You can still buy that sort of house in Detroit, if realtor.com is to be believed. Also some real bargains in Flint, Michigan....

[Petunia 100]

Just ribbing you a little bit there....

[Petunia 100]

Of course they can; most don't. That's the point....

[Petunia 100]

Spoken like a commissioned salesperson. ...

[Petunia 100]

Under current rules, you are generally required to take distributions over your lifetime or within 5 years of the death of the account holder. There...

[Petunia 100]

An index fund mimics it's market. So in theory it should be dead center of the pack as far as returns. However, because of rock-bottom costs and never...

[Petunia 100]

The expense ratio is 0.12%. I suspect you are looking at the wrong fund....

[Petunia 100]

Well, the fund includes the S&P. So when the S&P is outperforming, the fund will trail the S&P. When something else is outperforming,...

[Petunia 100]

Must be super easy to graduate from Harvard Business School....

[Petunia 100]

IMO, the best sort of investment vehicle for a new investor is a single fund which offers a complete portfolio. Fidelity has some Freedom Index 20XX...

[Petunia 100]

I know I have had real comments removed; some may have been spam.

ETA: for example, this blog post https://petunia100.savingadvice.com...

[Petunia 100]

Yes, me too. I just came back to this thread to report that....