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ftft nice rollercoaster today
I posted my worry about them multiple times. SPACs now seem to have a built in premium now even without a merger. BTWN went up 90% because of a rumor which actually was basically rebutted but the stock didn’t go down much. It was Tokopedia and BTWN folks sent them a proposal but Tokopedia hired banks (who do IPOs) and said they got the proposal but are looking at going IPO. They are like SE so IPO makes them way more. It took a while but it finally went down a bit. I still think their premium is too high pre-merger but people like the backers and most people who bought it saw the run up and likely don’t know any details.Any thoughts on Bridgetown Holding BTWN? It's down around 15-20% from where people were touting it the past few weeks. I'd love to lower my basis but can't help but feel like these things are scams.
No issues for me on the websiteIs anyone else having problems with Fidelity?
And I thought my stocks weren’t in vogue. Now my entire portfolio is up 3%. I don’t own many of the crazy poppers but that’s a great day after a crappy one yesterday. I wish I could just fast forward 5 years in terms of looking at stocks so I’d stop checking all the time.Well today not too bad.
Lucked into this one. Bought it in March and a good amount. Up 310% on it so far. Looks like a set it and forget it stock based on some of the stuff I’ve read.Lets go CRSPr!
The only bank stock I own is JPM. That’s it. The rest are dogs.I’m done trying to worry about stuff. So many things in here you miss but I feel like I’m low on cash right now. I’ve got a rollover for my wife in process that hopefully gets sent soon as I’ve got a few things to buy and hold.
I’m absolutely worried but I don’t feel like I’ve got much short term stuff so I can handle a dip. Just feels like nothing can lose right now. Even stodgy banks like BAC are at their peaks of the last decade even though their revenue is still right in the $80-90B channel they’ve been in for years and I don’t see them innovating at all.
FCEL that todem mentioned as not as good fundamentally as his BLDP pick has been rolling lately but their revenue has been falling for years. Their 2020 revenue looks up maybe 10%, which is the first time in a while but their P/S is almost 70. ZM’s price to sales is similar and their growth rate was off the charts. FCEL is priced as if it’s already succeeded and is revenue is 3-4 times what it is and continuing to grow at 25% a year. I know there’s clean energy focus but there’s a ton of competition. Reminds me of LAZR in the LIDAR area. Seems like a growth business just a big market cap for basically an auto-supplier. There also seems to be a new LIDAR company going public through an SPAC every day. I feel like I’ve read about 10 of them now.
It really is a wacky time and there’s no doubt in my mind that in 5 years, 80% of these new companies will be worth nothing. Ride the wave though. Hard to tell if my stocks are the rage or the new laggards because it changes every day.
Including employer matching, 529s, IRAs, etc probably $4-5 grand. Not sure what I’m doing on the IRAs yet...considering maxing mine and my wife’s now vs averaging through the year.how much are you guys typically pumping into the market each paycheck/monthly?
15% of my income goes in every month not including my company match (100% up to 4% of my contribution). So 19% a year goes in (until I reach the 401K limits). Been doing this since age 25.how much are you guys typically pumping into the market each paycheck/monthly?
I realized too late I forgot to buy some E and F. Bought B and C early back before the mania in SPACs and still have D as well. I honestly have too many stocks, getting to be like Bass where I can’t remember everything.IPOE to merge with SoFi. Up 30% on the news.
Yup, been watching it for 3-4 days waiting for a pullback. Whoops.Anyone else drag their feet on BLPD waiting for a pullback? Now I missed a ~15% gain in 3 days. I suck at investing![]()
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I think I've reached peak number of positions in a few of my accounts, but opened another account with some pent up savings last week for the next new namesI realized two late I forgot to buy some E and F. Bought B and C early back before the mania in SPACs and still have D as well. I honestly have too many stocks, getting to be like Bass where I can’t remember everything.
401k: 6% Roth / 6% Traditional / work puts in 9% split into those equally.how much are you guys typically pumping into the market each paycheck/monthly?
About 25% for me right now. This past year I upped my TSP/401K to 15%, and my monthly Brokerage Account deposit is around 10%. Normally I'm between 10-15% total and some of the increase is from gas/lunch savings by not going to the office and just general covid shutdown.how much are you guys typically pumping into the market each paycheck/monthly?
Wish I was as dedicated early, I’d probably be retired or maybe divorced! Kids put a kabosh on that as my wife stopped working for about 13 years and we had 3 of those suckers! Have been very laser focused the past 7-8 years after my wife started working again. Also, did great with my decent sized 401k I rolled over in 2018*. Nice feeling that if we were forced to retire right now we’d be fine. Wouldn’t be dream lake house but easy living at our current house and a nice retirement once SS kicked in a decade+. Don’t plan on retiring until 5-10 years (5 means investing did very well), so we can get the dream lake house and the easy living.15% of my income goes in every month not including my company match (100% up to 4% of my contribution). So 19% a year goes in (until I reach the 401K limits). Been doing this since age 25.
I suggested parking cash in SPACs as a safe haven, little did I know that they would be growth stocks. Wish I had bought a little less Amazon and parked more in SPACs.I realized too late I forgot to buy some E and F. Bought B and C early back before the mania in SPACs and still have D as well. I honestly have too many stocks, getting to be like Bass where I can’t remember everything.
Wife and I max out our 401ks but not really saving a ton more than that because I am currently paying for college out of my checking account so not saving as much as I’d like, but that’s my goal. Don’t touch investments while paying for 10 more paid years (2 down wee!) of college over the next 8 years. No idea if I can do it, but that would be more than enough “savings” just keeping the investments invested and build up the 401ks. Kids are effin expensive, especially with cars and college. It’s going to feel weird a few years from now not having those expenses. Hopefully retired at that point.About 25% for me right now. This past year I upped my TSP/401K to 15%, and my monthly Brokerage Account deposit is around 10%. Normally I'm between 10-15% total and some of the increase is from gas/lunch savings by not going to the office and just general covid shutdown.
127 right now and that's after trimming 5 yesterday.I'm in 23 different stocks presently (20 or so of them FBG tails), account is up over 5% this morning. Unreal.
Wife and I max out our 401ks but not really saving a ton more than that because I am currently paying for college out of my checking account so not saving as much as I’d like, but that’s my goal. Don’t touch investments while paying for 10 more paid years (2 down wee!) of college over the next 8 years. No idea if I can do it, but that would be more than enough “savings” just keeping the investments invested and build up the 401ks. Kids are effin expensive, especially with cars and college. It’s going to feel weird a few years from now not having those expenses. Hopefully retired at that point.
Really could be a fine line thereWish I was as dedicated early, I’d probably be retired or maybe divorced!
Yep, saving more and my wife haven’t always been aligned. I might be retired now, but probably alone!Really could be a fine line there![]()
Kids suck. Our parents lied to us when they said it's great. And I'll lie to my kids and tell them the same. Little punkass money wasters. jk, kind of...Wife and I max out our 401ks but not really saving a ton more than that because I am currently paying for college out of my checking account so not saving as much as I’d like, but that’s my goal. Don’t touch investments while paying for 10 more paid years (2 down wee!) of college over the next 8 years. No idea if I can do it, but that would be more than enough “savings” just keeping the investments invested and build up the 401ks. Kids are effin expensive, especially with cars and college. It’s going to feel weird a few years from now not having those expenses. Hopefully retired at that point.
I was hearing the same things on AMZN. I have been in this stock.....for a long long time.“But the fundamentals just don’t make sense”, I confidently say to myself about Tesla, as everybody else continues to make hilarious amounts of money
You're fed/civil service right? That FERS is a real nice boost too. I don't know what your end goals are, but I think you'll be fine because you're paying attention to it now. You can build up quite a nest egg in 20+ years. I'm 42 and feel like I'm way a head of where I want to be at 60, but I'm also very simple living and don't need much.so im 37 and contributing 401k (tsp) and I also have a ROTH through work. I'll be contributing to that also this year. Wife has a 401k as well doing about 10%. I was planning on putting in 1k cash each month into Ameritrade and just investing into ETF's etc. Also I have been slacking and need to contribute to 529 plans for my kids. Anything else you guys can recommend that I may be missing ?
I'm new to investing in individual stocks and I need to get better at this.I never look back
Dude......it is an imperative norm to live by in all phases of life.I'm new to investing in individual stocks and I need to get better at this.
Follow the Natural. "Don't ever look back, Max! Ever!"Dude......it is an imperative norm to live by in all phases of life.
Yep fed. Sounds good I’ll just stick to my guns. I hate having cash sit in my savings doing nothingYou're fed/civil service right? That FERS is a real nice boost too. I don't know what your end goals are, but I think you'll be fine because you're paying attention to it now. You can build up quite a nest egg in 20+ years. I'm 42 and feel like I'm way a head of where I want to be at 60, but I'm also very simple living and don't need much.
Just curious to see how much of a Cash position people are still holding? I know Todem said he was around 5%When the police come and raid the brothels they take the pretty ones too. So if you are an Amazon, Apple, Google stock holder (I think all of us are) don’t fret. The gains you have in those stocks can absorb a 15-30% hit short term. Relax. It will be temporary.
Instead focus on the long term, build some cash if you can and get ready for another sale....we always get sales. It is par for the course. Have a list of high quality names you love or simply add to your existing names.
You can’t own everything.
Can you please inform Fidelity and make Agfeed go away from the top of my position page?Dude......it is an imperative norm to live by in all phases of life.
I'm 46, been doing it since 22 and I still need to be better at this. Still harsh on myself to this day for some foolish moves I made as a 23-25 year old in 1997-1999. The best way I've learned to cope with it is that in those days that really wasn't investing, what I was doing was gambling.I'm new to investing in individual stocks and I need to get better at this.
I'd turned her into a savings monster years before we got engaged. We were starting to have some tensions as I was spending a lot more as I have been earning a lot more. Funny enough, the pandemic has really realigned us because we can't spend much money anyways. So we have refocused on working towards retirement.Yep, saving more and my wife haven’t always been aligned. I might be retired now, but probably alone!
I will add that she’s kicked ### since she got back full time and been contributing a #### ton so I can’t complain. It’s just a bit leaner when it’s a family of 5 with one income. I honestly have way more respect now for single parents raising kids and not making tons. When we were DINKs for a few years before marriage and two after it was pretty damn easy.
Lol. People complained about Amazon’s PE ratio when we all knew (and they said) they were reinvesting. Right now Tesla’s PE is almost 20x Amazon’s. Not 20 more, 20 times. That said, these are funny times we live in now!“But the fundamentals just don’t make sense”, I confidently say to myself about Tesla, as everybody else continues to make hilarious amounts of money
I have stops on it. I’ll make my money. I understand you have your way and it’s successful, but that’s what I meant when I said there is now more than one way to hit a homer.I was hearing the same things on AMZN. I have been in this stock.....for a long long time.
Because I believed in it.
I have certain norms I stick by for better or for worse.
That is why I missed the big boat on TSLA. As a side note I did buy it in my own account 2011 for 25 a share and held to 197. (500 shares) So we made a pretty penny in it. Never got back in. Did not believe in them nor their fundamentals.
Oh well. I never look back. And there will be more 10 baggers in my life I will hit on. I have no regrets, and no jealousy and congratulations to those that have cashed in that ticket.
Yes.......I would be cashing out here on TSLA.
I’m about 8%. Not really by design, just happened that way. I’m close to trimming some high flyers so I can start a new position from my watchlist.Just curious to see how much of a Cash position people are still holding? I know Todem said he was around 5%
We are still sitting just under 20% and I am kicking myself for not getting more in, but everyday just feels like it's too late, don't do it now, and everyday stuff just keeps climbing...
Nothing makes sense anymore and I am here to take total advantage of it.Lol. People complained about Amazon’s PE ratio when we all knew (and they said) they were reinvesting. Right now Tesla’s PE is almost 20x Amazon’s. Not 20 more, 20 times. That said, these are funny times we live in now!
That's the biggest bummer about my partner being laid off a few months ago. Unemployment basically covers what she was contributing to the household budget, but she was plowing like 40% of her income into her 401K to max it out the past couple of years (she obviously didn't make a ton).Yep, saving more and my wife haven’t always been aligned. I might be retired now, but probably alone!
I will add that she’s kicked ### since she got back full time and been contributing a #### ton so I can’t complain. It’s just a bit leaner when it’s a family of 5 with one income. I honestly have way more respect now for single parents raising kids and not making tons. When we were DINKs for a few years before marriage and two after it was pretty damn easy.
I dipped into it last week, and bought a bit more yesterday on the dip to lower my cost basis (and should have turned around and sold it in the afternoon but missed it). Of course it could keep going down from here, and since March the lows keep drifting a little lower, but it's pretty close to the 52-week low right now.UVXY so tempting at this level, but I know it's like tempting fate.
Very much in your boat. I am an over analyzer, always have been. So glad I stopped doing FF the past few years. Looking back at every wrong decision for 20 years got grating.I'm new to investing in individual stocks and I need to get better at this.
Agreed. I'm pretty good at it in normal life. But as a new investor it's not second nature to be happy with making 10% on BEEM rather that 5X, for exampleDude......it is an imperative norm to live by in all phases of life.
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I'd like to suggest that instead of saying you are a 'new' investor that you are a 'learning' investors.Agreed. I'm pretty good at it in normal life. But as a new investor it's not second nature to be happy with making 10% on BEEM rather that 5X, for example![]()