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I'm an American in my mid 20's. Is there something I should be doing to secure myself financially?

This question comes out of complete ignorance of anything that relates to personal finance. I'm a graduate student in mathematics, and I'm on a grant from the university until the end of the year. Then I'll get a post-doc somewhere (maybe in the…
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Looking for a stock market simulation that's as close to the real thing as possible

The title says it all. I'm looking for a simulation stock market to play around with. One that is, ideally, as close to the real thing as possible. I've heard that Investopia is a pretty good resource for all things 'stock' and found they have a…
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How should I approach learning about investing and the stock market

Background: I am a 14 year freshman in high school I wanna get into the stock market and begin investing. I often try to learn new things through a strict procedure. I have one of each of the following: a textbook on the topic I wanna learn, a…
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Should I take advantage of "interest-free" credit when buying something?

If I buy something like a smartphone or a new PC, when you have these choice: Pay all the cost at the moment. Pay it in 6/12/18 months (with loan but without any interest rate and any extra cost). What is the best option and why? I know that the…
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Why Might A Company Have a Payout Ratio > 100%?

I'm trying to up my knowledge in dividends and sometimes I will see a company that has a payout ratio greater than 100% and I think that typically speaking somebody would see that and consider it to be unsustainable. But if it is unsustainable, why…
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Video recommendation for stock market education

I'm just beginning my entry into stock market investing, the answers to this question helped a lot. I decided to research available videos and workshops to speed up my learning and get good expert advice, unfortunately there are literally hundreds…
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Why might institutions prohibit carrying forward unused funds from one fiscal year to the next?

Why do institutions sometimes prohibit carrying forward the unused funds from one fiscal year onto the next? Are there reasons for it or is it just an arbitrary rule? Universities in Canada, it seems, are particularly guilty of this. The cons of…
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Can one earn only converting assets with different spread?

Can one earn only converting assets with different spread? Example: buy asset Y with asset X (i.e. BUSD/BTC) buy asset Z with asset Y (i.e. BTC/BNB) buy asset Y with asset Z (i.e. BNB/BUSD) and get an earn on X with spread between assets (i.e.…
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Learning stock trading financing etc for someone from mathematical background

First let me be clear here， I thoroughly understand that economy in general is very convoluted and volatile. I am not expecting myself to somehow do well especially in practical terms in a short period of time or any foreseeable future really. I…
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How and where should invest poor country's employee to get $1 million in 20 years

In the poor country, an employee has ~$300 monthly salary and $200 monthly is enough not to die from the hunger. How to use remaining $100 to get rid of his poverty and to start having $2000-$5000 monthly as American has?
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What are the must know topics for personal accounting?

I'm 18 years old; last year I finished high school. I attended a school oriented in accounting, and even though I didn't care much about it at the time, now I realize how important is to know how to manage money in my everyday life. So my question…
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Advantage of Financial Times vs. free news sources for improving own knowledge of finance?

I am a student living in the UK and I am trying to improve my 'commercial awareness' for applying to finance related jobs. (In particular, algorithmic trading.) What advantages, if any, does reading the (more expensive) Financial Times have over…
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Getting introduced to the world of trading as a mathematician

I'm a mathematics undergrad. My economic/financial knowledge is very rudimentary because this world has never caught my attention - until now. I like algorithms. I'm a good programmer and know machine learning. This so far is my current situation;…
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Started earning money, have significant savings, would like to invest

I am in the last year of university and got myself a well paid part-time job. My expenses are negligible for now. Since I was 18 I was always making money here and there, so I managed to gather over 400k of local currency,CZK (200 on my personal…
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Day/swing trading: Making 30 USD per day with 10000 USD capital possible?

Is it possible to make 30 USD per day starting with 10000 USD? How much risk would I have to take to get this return? What knowledge/skills do I need to get this return?
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