OT: Stock trading

[Jay-Bone]

Now we're entering the risk era, where one needs to adapt, rotate and play smart.

 

[Jay-Bone]

My NASDAQ index fund made 30% in 2024.

I have almost no single stocks any more. I have both the NASDAQ and S&P 500 index funds as he bulk of my portfolio.

Why was making money so easy the last few years and now its so hard? Did something change?

 

[superjohn]

Why was making money so easy the last few years and now its so hard? Did something change?

Because the market goes up and down. Whenever it goes down it's an opportunity.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Because the market goes up and down. Whenever it goes down it's an opportunity.

lmao, unfortunately people like you ruin easy money making conditions for people like me.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Don't

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[Jay-Bone]

During the idiot era, I'm starting to load up on the below to get me through, thanks to all the free cash from the adult era before the idiot era began/resumed:

XDTE
NVDY
AMDY
RZLV
INOD
RGTI
ROK
SERVE
AISP
BBAI
TSSI
TEM

Thoughts, recommendations?

 

[Jay-Bone]

The last few years have been easy money. You could've thrown a dart at the Nasdaq and made money. Now we're entering the risk era, where one needs to adapt, rotate and play smart.

 

[superjohn]

During the idiot era, I'm starting to load up on the below to get me through, thanks to all the free cash from the adult era before the idiot era began/resumed:

XDTE
NVDY
AMDY
RZLV
INOD
RGTI
ROK
SERVE
AISP
BBAI
TSSI
TEM

Thoughts, recommendations?

Yikes.

Keep your money under your mattress.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Yikes.

Keep your money under your mattress.

Let me guess, you bought the dip on TSLA & Dogecoin?

 

[superjohn]

Let me guess, you bought the dip on TSLA & Dogecoin?

All I'll say is you shouldn't be investing your own money. Hire someone who knows what they're doing or keep your money under your mattress.

 

[Hurleyman216]

I picked up some AAPD a couple weeks ago which so far has been a good move. I have no interest to get into options trading, but AAPL was way over valued (along with some of the other Mag 7 stocks). Sliding 10% of my portfolio into this but it likely won’t be there for more than a couple months. If Apple dips back below $200/share I’ll get out and be up over 20%.

 

[Excalibur]

Thread is about to be nuked if this keeps up.

If you're freaking out about a 10% drop you probably shouldn't be investing in the first place.

 

[Excalibur]

Glad I stayed patient with my ABBV holdings. Bought in 2021 around $120, treaded water for a while between $150 and $170 while collecting the dividend, and it's helped to offset some of my other short term losses in the past month.

 

[husky429]

If you're freaking out about a 10% drop you probably shouldn't be investing in the first place.

Agreed 100%. 10% is a nothingburger. You should be prepared to lose 50% of your stock value and not sweat it, and that's if you're in index funds. Should be even higher if you're investing in individual stocks--probably 75%.

 

[temery]

If world markets are any type of indicator, it's going to be a rough day today.

 

[B1GEast]

Dow futures at at -1021.

Buckle your seat belt.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Dow futures at at -1021.

Buckle your seat belt.

Opportunitiy to find good invedtments at a discount.

 

[JMick]

Opportunitiy to find good invedtments at a discount.

If you have any money left over when inflation kicks up again

 

[Jay-Bone]

Thread is about to be nuked if this keeps up.

If you're freaking out about a 10% drop you probably shouldn't be investing in the first place.

LMAO, if you're not freaking out, you probably shouldn't be adulting in the first place. Talk about absolutely clueless.

 

[Scot-e]

I’ve decided not to look at my stocks or crypto for about 4-5 years (I do have a broker managing my stocks). I’m not sure this is the best strategy- but it is very good for my mental health.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Yikes.

Keep your money under your mattress.

I'd love to see your port right now. At least I'll be raking in dividends while you're bleeding.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Agreed 100%. 10% is a nothingburger. You should be prepared to lose 50% of your stock value and not sweat it, and that's if you're in index funds. Should be even higher if you're investing in individual stocks--probably 75%.

Or you can be intelligent, sell off most your port over the winter and be sitting on a pile of cash right now, like me and Warren.

 

[Jay-Bone]

The last few years have been easy money. You could've thrown a dart at the Nasdaq and made money. Now we're entering the risk era, where one needs to adapt, rotate and play smart.

I sure hope people heeded. There is some terrible advice in here otherwise.

 

[Jay-Bone]

If you have any money left over when inflation kicks up again

I'm sitting on a pile of cash right now, but I'm not an idiot like many of the posters in here.

If you couldn't see this coming, you should not be investing.

 

[Jay-Bone]

I picked up some AAPD a couple weeks ago which so far has been a good move. I have no interest to get into options trading, but AAPL was way over valued (along with some of the other Mag 7 stocks). Sliding 10% of my portfolio into this but it likely won’t be there for more than a couple months. If Apple dips back below $200/share I’ll get out and be up over 20%.

Here's the first intelligent thing I've seen in here. Well done.