Investing General Discussion
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Gravel
Mr. Poopybutthole
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If that's the case though, we're in for a ridiculously bad time.
We're already partially through a large drop (-13%), if this is just the beginning, well...fuck.
-2.5% but it is really because I got lucky and liquidated a trust I had in November to move money to real estate and then back again so had huge cash holdings sold at the highs that I normally wouldn’t have. Investments I made last week even in the down market make up like -5 of that 2.5 lol
I will take it though better to be lucky than good.
I will take it though better to be lucky than good.
I'm down about 6% despite being mostly in the S&P because I had liquidated a bunch at ~4500 for a house down payment, ended up not buying, and got to put it back in variously between 4075-4200. Hard to complain too much when my base case would have been to just ride it out.
karma
Molten Core Raider
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my ira is down about 6% for the year, no idea on the trading account since I've been using it to fund the IRA and my HSA and I'm too lazy to do the math with the deductions. it's pretty ugly though. as I mentioned, I was dabbling in the penny cesspool for a little while, 1 is bankrupt and I'm waiting on 3 more to reverse split. the good news is they are all pretty small positions and I knew this was possible when I started.
in the mean time, I've been scaling into index ETFs a little here and there and getting other stuff done around the house.
in the mean time, I've been scaling into index ETFs a little here and there and getting other stuff done around the house.
Sanrith Descartes
Veteran of a thousand threadban wars
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Y'all are amateurs. Gotta pump them numbers. -15% YTD. Live by tech, die by tech.
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Mist
Eeyore Enthusiast
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If I hadn't made 60k swing-trading ETHE last year I'd be really upset about the 24k that I'm down this year so far, lol.
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Sanrith Descartes
Veteran of a thousand threadban wars
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Part of my loss is I'm not selling out of my core holdings. I'll ride it down and then ride it back. Eventually. Hopefully.
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Tmac
Adventurer
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Let's see... YTD
"Longer Term stuff" portfolio (only 4 holdings in it, three are ETFs)- down 13.1%
"Playground" (where I do shit like chase meme stocks and invest because I have "gut feeling") - down 15.4%
Work RSU stockpile... - Down 2%
Been accumulating cash in a side account waiting until I think we've hit bottom and deploying it.
"Longer Term stuff" portfolio (only 4 holdings in it, three are ETFs)- down 13.1%
"Playground" (where I do shit like chase meme stocks and invest because I have "gut feeling") - down 15.4%
Work RSU stockpile... - Down 2%
Been accumulating cash in a side account waiting until I think we've hit bottom and deploying it.
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Sanrith Descartes
Veteran of a thousand threadban wars
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Big Phoenix
Pronouns: zie/zhem/zer
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I’m down around 60 percent average across my accounts since becoming a “active trader/investor/gambler” And we are talking a few hundred thousand dollars. Just awful. Thankful I at least took care of my financial foundation. Just sucks I lost maybe 20 percent of my total net value in one year. I feel like all I can do now is start again from the bottom and just tuck money away into indexes and forget about it until retirement. That and forget about my fantasies of a new garage and stuff like that.