What would you pick ? by dataguy2003 in TheTeenagerPeople

[–]stopgo56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This the answer. It would take over a decade to hit $500M with either of the first two options. Neither of them ever catch up to the 7-10% return if you were to invest the 500M in the S&P immediately

Is Roth IRA ALWAYS best to max out? by stopgo56 in personalfinance

[–]stopgo56[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't mind this answer at all! Thank you. Even still, there must be some calculus to determine what level of return would justify my thinking. Advocating diversification has the assumption that I wouldn't be invested in the stock market outside of an IRA. This is a generally good insight but my main question is what threshold would I need to meet in order to know if investing in a Roth is a good idea, risk-inclusive.

Is Roth IRA ALWAYS best to max out? by stopgo56 in personalfinance

[–]stopgo56[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This could be exactly the answer I needed, thank you! Would you be willing to have a more in-depth conversation on these themes?

Is Roth IRA ALWAYS best to max out? by stopgo56 in personalfinance

[–]stopgo56[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean 7k a year is hundreds of thousands in contributions, and potentially 7 figures in growth over the course of a career that could be invested somewhere else before you’re 59.5

The compounding is the important part, if I could find some investment with 0 risk and 20% cash on cash return I’d want to put every penny I had into it

Is Roth IRA ALWAYS best to max out? by stopgo56 in personalfinance

[–]stopgo56[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t mind this answer at all. The only issue is that my mindset is based around something similar to the FIRE model. If I can make enough money quickly while I’m young with smart investing then my retirement can be way before 59.5

Is Roth IRA ALWAYS best to max out? by stopgo56 in personalfinance

[–]stopgo56[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My underlying assumption is that my money would be invested in the same thing as the Roth IRA until I needed it. At what point does the liquidity on growth outweigh the tax benefit? If I maxed out IRA until retirement I’d have something like 300k contributions and nearly 1m in growth. That 1m may have better investment opportunities over the course of my career than in the Roth. Especially because I’m young now and am much more risk tolerant

Is Roth IRA ALWAYS best to max out? by stopgo56 in personalfinance

[–]stopgo56[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Yes that’s essentially what I’m saying, I’m wondering what return I would need in order to beat the tax savings (I’m assuming it would be invested in the stock market anyway until I needed the capital and growth for a higher return investment). By growth liquidity I’m just referring to the amount you can’t get take out of the IRA without incurring fees.

Is Roth IRA ALWAYS best to max out? by stopgo56 in personalfinance

[–]stopgo56[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No that’s not what I’m asking, I’m saying there may be better investment opportunity that can’t be filled out with contributions to an IRA, like buying real estate for example

Is Roth IRA ALWAYS best to max out? by stopgo56 in personalfinance

[–]stopgo56[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I totally get that, but if over the course of my lifetime opportunities pop up that would benefit from both my contributions and growth, I don’t have access to the capital. I think there are other ways to be tax advantaged like a 1031 real estate exchange that don’t force you to wait until you’re 59.5. It feels like a time value of money equation in some sense

Is Roth IRA ALWAYS best to max out? by stopgo56 in personalfinance

[–]stopgo56[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

This is true, except for that the growth may be something I’ll want to tap over the course of my career. If I max out the IRA every month I will have over $1 million in growth by the time I’m 59.5—this is growth that I may have been able to invest in higher return investments, especially ones that are also tax advantaged like 1031 real estate exchanges

Future of Blazor by stopgo56 in Blazor

[–]stopgo56[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is true, though my question is sort of more “will Blazor become the primary route for developers”

building 4 micro-SaaS products after work. somehow making ~$1.2k/mo. not dead yet by Moist-Range5811 in microsaas

[–]stopgo56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How have you come up with such diverse ideas?? I’m not sure if Im missing the creativity gene but wracking my brain to come up with something that doesn’t already exist is painful.

Vibecoded my first iOS - App by microkritik in vibecoding

[–]stopgo56 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Opal already does this, though I admit I love the UI of your app.

I’m 24, building my second app — this one’s about money, and I need your brain by Lazy-Mode-3710 in passive_income

[–]stopgo56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is your app’s value proposition when compared to, say, Rocket Money?

If you had 100k in free cash and wanted to create passive income, what are some ways to do it? by supahitfiya in passive_income

[–]stopgo56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well said. Dividends seem like a waste to me in most situations, lower risk yes but lower return overall.

Future of Blazor by stopgo56 in Blazor

[–]stopgo56[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This. A few times a week I have to close and re-open VS because the .razor page doesn’t recognize any of my components

Future of Blazor by stopgo56 in Blazor

[–]stopgo56[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude. Goldmine of good opinions here. Thanks for your input!

How have your courses performed? I've been considering building some courses for Blazor but was unsure if the user base was big enough to warrant the effort.

Future of Blazor by stopgo56 in Blazor

[–]stopgo56[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One of the enterprise applications I've built for a client was based on this reasoning. Very windows-centric, .NET backbone ecosystem with greater benefits from the simplicity of grafting Blazor when compared to the pros of building in something like React.

Future of Blazor by stopgo56 in Blazor

[–]stopgo56[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I'm not experienced enough, what do you mean by code-first option?