Can you make profit off investing in the downfall of a company you hate? I guess I'll find out on Monday. First time I've ever shorted, so I have a -10% stop on it.
$200 on the ADR and $200 on AZN. Wish me luck!
Not meant to be a flex or anything.
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Yeah, I genuinely think that's because they're lumped into big tech portfolios on places like eToro. Maybe there's something about Twitter that I don't understand because I hate it so much, but I can't see a single reason why it's worth $70 unless there's some weird kickbacks to Dorsey from globalists going on.
I never went on EVs. I thought Tesla was overvalued and the whole hype around NIO was a little odd. Also, I can't stand the climate cult and helping them indirectly doesn't sound fun to me. It's weird how playing politics with my investments has actually worked out.
My portfolio is based around diversification with a slight banking focus (banks seem like a safe bet with all this uncertainty. Of course, inflation could cripple them, but at that point your profit is worthless too.) but also avoiding companies I hated like Google or Netflix which insulated me quite well from their value collapse. I only really took losses on Microsoft, and I was happy to hold it anyway because I truly believe it to be undervalued even at the pre-drop price. I actually bought a little more when it went down last time.
Only thing that really burned me recently was selling bitcoin at 52k..then it went to 56. I got a profit, but crypto just doesn't work with my style of investment, erring on the side of caution with it just ruins your profits. I'll probably jump back in at the next crash and make a mediocre profit again because I jumped out too early on the rebound. Can't tell if I'm a good investor for closing out up, or a bad one for closing out way too soon.
IMO NIO is the real deal, and I'm hedging most of my IRA on it playing out as such over the next 4 years. Chinese market is massive and they might be profitable by EOY. Getting to the next level after that might be hard, but they have a lot of tech.
Unfortunately, I pretty much hate most companies so I can't apply principles. Wall Street is a dirty, filthy place that saps all morals. All most can hope for is to come out of it well enough to retire early, never mind the debris.
You're doing fine, though I don't have the stomach for crypto. As long as you aren't putting up loses or bleeding on margin, that makes you a wise investor. Compare this to me missing out on cashing out on Fisker's post-Foxconn bump...got a bit too greedy, it didn't make the jump to where it should have, and my potential gains got completely ruined by a mostly Red February. Now I'm waiting for it to go back to its peak so I can offload the warrants and shares and engage in dirty profit-taking games.
I hope it works out, but in my opinion, it's very overhyped by people who missed out on Tesla and are looking for the next one. Maybe I'm just cynical, or even just influenced by my dislike of EVs in the first place.
Yeah, I still have some stocks from companies I don't particularly love (Tencent is probably the best example. I bought it because of the future value, not because of my well known support for Epic Games, which they partially own. Probably should have dumped it on Thursday though, considering the rumors about regulations in China hitting Tencent hard.) but I try to avoid the companies that I genuinely hate. Principles probably made me lose out on gains, but I'm happy with my positions.
I'm sure it will return to peak soon, especially with all the stimulus checks going into the market soon. Those low-info investors will 100% go EV + Pharma + Tech because they think that's the best way to make fast gains.
I have a question, how volatile is the stock market? Judging by this statement even stuff like rumors can make it lose value. Does this mean you have to keep up with the news of all the companies you own stocks of? And how do you keep up with all these news? Do you use something like google news or you look for stuff about that particular company/industry and the countries they are located in?
Depends if it's a growth or value stock. Tencent is very much a growth stock, it's Chinese Big Tech. That means the value of it is based in the future, rather than now, so rumors affect the price significantly.
You do have to try and keep up with the news of the stocks you own. I usually just bing search the companies before their market open, nothing too crazy. Sometimes I miss things, but as I'm boycotting the FT, WSJ and MarketWatch for being woke, I can accept that.