grizzly_
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Big day for IBIT tomorrow. That and FETH should have good 2025s is my guess. I wish I had more cash to put in those ETFs
Anybody Buying Yet? Where’s the Bottom?
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Bonasababy
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Not quite year end yet but if it was, keeping money in cash at any one time likely was a bad decision. Main retirement fund with a growth mix is up 30 percent for the year, the other one that for much of the year we had in 5 percent CD's is up just shy of 15 percent.
ismith
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Hope no Hunt Talk millionaires were hurt by this one..............
SAJ-99
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Through November month end, the returns for a passive two holding portfolio of SPY/BND looks were...
60/40 18.02%
70/30 20.51%
80/20 23.00%
90/10 25.48%
Annual fees at 0.09% and 0.03% respectively. Make sure you ask your FA every year what you are paying them for.
noharleyyet
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Legitimacy issues abound....
Yea. I'd agree. What about you?
ismith
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Yes and no
You posted the article so I thought you might have more to say about it.
SD_Prairie_Goat
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My random bet on Ai is running up right now. Been fun couple of weeks 
SAJ-99
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I have made a decent amount the last few weeks shorting the quasi-bitcoin plays and some of the quasi-AI names. Some of this stuff is priced to a level that just isn't reasonable (priced-to-perfection, as they say) and the flows are starting to look choppy.
Maybe it's time for the best-pick predictions of 2025. I'm overweight traditional O&G, but I went into some alternative energy names last week and some medium-term option bets on China. That will probably irritate some here.
It is just hard to find things that are relatively underpriced. A lot of money has been made by others on buying expensive stocks that get more expensive, but I just can't do it. Maybe on a dip, occasionally, but I have quick trigger finger. If I owned SOUN, the first time that price sneezed I would put it down.
More importantly… now what will you do?
I shorted hawk tuh coin. Pretty good endingI have made a decent amount the last few weeks shorting the quasi-bitcoin plays and some of the quasi-AI names. Some of this stuff is priced to a level that just isn't reasonable (priced-to-perfection, as they say) and the flows are starting to look choppy.
Maybe it's time for the best-pick predictions of 2025. I'm overweight traditional O&G, but I went into some alternative energy names last week and some medium-term option bets on China. That will probably irritate some here.
SAJ-99
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I could never short Hawk Tuah.
Congrats to the Mrs SAJ-99 lol!I could never short Hawk Tuah.
SAJ-99
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What are you implying, sir...I simply believe in the vitality and creativity of America's youth!
SD_Prairie_Goat
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At this point I don't have a ton of money in soun so I'm along for a wild ride! And I'm gonna enjoy the ride wherever it takes me...I have made a decent amount the last few weeks shorting the quasi-bitcoin plays and some of the quasi-AI names. Some of this stuff is priced to a level that just isn't reasonable (priced-to-perfection, as they say) and the flows are starting to look choppy.
Maybe it's time for the best-pick predictions of 2025. I'm overweight traditional O&G, but I went into some alternative energy names last week and some medium-term option bets on China. That will probably irritate some here.
Wild predictions for 2025, US based manufacturing: cat, deere, Eaton, etc. Although they've been moving more to Mexico I'm guessing they continue to go up while offshoring more jobs. Not crazy growth like AI but solid growth.
Other random guesses, banks do well. My hope is for TFC since I hold them, but any of the banks will do. Rationale, none really but that's about par for the course from the articles I read from "financial" experts haha
SD_Prairie_Goat
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Not prepared to make that guess.... Leave it in soun for now because my fallback is a boring etf, or my other moonshot investments which I'm probably overweight with already....
Volatility's the name of the game for day and swing trades.Not prepared to make that guess.... Leave it in soun for now because my fallback is a boring etf, or my other moonshot investments which I'm probably overweight with already....
ETFs are great folio spread within a field of interest. Great for safe(r) growth.
I've enjoyed GLD ETF on occasions as the %growth shifts reasonably and not drastic. Usually played when unable to check frequent enough as needed with single stocks. Short or buy - it's been a good go-to for those occasions.
I'm sure you know this. Not intended as a preacher, rather avoiding the unnamed player infiltrating threads.
Cheers! Best with your trades!
SD_Prairie_Goat
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I like to keep 50-60% of my account in various etfs. VIOO, voo, vgt, vis for example
The rest gets individual stocks of companies I like, or want to gamble on...
Been happy with it so far, but I'm also very much a buy and hold trader. Which to be honest I think it's a good position cause I don't have good stuff to day trade. Much easier to buy and hold for years...
seeth07
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Back in College I had fun messing around with trades and basically just doing it for fun. Trading wasn't free back then using web platforms so it was hard to actually make money just day trading but was still fun to try.
I didn't realize that pretty much everyone now offers no fees on trades so I'm looking to get back into just having some fun researching and playing the short term market with about 25k. My goals and style of this investment isn't thinking long term but rather looking to rapidly buy and sell stocks making small profits with each trade - often happening on the same day.
My question is, is there an app that strongly stands out among the rest? I've been testing Webull and really like it so far just messing around with the fake paper trading feature. What drew me to look into it was the promotion of 40 free fractional shares valued anywhere from 120-30k total (seems like quite the crazy range for a promo).
I didn't realize that pretty much everyone now offers no fees on trades so I'm looking to get back into just having some fun researching and playing the short term market with about 25k. My goals and style of this investment isn't thinking long term but rather looking to rapidly buy and sell stocks making small profits with each trade - often happening on the same day.
My question is, is there an app that strongly stands out among the rest? I've been testing Webull and really like it so far just messing around with the fake paper trading feature. What drew me to look into it was the promotion of 40 free fractional shares valued anywhere from 120-30k total (seems like quite the crazy range for a promo).
