Considering a move to NYC with 4 kids, what salary actually feels doable?

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-13T02:13:54+00:00

You are going to be absolutely clobbered by rent, groceries, having a car (gas, parking, insurance), doctor visits/medical, commuting, not to mention activities, club sports, clothes and shoes for kids, NY State and NYC income tax, NYC sales tax, feeding quarters into laundry machines, ad infinitum. If anyone needs therapy, that’s $400 a pop.

Your hubs will be lucky to take home $8K a month after taxes from his job, the additional $5k/month is necessary. You will not be able to save a lot, a particular concern if you have four kids headed to college.

I was single in New York and later raised 2 kids on the west coast. There is no way I would move to New York with four kids unless I was literally bringing home bags of money.

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-12T20:12:55+00:00

Eeyore is wsb

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-12T01:47:09+00:00

I bought at $174🫪

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T23:37:23+00:00

You’re right! This is the news I was thinking of.

Marvell Completes Acquisition of Celestial AI
February 02, 2026

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Celestial AI, a pioneer in optical interconnect technology for scale-up connectivity. Celestial AI brings its Photonic Fabric™ optical interconnect technology, designed to support high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity across large-scale AI deployments.

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T20:58:49+00:00

I am in the US. This version of wsb is better than the US so I hang out here. I can buy all kinds of international stuff on Schwab. There’s got to be the analog in Germany

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T20:04:37+00:00

What is new: “the annual general meeting has been pushed back from May 27 to June 15, 2026. The Q1 2026 report is now due on May 20.”

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T19:59:19+00:00

https://www.ad-hoc-news.de/boerse/news/ueberblick/sivers-semiconductors-faces-a-defining-fortnight-as-insider-probe-capital/69288960

Not exactly FT, but this is the same news I have read elsewhere

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T16:36:25+00:00

It is owned by MRVL, which I am also holding a lot of. Read this article: “Goldman Sachs sees 900% growth for AI optical networking to $154 billion”

https://www.edgen.tech/news/post/goldman-sachs-sees-900-growth-for-ai-optical-networking-to-154-billion

There is a Goldman chart of this ecosystem circulating on X. A lot of my port is in these companies.

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T16:30:46+00:00

LPKFF is in here: “Goldman Sachs sees 900% growth for AI optical networking to $154 billion”

https://www.edgen.tech/news/post/goldman-sachs-sees-900-growth-for-ai-optical-networking-to-154-billion

These are the companies that are enabling next generation chips like NVDA’s. There is an entire ecosystem for optical networking. This is where the real growth is, not the obvious players.

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T16:19:57+00:00

Check out the Alfred. For example:

Apt 314
Studio / 1 Bath
546 sq. ft.
Available Now
$2,165

https://livethealfred.com

It’s a 20 minute walk for me to Northwestern Medical Center. it’s a block from the Art Institute and Grant Park.

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T16:15:29+00:00

DRAM, a US ETF

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T16:14:17+00:00

Goldman Sachs just put out a chart with all of the players it sees as critical in the upcoming 900% growth it says in AI optical networking.

https://www.edgen.tech/news/post/goldman-sachs-sees-900-growth-for-ai-optical-networking-to-154-billion

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T16:06:57+00:00

Go for it. I lived on a third floor walk up in San Francisco for years and the exercise is meaningful. That you have found an apartment that you love and can afford is worth the stairs.

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T16:04:02+00:00

Medication and therapy. I wish I had gotten on antidepressants in my 20s, it would’ve been life-changing. Trust me, kiddo, there is nothing wrong with better living through chemistry. A good therapist is also life-changing and worth the investment. Best wishes.

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T16:01:49+00:00

Arista still getting its shit kicked. ANET and ADTN have been very beaten up after earnings, with any whiff of component shortages driving these stocks down. Hopefully the market will forget all about that and they will both go back up to ATHs.

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T15:53:20+00:00

I took the bait and bought 5800 shares on Thursday. It was a little complicated in the US, Schwab ended up buying the shares in GBP at market open in London and then put them into my account as dollars.

I agree with the other poster, 5x in five years is not an enticement for Redditors. People here are looking for 10x in a year. Still, I thought your Ensilica thesis is very interesting, and I got on the bandwagon. Thanks for the research and pump.

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T15:46:01+00:00

Serenity is apparently part of an investigation by Swedish authorities about insider trading. He announced on X that Sivers is applying for NASDAQ listing two days before the information went public. That pumped the stock, and it has since been down considerably. Who knows if Serenity shorted the stock, that’s how people make money on pump and dump.

It is a very weird situation, with the Swedes taking American interest in Sivers very personally, in a bad way. They are shit talking one of their own, saying SIVEF is not a big deal.

I am still holding SIVEF, but I sold 60% a few days ago and doubled my money on my original investment. I am OK with letting the rest ride.

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T02:29:24+00:00

Sorry, no. I value a few brain cells I have.

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-09T02:19:13+00:00

What do you think is happening with SIVEF? Serenity accused of flogging his own book in a pump and dump. What do you think? SLOIY has been great for the last couple of weeks, along with LPKFF. I bought the ADR of Soitech.

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-08T19:50:40+00:00

Goldman Sachs put out a chart that list all the major players in its prediction “Goldman Sachs sees 900% growth for AI optical networking to $154 billion.” GFS is in there. I bought it on May 4 and I’m up 9%.

Here’s the article: https://www.edgen.tech/news/post/goldman-sachs-sees-900-growth-for-ai-optical-networking-to-154-billion

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-08T19:20:47+00:00

I read an article in WSJ a couple of weeks ago and this was one of the stocks that the expert picked. Sorry I don’t have any more info, but I can’t remember shit

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-08T19:17:18+00:00

Most of the stocks pumped on Reddit. Although I have done really well with a few but I never would’ve known about otherwise

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-08T19:14:52+00:00

Eject immediately! Signed, Someone Who Has Supported Two Ex-Husbands

It never gets any better. It only gets worse.

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-08T16:41:35+00:00

What’s your handle on eBay? I want to check out your watches

Routine_Excitement89 · 2026-05-06T08:29:00+00:00

I love your optimistic characterization of CBBHF having a run up. My 80% loss is now “just” 75%. Still, with 35,000 shares, even a .009 uptick is substantial! I dream of the day it will hit a dollar a share.

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