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Hi all! Thanks to help from this sub I finally got the nudge to go get tickets for Sphere on 26th! I'll be arriving in Vegas a day or two earlier though and I am a solo female traveller, so I had some questions:

1. If you're new to Vegas what things do you do around the Sphere area? I'm trying to stay close by and I was thinking if it is safe and easy to walk around to visit nearby places (within 20 mins walk). How safe and walkable is the area?

2. Any interesting things you're planning for Christmas in Vegas? I found some attractions but again I am not sure how safe it is to travel by public transport and how far is too far for safety?

3. How do you guys keep the costs as low as you can, especially on food?

Happy to hear anything you guys have to share!

Hi, I am a newbie to concerts and I am kinda confused by the whole residency concept and why most BSB shows are limited to Vegas and Germany. I have about a year more staying in the US and I was thinking of trying to go to a concert in the States if possible, but currently I only see resale tickets for the Sphere later this year.

I wanted to understand if they plan to do anything other than the Sphere elsewhere, how reliable resale tickets are (especially as these are kinda pricey), and if I can't make it this year would there be anything they are planning next year? Also do they play more of their older songs or the newer ones, like how is the distribution?

I haven't kept up with their stuff a lot recently but I have been hearing their songs for as long as I can remember, I won't want to miss them if I could help it while I'm in the states. Thanks!

Hi, I'm in my mid 20s and I'm from India but I have been studying in the US for a few years on F1 visa, I will likely remain abroad even if not in US for the next maybe 5 years.

A few months back I managed to create a demat account with ICICI during a short visit to India and I started using their Direct app to start investing in MFs 3 months back, first time investor. I am not trying to invest in the US as I'm worried about possible visa and tax complications, not sure how it will be like in other countries later. My income is taxed here so as far as I understand I shouldn't be taxed in India.

However I couldn't make any other accounts like Zerodha while I was there so I'm stuck with ICICI Direct and regular growth MFs, I realized only recently that these aren't direct plans. I'm not sure when I'll be back in India in the long term (I saw Zerodha requires some paperwork, apps like Grow aren't even accessible here, I also don't know about tax complications, don't want to mess anything up while I'm away from India) but I don't want to delay investing, so I'm thinking of continuing with regular plans anyway. I also have emergency funds invested in FDs.

Question: Is there anything else I can do or should I just continue this way despite the loss of regular Vs direct at least until I can make another account without issues? Are there other options I could use in my situation for investing?

As for my MFs I've currently invested in these 4 through SIP for the past 3 months, I'm at about Rs 3L total (3.3% absolute returns):

1. Parag parikh flexicap growth 40%

2. Bandhan small cap growth 20%

3. Kotak midcap growth 20%

4. UTI nifty index fund growth 20%

5. A couple paused smaller initial investments in ICICI Pru blue chip large cap and Nippon India large cap

Selected these as they were among the most recommended and seemed well performing from online discussions and whatever I understood, and I picked one from each category flexi/small/mid/index

Here my question is how does my portfolio look? I'm interested in long term investing 15-20 years, at moderate risk, and my goal is long term wealth creation. Any advice is appreciated. I'm a very new investor, still learning

ETA: Details weren't clear to the automod so posting again:

1. Risk appetite: moderate
2. Investment goal: wealth creation
3. Investment horizon: 15-20 years
4. Allocation details: monthly SIP of Rs 1.5L
5. App: ICICI Direct but want to use something with direct MFs
6. Why these funds: Selected these as they were among the most recommended and seemed well performing from online discussions and whatever I understood, and I picked one from each category flexi/small/mid/index

Hi, I'm in my mid 20s and I'm from India but I have been studying in the US for a few years on F1 visa, I will likely remain abroad even if not in US for the next maybe 5 years.

A few months back I managed to create a demat account with ICICI during a short visit to India and I started using their Direct app to start investing in MFs 3 months back, first time investor. I am not trying to invest in the US as I'm worried about possible visa and tax complications, not sure how it will be like in other countries later. My income is taxed here so as far as I understand I shouldn't be taxed in India.

However I couldn't make any other accounts like Zerodha while I was there so I'm stuck with ICICI Direct and regular growth MFs, I realized only recently that these aren't direct plans. I'm not sure when I'll be back in India in the long term (I saw Zerodha requires some paperwork, apps like Grow aren't even accessible here, I also don't know about tax complications, don't want to mess anything up while I'm away from India) but I don't want to delay investing, so I'm thinking of continuing with regular plans anyway. I also have emergency funds invested in FDs.

Question: Is there anything else I can do or should I just continue this way despite the loss of regular Vs direct at least until I can make another account without issues? Are there other options I could use in my situation for investing?

As for my MFs I've currently invested in these 4 through SIP for the past 3 months, I'm at about Rs 3L total (3.3% absolute returns):

1. Parag parikh flexicap growth 40%

2. Bandhan small cap growth 20%

3. Kotak midcap growth 20%

4. UTI nifty index fund growth 20%

5. A couple paused smaller initial investments in ICICI Pru blue chip large cap and Nippon India large cap

Selected these as they were among the most recommended and seemed well performing from online discussions and whatever I understood, and I picked one from each category flexi/small/mid/index

Here my question is how does my portfolio look? I'm interested in long term investing 15-20 years, at moderate to slightly aggressive risk, and my goal is long term wealth creation. Any advice is appreciated. I'm a very new investor, still learning

Hi, I'm in my mid 20s and I'm from India but I have been studying in the US for a few years on F1 visa, I will likely remain abroad even if not in US for the next maybe 5 years.

A few months back I managed to create a demat account with ICICI during a short visit to India and I started using their Direct app to start investing in MFs 3 months back, first time investor. I am not trying to invest in the US as I'm worried about possible visa and tax complications, not sure how it will be like in other countries later. My income is taxed here so as far as I understand I shouldn't be taxed in India.

However I couldn't make any other accounts like Zerodha while I was there so I'm stuck with ICICI Direct and regular growth MFs, I realized only recently that these aren't direct plans. I'm not sure when I'll be back in India in the long term (I saw Zerodha requires some paperwork, apps like Grow aren't even accessible here, I also don't know about tax complications, don't want to mess anything up while I'm away from India) but I don't want to delay investing, so I'm thinking of continuing with regular plans anyway. I also have emergency funds invested in FDs.

Question: Is there anything else I can do or should I just continue this way despite the loss of regular Vs direct at least until I can make another account without issues? Are there other options I could use in my situation for investing?

As for my MFs I've currently invested in these 4 through SIP for the past 3 months, I'm at about Rs 3L total (3.3% absolute returns):

1. Parag parikh flexicap growth 40%

2. Bandhan small cap growth 20%

3. Kotak midcap growth 20%

4. UTI nifty index fund growth 20%

5. A couple paused smaller initial investments in ICICI Pru blue chip large cap and Nippon India large cap

Selected these as they were among the most recommended and seemed well performing from online discussions and whatever I understood, and I picked one from each category flexi/small/mid/index

Here my question is how does my portfolio look? I'm interested in long term investing 15-20 years, at moderate to slightly aggressive risk, and my goal is long term wealth creation. Any advice is appreciated. I'm a very new investor, still learning

I saw TOBS being praised so much and decided to watch it. I've not been this disappointed in a while. I am not talking about the lead actors I think they were great, probably the only good thing about this. Every criticism I manage to find for it has somebody defending it all as "it's Mary's POV!"

Justifying everything it does as Mary's POV because P&P is considered Lizzie's POV just isn't a great defense. First off I don't think P&P is entirely a biased Lizzie POV, and even there I don't see their mother actively bullying a specific girl or that Mary was being wrongfully disciplined. If anything wasn't she ignored like the other 2 younger sisters?

Secondly if TOBS is from Mary's POV that makes it worse! Because Mary doesn't seem to realise that she's not completely flawless throughout all this and I see no character growth in her. She just leaves her caricaturish family and everyone in the world loves her including 2 serious suitors??? The entire story feels like her believing she was entirely misunderstood and she only needed better people around her and that she's perfect. How is this a good story or even realistic? Everybody has flaws, it would've been so amazing if we had seen the know it all and socially unaware Mary grow into an improved person. That character growth is the reason I love P&P in the first place, Darcy won't have appealed to me any other way and that's also why the 2005 P&P doesn't appeal to me as much with their way more flawless Darcy. If you can't write Mary's growth from a flawed personality without destroying others around her to make her look good, you are just not that good of a writer.

Not to mention everything feels so fake and the Bennett family and even Darcy are a joke, plus everything is Bridgertony the way they interact. I'm annoyed that it's just unanimously praised everywhere

ETA: Also wanted to mention, even without caring about P&P at all I won't find this show that appealing. It's great that an abused child finally stood up to the mother, but I still don't see the girl doing a lot beyond the realisations or how she suddenly becomes socially interactive enough to find two suitors who have similar interests as her even, I would've liked to see her struggling before she got there in the end. Just would still feel half baked.

Hi! I recently started guanfacine 1 mg as an ADHD med and I'm not sure if I need to stop taking Dramamine (meclizine 25mg) while I'm on it. I need Dramamine as I usually experience motion sickness. I couldn't find any drug interactions between these two and I didn't realize I should ask my psychiatrist this, I just don't travel that often. While I'm waiting to hear back from my psychiatrist any experiences or advice would be appreciated!