Every time i read these threads i feel criminally incompetent in finance. You would think that putting your money to work for you would be incentive enough to dig deep, but i don’t seem to have the mental stamina to figure it all out. There’s probably a latent fear that I’ll also realize just how much money i haven’t made and regret that too.
I need a course or something that i can walk into with $20k or whatever and do all the things. Self-directed education doesn’t seem to help and Edward Jones just wants to sell me their shit.
The game wasn't designed for you and me. It was designed for the ones that can take advantage of it with massive amounts of cash, connections, and staff to exploit it for them. Bet on the companies to figure it out for themselves and just stick to index funds over the long haul. That way at least you're not playing a game that was designed to take your money.
this is good advice but also ordinary people should be able to understand why the economy is breaking. most economists treat it as a mystical thing only they can divine the meaning of, so it can be pretty hard to find clearly written stuff for lay people.
I need a course or something that i can walk into with $20k or whatever and do all the things. Self-directed education doesn’t seem to help and Edward Jones just wants to sell me their shit.