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MasterJeebus

OP is still using IE 11

Pathogenesls

How would carving out Google search break the monopoly? There's no synergy with the rest of the business. This isn't like MSFT with IE being forced through Windows. If you carve out search, the new entity owning search still holds the monopoly. What are the unfair barriers to entry with search? The fact is that Google has the best search algorithm, it's not a barrier to entry problem since even a giant like MSFT can't get Bing off the ground. It's a quality and mindshare problem - neither of which is indicative of a monopoly.

LarryStink

Increasing revenue, AI demand, especially in war times for them. Iv is high cause of earnings. As long as you play for intrinsic value IV is a non issue. IE buy close to atm. As long is it moves in your favor it will profit. 

appleshit8

Most casinos will waive table maximum for these one time bets. The maximum is only in place to stop you from doubling down infinitely.  IE. Table min is $100, table max $1,000. 1st bet $100 you lose, 2nd bet $200 lose, 3rd bet $400 lose, 4th bet $800 lose.  If you're betting a single color every time you eventually are guaranteed to hit, so if they let you increase your bet indefinitely you would always win as long as you have a large enough bankroll. 

Careless-Pin-2852

The break even is not the same. And you have slightly less risk. IE will lose 1/2 my money in 2 days vs all

I_dont_like_weed

No, it's to increase ownership in the company. There's no value to the shareholder of increasing the share price. I'm sorry but you're just wrong here there's no two ways about it. If you want to read more maybe check Berkshire letters to shareholders IE 2021 page 8 section on "repurchases".

Hbrich3

Now would be a great time for Biden to start making campaign promises heading into Nov. IE decriminalize or holy grail legalization now that science has spoken.

Necessary-Bag-1042

1. Small position sizes. Usually 1 contract at a time is perfectly fine in an account under $5k.  2. Don't just trade to trade, trade when a trade makes sense and when the risk reward is there. IE: momentum, support, resistance, daily high/low, etc.  3. Trade 0dte SPY - only 0dte spy.  4. Cut your losses. I generally have a both a time stop and a level stop, if I enter at a point of consolidation where I expect a significant move to one direction and it goes too far against me then I close the trade. Better to lose 15% on a trade and then make 40% on another trade than to lose 100% on a trade and then revenge trade to make it back. 

JPows_ToeJam

Wow that is desperate. If the share price of a stock increases by $5 it’s due to buying pressure. IE buyers are willing to pay $5 more for the shares. The price doesn’t go up because someone else’s account went down. If you’re going to prove me wrong, use the fucking stock market we’re talking about. Not some pyramid scheme you got fucked over in. Draw me a diagram of how exactly me buying a share for $10, and selling it for $15 loses someone else moneys. Please draw that parallel.

Fit_Bass_3735

A bear market is prolonged of usually 20% drop in stocks. IE 2022. We haven’t even touched the 200 day moving average. Zoom out.

G3RSTY7

You’re probably going to lose the $500, but you’re young and have (hopefully) a full career ahead of you to make it back and try again (and again. and again…) It’s a great idea to get your practice down now, personally I think being in check with your inner emotions (IE how you will react to being down big or up massive amounts) is far more important than any TA, and no better place to learn than options. I’m upset I waited until I left $half a million on the table because I wasn’t experienced with hedging my position with options, now options are a quintessential part of how I mitigate risk and volatility. Also some famous quotes are *”you have to lose a hundred thousand dollars before you become a good trader”* and *”making your first $100k is the hardest part, it gets much easier from there*” these are obviously relative to our situation/cost of living/experience etc but can’t really argue against their concept. Good luck and start small with cheap contracts (so you can have many to DCA), options can and often wi expire worthless so you need to be able to take money off the table when you can until you’re letting it ride with house money

xguitarx812

You’d likely lose on both. Look at IV crush with earnings. If you think you are correct in which direction it’s going, the move is to do a credit or debit spread. I mean I guess you could try and find a way to enter a spread for both directions, but since a spread has a capped gain you’d have to enter both spreads for less than half of their full potential to make a small profit. IE you enter two spreads with a max value of 500, you’d need to enter each spread for under 250 for it to profit at all After earnings come out volatility drops significantly. The value of calls and puts drops significantly with that. In order to profit, the stock has to move further than the implied move. Looking at it now, SMCI is 871.86. The 875 strike call is 56$ The 870 strike put is 69.35$ So if you bought that call and smci went up 50 dollars you would lose most of your money. Re reading post, it says 1K in calls and 1K in puts. 1K is a 10$ option cost, right now for a call that sits you at an 1,100 strike for a call. So you buy that, smci crushes earnings and goes all the way up to 1,100$ from the 871$ it’s at now and you’d still lose money…. Because after earnings are over volatility will plummet. Just to break even you’d need smci to go to 1,110$. Betting 1K that a stock will go from 871$ to 1,110$…nothing is stopping you from doing this expect hopefully yourself. Too lazy to do this explanation on the put side but if you need I will be happy to lol. Hey, theta gang just enjoy your dinner and just send this guy the check

650fosho

Probably at the same time, except that you may be able to purchase a contract in after hours and they are 24hr contracts. IE a Friday SPY contract expires at 4pm EST and a new one opens at 4:01PM EST Friday which ends 4PM EST Saturday.

luremeister

Thank you very much for this post. Sorry, the charts show EUR, so what you say about the USD/EUR exchange makes sense. If you look at the chart of IE00BGSF1X88 in USD, you see a steady rise in price since the Fed rate hike, which confused me a bit at first. But since the ETF holds short term bonds and accumulates the higher rated bonds when the Fed raises rates, the price will also rise (unlike the 20+yr ETF), am I correct?

tachyonvelocity

> When we look at the charts of two bond ETFs, one for short-term bonds (IE00BGSF1X88) and one for long-term bonds (IE00BD8PGZ49), we notice they move in opposite directions when interest rates change. The short term bonds ETF is not currency hedged, since 0-1 yr bonds barely change in value, the short term bond ETF in Euro will mostly follow USD/EUR exchange, which is very closely correlated to that short term bond ETF. Long term bond ETFs are more affected by changes in interest rates. This is because if there is a % change in interest rates, the value of bonds that have locked interest rates for 20-30 years will increase/decrease much more than a bond that is only locked for 1 year. They are thus more immune to currency changes because the rate factor is dominant. What this means in terms of the Fed cutting interest rates, is that the Fed mostly controls short term rates and long term rates are subject to market participants. So if the Fed cuts rates then short term bonds will increase in value due to a higher locked interest rate, but this increase is tiny because the duration (<1 yr) is very low. Whether the long term interest rate will go up or down will depend on not just the Fed but some other factors. You might have noticed long term rates are lower than short term rates, this is because there is already some expectation for lower future rates already priced in by market participants due to lower future inflation, lower future growth, etc. If when the Fed cuts rates and inflation picks up again, then this might not necessarily be great for long term bonds since there would be higher expected future inflation. If some sort of recession or general decrease in inflation and more importantly inflation expectations, prompting the Fed to lower rates, then long term rates will also fall, and bond values will go up. In general if the Fed cuts rates, my expectation is short term bonds will gain slightly, long term bonds will gain a lot more, but the interest rate change will be smaller. The market will also trade these bonds based on economic data and won't really wait for the Fed to move.

troublesome58

IE?

mrmrmrj

$RIO large cap, $IE small cap

fishkeeper9000

No. China will never invade Taiwan as long as it stays the world's global manufacturing factory. Taiwan will still keep designing products and have them made in China as it just makes economic sense for both countries. They both speak the same language. And it is not Mandarin. They both speak money. Money talks. The news about WAR or INVADING Taiwan is the same as why Democratics or Republicans talk big shit about the other side. And it is to reinforce similar sentiments to their voting/support base. IE The ruling government in China does it to keep the people happy. The people will be happy with thoughts about invading Taiwan while they pump out cheap products for Amazon/Apple/Lenovo/Dell/HP and more to keep selling. It makes absolutely zero sense economically to China when is the [world's number one factory](https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/china-worlds-sole-manufacturing-superpower-line-sketch-rise) and with the USA the [world's number one consumer of goods.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_consumer_markets)

lilbuhmp

I highly recommend you read about the boglehead method of investing. IE a three fund portfolio. Wikipedia breaks it down for you. Head on over to r/bogleheads if you’d like advice regarding it. Just go ahead and get started by opening a Roth IRA (assuming you can) with fidelity, vanguard, or Schwab. I’d also recommend r/money The idea and order of operations, at least to get started, tends to be 3/6 months cost of living in savings in a HYSA Max 401k matching Contribute max to Roth

AluminiumCaffeine

And their output good "travel" also tends to have commodity like pricing with little true brand loyalty. IE if its cheaper to do NY to LA on Delta vs AA why do I care...

Durumbuzafeju

You can check it out for yourself. Here you go, a treasury bond ETF which lost 50% during the rate hikes: https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BD8PGZ49#chart

RIP_Soulja_Slim

> lol you sure you understand asset managers? I'm paid a considerable sum of money in this specific field, because of my knowledge set. You seem relatively new to this world, so I'll try to not be too harsh, but you come across like a dude who knows everything they do about the financial industry from reddit, IE you don't know anything at all lol. > If Bitcoin crumbles then no RIAs are going to allocate to it. Many money managers are still trying to get up to speed on the asset class, some are even taking meetings with wholesalers just so they can sound educated when their clients ask them about digital assets. I think this is really dumb logic. People want to understand bitcoin for the same reason they want to understand anything. To make educated decisions. It's why I read up on crypto often despite not using it at all professionally. > Do you think those guys are going white list any digital asset structured products if Bitcoin implodes? This is the sort of stupid logic I see on reddit all the time, it's so tiresome and thoughtless. The conversation wasn't about what if something implodes. You represented an investment product as a vote of confidence towards an asset's investment future. It's not. It's a vote of confidence that the firm can sell that investment product lol. > iShares isnt an active manager, but they’re not out here hoping the S&P crashes. I think you understand that you said something stupid and are trying to frame this conversation as "they're not hoping it crashes" in the hope that nobody will notice you earlier represented a product as a bet on an asset. Hopefully you're smart enough to understand that there is significant ground between "I'm betting on this asset", "I'm agnostic and am selling access to this asset" and "I'd hope this asset crashes". Otherwise I'm not sure how you even work a keyboard. This always happens with bitcoin, the coin itself is interesting and worth discussion but everyone online trying to do so isn't capable of simple reason or understanding. You read someone saying "asset managers are selling access, not recommending a thing" and got so worked up all your little brain thought was "this guy wants bitcoin to fail". Shit is silly, and makes any attempt at discussing something useless. Do me a favor my man, back of the confidence a bit, it's not supported here.

truongs

This is obvious unless you are a glue eater. IE an extremist of either party. I am biased to say right wing extremist are a special breed of brain dead. A clue as to why this is so obvious? The Democratic candidates that ran without any corporate money and rejected it and win the house were vilified by both parties and had MASSIVE nasty media coverage. Example: AOC Even Nancy was extremely against her. After a while the Dems settle down. Idk if they saw the writing on the wall with trump or what. Nancy is what you call a typical corporate dem. They do the bidding of the corporate overlords with some bones to the poors here and there when someone in the party has "we need to pass this to help the people" moment. Republicans seem to always be for fucking over workers or middle class no matter what. They are trying to raise credit card fees.... That's their goal now. Their bill proposal. LMAO Florida gop successfully passed a bill banning local govt from passing mandatory water breaks or lunch breaks for workers. Like I know some you regards are right wingers. How fucking regarded are you?

pzerr

There might come a point in your life where you budget a great deal of your wealth towards charities or altruistic projects of your choice. I think this can be better more direct way to get the money to those in need. It allow you to be more active and adjust how it is used to some degree. IE You can put people thru school etc. While simply willing it is also fine, much of the money will be spent on administrative costs and less to the people you may want it to end up at.

AKmaninNY

You have to dispose of the shares you were assigned as well. And the price can move before you can get rid of them and exercise the long…. IE. the spread also has risks

truongs

IE mass lay offs incoming. Anyone with two brain cells knows the goal of automation and AI is to cut employees not "create new jobs related to AI" Sure maybe for every 10k jobs cut you get a few jobs created.

pzerr

That would likely increase EV fees significantly. Based on mileage and vehicle weight would be most fair method but I think it becomes an administrative hassle to manage that. IE. Older vehicles can disable mileage tracking and I suspect their may even be ways to do this on new vehicles electronically. I know it is a thing on my VW truck I have where you can program the speedometer to show at exactly half the speed with the millage doing the same.

Majinvegito123

There are strategies that work. For most people the problems that arise are emotional. IE: holding too long, buying Hail Mary options, or anything that involves “hoping”. Risk management is 90% of the battle and that’s what long-term gainers have mastered.

RazekDPP

The problem with buying music digitally, even if it's DRM free, is that you're at the mercy of the store front on whether or not you'll be able to access it in the future. IE, unless you archive it, you don't own me. [iTunes purchased content removal – second class action lawsuit - 9to5Mac](https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/20/itunes-purchased-content-removal/) But what I don't think you don't understand is people buy Spotify for the service. Yes, it's unlimited music for $10/month, but it also has radio functions, automatic playlists, etc. and people are paying for that service. If you try to purchase and own everything you listen to, you are sacrificing discoverability unless you use the free version of Pandora, Spotify, etc. to give you that. Is there a digital storefront that guarantees that you will always own what your purchase digitally? Automatically builds a variety of playlists that your owned music fits into? Builds a radio service using the music you already own? If that exists and you're guaranteed to own what your purchase digitally, then I see your point, but I don't know of a service like that. If I purchase my music digitally, I'm also responsible for building all my different playlists, etc. Realistically, I imagine there should be software to do this, though.

ThePennyDropper

[There is a cheat code you just gotta ask the right people](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uXyii642UlM&pp=ygU9VHJ1bXA6IE15IGRhZCBnYXZlIG1lIGEg4oCYc21hbGwgbG9hbuKAmSBvZiBhIG1pbGxpb24gZG9sbGFycw%3D%3D)

ughthisusernamesucks

> If being fired comes with millions and millions of dollars of extra money, please subscribe me to it. Sign me up too. But that's not the point. The point is the people that own the company (IE Shareholders) absolutely *do* worry about the long term prospects and behavior of their execs and will literally pay to oust them when they are damaging the company. > I just recently read that they actually increased the fired executives salary to pay them more on their way out. What they got was a shitload of stock that was part of their contract. Still worth millions. However, it's worth a lot less than it was because of the damage done to the stock price. But enough arguing about that. It's not relevant. Boeing is not an energy company. They are not related to anything we're discussing here. Again, we have the public filings for these companies. We know what they spend money on. We can see what they've been spending on alternative energy sources. This isn't a debate.

ifrpilot541

lower level IE: VP of transportation / Purchasing Manager - some level like that. Idea is that they are closer to the day to day and have a better grasp of the company than a CEO has on his golf club

AwesomeRevolution98

The problem is only BITO has options which currently have a IV of like 90% which is more then coinbase. Coinbase is mid 80s and low 90s and on average moves x1.5 of bitcoin. So your basically getting the same IV for a larger bitcoin move. Microstategy iv is like 130-150% and the options are way too expensive. Bitcoin miners are on average 90-120% and have a lot more affordable options. I understand the whole FUD.with them and I strongly feel the will likely crash post halving if bitcoin especially has a large drop, IE a 30-50% drop in bitcoin price would see miners do 70-90% drop from Curren prices. The combination of Dilution and excessively high post halving break even costs is contributing to a lack of performance in bitcoin miners. Current production costs on average are like 28k , and that's just to break even. When you factor in all the other expensive your in the mid 40s. And then after post halving it will basically double and you get the picture. Markets are forward looking so that explains their under performance. But in the very short term given the high bearish sentiment I would argue that miners would briefly out perform microstategy.

AverageJak

cathy outperformed the GREAT RECESSION. IE she did worse than the worst recession in 80 years. she dont give a F. she just gets those juicy management fees either way.

oneenigma4u

Some of us do realize that flash in the PAN fads are only great temporary upsides. IE you don't marry the hooker. She's only there for temporary satisfaction.😅

-ATL-

Hey everyone! I'm looking some advice regarding ETFs. I'm in late 20's, live in EU. I'm looking to start investing with the mindset of buy and hold for long term 10+ years at least. After doing some research I'm currently thinking of doing mainly a 1 fund strategy with an idea to pick 1 ETF that follows some type of all world index. In my country it's best to do accumulating ETF due to tax reasons. I've recently made interactive brokers account and plan to use that for investing. I have about 20k of money and I'm looking to use about 10k of that initially to invest. I've found the justETF website and I'm currently in process of trying to find ETF to fit the following bill: -Accumulating -Low TER -All world with US heavy -Has listing with currency being euro and Domiciled in EU -Full replication or sampling Slight issue I have is that punching that into the justETF gives a lot of options. What I'm wondering is that are there any other things I should be paying attention to so I can come up with 3-5 options to compare? I've also additionally added filters for fund size of 500M+ and older than 5 years and still got 50 options or so. Any downsides with those filters? Currently I've been looking at following: [SPDR MSCI ACWI IMI UCITS ETF](https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00B3YLTY66#overview) [SPDR MSCI World UCITS ETF](https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BFY0GT14#basics) [Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating](https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BK5BQT80#overview) [Vanguard FTSE Developed World UCITS ETF Acc](https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BK5BQV03#overview) Some additional questions: -If I have 10k I'm looking to start with should I break it to for example 5 x 2k purchases with 1 month between each to avoid bad timing on buying? -Any thoughts on All-world vs Developed world vs S&P 500 etc? -Any additional things to take into account? I guess lastly does what I'm saying make sense. Let's say I would choose the first ETF that I listed in the post and purchase 10k worth of that initially and then keep buying monthly with 500 or so more. Does that make sense as some one around 30yo who is looking to invest for long term and maybe eventually gain financial freedom.

pacific_beach

It doesn't work like that, as Ford has a captive finance arm (IE a bank) on their books and bank vs industrial metrics like EV don't compare.

chamanbuga

I’m worried the TikTok regulation the US government is pushing forward will be the argument made to keep Chinese EV products like BYD out of North America. They can make the same argument they make against TikTok. IE. “It compromises our national security. Just because they haven’t done it, doesn’t mean they can’t.” Either China needs to bring down the Great Digital Wall they have against North American products / services or China will continue watching public dissent in US fester for the next decade. Who knows what happens after. I’m afraid it will be the latter.

Yogeshi86204

Congrats! You've made a good decision and time is your friend here! Just a basic # here using an online calculator. If you do this until 70 (so for 50 years) with an average return of 5% you're looking at just over a million dollars if you never change it. At 6% return it's around 1.5M. Returns (interest/growth) are about 80% of that value. $1.5M at 4% withdrawal per year would pay yourself a $60 pension and in the right conditions (IE returns maintain at or above 4%) you wouldn't touch the principal. YMMV. I am not a financial advisor.

Slyy24

That was my point but I guess my gut says that even if you lose $1 in execution wouldn’t it be better to hold O at a lower costs IE long at $27.50 vs market ? I’m saying this to Dollar cost average I guess my intuition wants a lower costs

optionsCone

This is similar to those gambling stat lines. IE: Team XYZ is 10-0 against the spread when playing on grass and above 90 degrees. Correlation is not causation bc you discovered a pattern between SPY & PCE. The bigger picture is the subtle psychology the Fed holds as they waver between several cuts, some cuts and no cuts. This PCE assures a more dovish and accommodating Fed. Great for SPY. Great for QQQ. Why make it hard 🤷🏻‍♀️

joe1max

At a high level you need to understand the extradition process. First the local police, or prosecutor must put a request to the federal government. Second the federal people need to send the request to the local embassy. Third the US embassy must ask their counterparts in the country. Fourth it goes to the local police. Anyone of the four states fall apart and no extradition happens. The embassy may say nope. The foreign government may say no. Or the local police may say nope. For whatever reason that they have if any one of those falls apart there will be no extradition. That being said some countries have stronger processes than others. Others laws vary. IE don’t extradite citizens. So, short of it is that while the state wants you to believe leaving the country gets you caught the reality of it is that the process is so complicated the US only extradites about half of the people that they KNOW where are. The other half the government knows where they are but because of any breakdown in the above nothing happens.

Large-Awareness-7495

$DJT - owners play Game of Chicken ​ https://preview.redd.it/pzfuf4mt8arc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=862acc400b3c98c2b97dc6ac0df9cbb5b7e00178 Unless you are seriously regarded, most people know Trump and other insiders will cash out the minute they can (likely 6 months but could be less if sell restrictions are waived). When that happens, the stock will tank. There will also be smaller amounts of dilution over the next coming weeks & months (additional 40mm shares being issued if stock stays above $17.5, 6.5mm shares of warrants, etc etc). This means every smarter regard and ape will want to sell before Trump and insiders can sell their 100+mm of unrestricted shares. So does that mean these enlightened souls will sell closer to 4-5 months? So stock should tank then. But if you wait until then like every other smarter ape, you’ll be part of the dump as well so might as well sell earlier, like 2-3 months. This loops goes on and on until all regards/apes/retail bros feel they always need to front run the other $DJT holders as dilution/insider sales begin over next few weeks + months. IE they’ll want to sell next week! It’s a giant game of incestuous chicken where only the lucky few who get out early will profit. Like 99% of meme stocks, SPACs, etc, retail WILL get killed and unfortunately will just laugh/cry about it. Meanwhile Trump and insiders will make billions and millions off of poor broke dumb kids and gen-z. I sincerely hope you guys don’t lose money and actually can make some. Mathematically the only way to do that is to sell early. Please try to get yourself out of the poorhouse and actually buy reasonably valued, profitable businesses that grow over time that is managed by honest and saavy management. Just look at how $GME $AMC $BBBY $LFIN (yes look that one up) are doing today. Cheers!

Frogeyedpeas

If it was too illiquid people hedge funds could  try to manipulate markets. If a guppy is eating plankton then eventually a shark will realize it took can trade at 3am and eat the guppy. IE bigger players than small hedge funds and prop shops show up, and lastly the banks hire night staff. 

Large-Awareness-7495

3.3mm shorts is nothing. 55mm shares traded just yesterday alone. So ummm 6% of trading volume on ticker change day?! GME had short interest up to 140% of public float. $DJT is 9%? Think about that difference. MOASS this is not! Very few shorts in this name. Now what smart $DJT bagholders can do is lend out their shares and get 90% annualized interest rate on fidelity. IE if they hold shares for 1 year and price doesn’t move, they still make 90% of their market value. You need to call Fidelity and set up the account so you can “lend” out your shares.

Large-Awareness-7495

3.3mm shorts is nothing. 55mm shares traded just yesterday alone. So ummm 6% of trading volume on ticker change day?! GME had short interest up to 140% of public float. $DJT is 9%? Think about that difference. MOASS this is not! Very few shorts in this name. Now what smart $DJT bagholders can do is lend out their shares and get 90% annualized interest rate on fidelity. IE if they hold shares for 1 year and price doesn’t move, they still make 90% of their market value. You need to call Fidelity and set up the account so you can “lend” out your shares.

Large-Awareness-7495

3.3mm shorts is nothing. 55mm shares traded just yesterday alone. So ummm 6% of trading volume on ticker change day?! GME had short interest up to 140% of public float. $DJT is 9%? Think about that difference. MOASS this is not! Very few shorts in this name. Now what smart $DJT bagholders can do is lend out their shares and get 90% annualized interest rate on fidelity. IE if they hold shares for 1 year and price doesn’t move, they still make 90% of their market value. You need to call Fidelity and set up the account so you can “lend” out your shares.

Strider051

Anyone have a thought on why Trump seemingly is refusing to mention $DJT? To me it seems like a no brainer that he should be pumping this everywhere he can. Instead he's schilling for fucking bibles. Is there a legal issue here? IE: Can't pump it if he's gonna sell?

RepoManComethh

"limiting risk" IE destroying any edge you have.

WestmontOG07

1. The data shows no indication that there is a correlation between inflation and oil prices. As a matter of fact, when oil prices are higher for longer, if anything, it usually leads to a downtrend. Sure, over a short period of time, maybe, longer term, not so much. 2. In relative terms, yes, it is quickly, especially when you consider that the financial system, across the globe, was literally on the precipice of complete collapse (Empirical data supports my thesis, IE: in 1937 it took the market 17 years to get back to ATH's, in 1968 it took nearly 25 years to get back to ATH's and in 2000 it took nearly 14 years to get back to ATH's). My point: When viewed in a historical context, 4 years is quite fast. Secondarily, if you were buying when the market was in turmoil you may HUGE gains, irreverent of ATH's being re-achieved. 3. No one knows for sure, however, what we do know is that both the government AND the fed will be there to help move it along quicker rather than letting it linger.

Nick21000_

That's definitely true, and it is a concern of mine. However, I can't think of a single time in recent memory a US Anti-trust lawsuit has resulted in a meaningful depreciation of a company. The closest parrelel to this I would say would be Microsofts IE suit, which was essentially a slap on the wrist. I think the result of the suit will likely be GOOD for the consumer, but it won't kill Apple. As far as being developer unfriendly, it really doesn't matter much to the bottom line imo. I know that Apple is an aggressive, sinister, and cutthroat company in the way it treats both consumers and developers, but at the end of the day, you can't say it hasn't been good for their bottom line. And as long as Apple holds a majority stake in the most important hardware market of this century, devs will still write for it. As much as I'd l love to see devs getting a bigger slice of the pie, especially regarding apps, the reality of it is that apple is just one side of a duopoly, and Google really isn't much better in that regard. Apple is extremely smart with the malicious compliance that they react to regulators with. Look at their repairability program for example, a complete farce. If the DOJ forces apple to make apple watch work on Android, they will do anything in their power to make that experience terrible. Side loading apps to circumvent their appstore? They'll make it a huge pain in the ass. Tbh though, I do think Apple may be dead money for the next 6+ months, but I'm up quite a bit, so I don't want to sell and take a tax hit. I definitely am concerned with the amount of pressure apple has been taking recently, I stopped buying the stock, and am holding. But I seriously don't see this as any more than a blip long term.

meltbox

And wildly underestimating the legal implications of what they’re doing. IE launch a completely illegal product and wonder why everyone was so stupid not to think of it before.

jmnugent

I read an article lately that said Reddit has 3 strategies for growth: * advertising * sharing data with Google for AI * "User Economy" (IE = allowing Users to make money on Reddit) I can see that 3rd one creating a sense of "Users having a vested interest in the platform." (that is assuming Reddit creates compelling features )

TortyMcGorty

dude, one of the very analyst lent money to trump on the basis of an evaluation that said his 10k sqft apt was 30k sqft. IE, they took 30m in collateral that was actually more like 5m. do you trust these folks when they also say RKLB is a good buy? ie, OP _needs_ over 100% growth just to get back to where they started. if OP hasnt been waiting for 5 years on the same information then maybe they'd stay invested based on your hype, but that line of crap is the same shit sandwich they were fed 5 years ago. there are so many other meme stocks to gamble on in this thread if you want to find moon events... RKLB has no news or anything promising coming up that they hasnt heen already said in the last 5 years .... over which they have slowly lost 50% of their value.

Syab_of_Caltrops

I don't fucking know.  At the time I just looked at the chart, valuations, and reactions to FOMC and economic data, and it seemed like all the doom and gloom was already priced in. Also, if there is consensus among financial journos, then the oposite is true (IE, where's the commercial realestate crash that's coming next month, every month?). It was one of those "know it when you see it" kinda things. Right now, I can say this is not the top, but I did close 70% of my positions Friday because I don't trust the market until I see how it reacts to upcoming bond auctions. Long term I'm bullish, valuations are already high and I don't see how cheaper debt will drive them lower. We'll see.

Sharp-Direction-6894

It's actually kind of a funny joke. Internet Explorer is a meme because it's known to be super slow. The j9ke implies that you're using IE to look at WSB, but since IE is so slow, it's showing you posts from 2021 when GME was the hype. The joke implies that you're placing trades on GME expecting it to pop, because your IE explorer browser hasn't caught up to current times and the crash of GME.

Joe091

Those weren’t contemporaneous events. Netscape hadn’t existed for well over a decade by the time IE was killed off, largely due to Microsoft’s actions. Whether those actions were anti-competitive or not is a different matter. If you’re referring to Firefox, it wouldn’t have existed at all were it not for the original browser wars, and saying Chrome/chromium is a better browser is pretty subjective. 

WestmontOG07

S&P 500 Index Fund ETF’s (SPY, VOO and their equivalents). Note: they go down too but, ultimately, go up over time why? The biggest and most profitable companies are there, IE: Apple, MSFT, Google, Meta, Etc… Reinvest that dividend, buy consistently (high, low and in between) and enjoy the ride. Easy peazy lemon squeezy.

weird0_0ptimist

No it's more like let's focus on the ones that are actually harming consumers not the gray ones where lots of innovation is happening. Like look at the fuss made about MSFT and IE. IE completely died. Netscape and Opera the main competitors they died too.

weird0_0ptimist

Funny thing is people are comparing this to IE. Well IE totally died as a result. Netscape and Opera who were the main beneficiaries ended up losing to other better browsers too.

Buris

the DOJ case in 2004 over a link in windows that would auto-open IE. The link was for "Buying music online". No one was buying music online in 2004. The change had zero effect on Mozilla's popularity. Mozilla was simply a better browser. [Link to article](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jan-16-fi-rup16.8-story.html)

davewashere

It was all connected to an original FTC inquiry in 1990. The DOJ took up the investigation and settled with Microsoft in 1994, and at that point Microsoft agreed not to tie Microsoft products to the sale of Microsoft operating systems. The issue with IE came about because Microsoft believed it could get away with considering it a "feature" of Windows and not a standalone product. Keep in mind that while Microsoft was giving away IE as a feature of the OS competing browsers like Netscape Navigator were being sold as installable software for a retail price of $49 (adjusted for inflation that's about $100 today). While consumers may have appreciated getting their browser for "free," they were also paying $210 retail for Windows 95 and certainly some of the browser development cost went in to that OS price.

Buris

The EU forced MS to add browser choices into windows was in 2010. By that time IE had already fallen to 55% marketshare (from a high of above 94% in 2003-2004) Firefox had grown to over 30%, and Chrome had just been birthed. IE's drop in usage was not noticeably affected due to this. Chrome ate everyones lunch afterwards specifically because Tabs were revolutionary.

CoBidOdds

I'm going to guess that they did what I did last month - didn't double check which options expiry they were buying. IE: Thought they were getting March 2025, bought March 2024. Soon as that trade confirmation came in I was like, "WTF??? Kiss that 200 goodbye! Dumbass!" You only make that mistake once. Unless you're an idiot, then you do it twice. OR - you're a regarded ape, and it happens regularly... If not that, then this is some next level "Brewster's Millions" shit!!

randyranderson-

Please explain how you can hedge volatility risk by buying a put, another long volatility derivative. Buy call = long vol Buy put = long vol Sell call = short vol Sell put = short vol If homie wants to bail out of his position, then he should bail. It’s not going to be emotionally easy to stay in this position if the principal money means anything to him. If homie wants to actually hedge vol risk, then he should do some selling. IE, you think there will be a vol crush today after the fed meets. You can turn your long call position into a bearish call spread for the day, then at the end of the day or tomorrow, you can exit the short leg of your spread. Key steps in a trade: decide your thesis for the trade. How and why do you think the stock will move a certain way and in what timeline? How can you build a position that all but guarantees profit in that specific scenario you expect? IE, you think NVDA will sky rocket over the next week or two with a vol explosion: by far OTM calls and sell when you hit your predicted price point or profit level. Another situation, you think NVDA will rise slowly over the course of the month, and you think vol may decrease: you should open a bear put spread. There’s lots of ways to play a situation with options, but just buying calls and hoping for the best is going to GUARANTEE that you lose money.

I_dont_like_weed

High rates are preventing important investment, IE for the energy transition

itsHrist

Hi, I live in europe and I wanna start investing. I'm 27 already employed and not too risk-averse (since I'm still young). So I did some research and I was thinking to split my portfolio as following: * 50% [FWRA ](https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE000716YHJ7)--- "safer" % -- lower ter than [VWCE](https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BK5BQT80), but it's newer and it has less holdings (1.6k more or less) * 40% splitted into -> 25% [QDVE ](https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00B3WJKG14)(US Technology) and 15% [XDW0 ](https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BM67HM91)(some energy to diversificate a little) --- risky? % * 10% on [EXUS ](https://www.investing.com/etfs/exus-xetra)(really new and should be the first ETF that excludes the US avaiable in europe) --- idk how to classify it 'cause it's extremely new, it should replicate [VXUS ](https://etfdb.com/etf/VXUS/)but since I'm in europe I can't buy it so this looks like a nice bet. ([EXUS's article page](https://www.etfstream.com/articles/dws-launches-europe-s-first-world-ex-us-etf)) So I'm planning to add some money every month while keeping the same % for now, I'm planning to keep investing for the next 15-20 years and of course I'll make some adjustment. I'm overexposed on US and US Tech so... lmk what you think

itsHrist

Hi, I live in europe and I wanna start investing. I'm 27 already employed and not too risk-averse (since I'm still young). So I did some research and I was thinking to split my portfolio as following: * 50% [FWRA ](https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE000716YHJ7)--- "safer" % -- lower ter than [VWCE](https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BK5BQT80), but it's newer and it has less holdings (1.6k more or less) * 40% splitted into -> 25% [QDVE ](https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00B3WJKG14)(US Technology) and 15% [XDW0 ](https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BM67HM91)(some energy to diversificate a little) --- risky? % * 10% on [EXUS ](https://www.investing.com/etfs/exus-xetra)(really new and should be the first ETF that excludes the US avaiable in europe) --- idk how to classify it 'cause it's extremely new, it should replicate [VXUS ](https://etfdb.com/etf/VXUS/)but since I'm in europe I can't buy it so this looks like a nice bet. ([EXUS's article page](https://www.etfstream.com/articles/dws-launches-europe-s-first-world-ex-us-etf)) So I'm planning to add some money every month while keeping the same % for now, I'm planning to keep investing for the next 15-20 years and of course I'll make some adjustment. I'm overexpose on US and US Tech so lmk what you think

A_Rising_Wind

Think of implied volatility as market sentiment and risk of price movement on the option vs the underlying stock. High IV means just that, volatility. Meaning you can see drastic or even conflicting price movements on the option vs the stock. What appears to be happening on DWAC right now is that IV is sky high because demand is high. IE: despite the relatively high prices relative to the strike, a bunch of regards are still buying. This can push the option price up even if the stock is down at the moment. But volatility means risk. You are basically relying on a frenzy of interest to prop up the option price. The underlying continues to move down, the time to expire reduces, frenzy calms down, any combination of that or other events, this could go tits up fast. Or the frenzy continues and the calls rocket. How much do you want your money to depend on that IV frenzy to make a profit? That’s the bet

Subject_Ingenuity214

they're all sitting near all time lows but peeling upward. ive been watching it in this channel for a long time, but eventually, especially the US owned companies are bound to boom, definitely do some DD but the tickers are popping up in this thread recently IE people are starting to pay attention to weed again

Harrigan_Raen

This is just a screenshot of your wish list, I don't see a number indicating the amount you own. IE: &#x200B; https://preview.redd.it/ja91zun840pc1.png?width=447&format=png&auto=webp&s=2cc31f2ed28a4f6fb6377585737c4b0fca9affd9

Selling_real_estate

I like to invest in scrap yards and junk yards. I look for the worst with a big physical footprint, offer to buy part of it, and invest in it, clean it up and make it more efficient. A few years later, each one is running clean and now with ebay parts making more money hand over fist for me. When you have reach critical mass, I can buy from the public at 20%-80% spreads to cash/spot market scrap metals. I can strip a car down to parts, label, box it, and post to ebay for local delivery or dhl or to specialist that love to have specific brand parts on hand because they are "known players" in that market as the goto guys IE: Audi tt, Audi R8 and some other brands ( we have even started working with others as a local storage and pick up point ). Having the ability for scrapping metals to crush or shred with a certificate of destruction for those that need it. It's a process used for counterfeit products, cars that the insurance companies don't want resold, office equipment circuit board that might hold data and hard disk drives. We also enjoy salvaging bikes ( pedal bikes) for donation, we have a few people that pick them apart, make a new bike from it and give it away.

dumbITQuestions

**Conservative ETF instead of bonds in 60/40 portfolio?** Hi everyone, I am looking to add a more conservative item to my ETF portfolio while keeping it all-equity. Like 60/40 portfolio but instead of bonds use more conservative equity ETF. It is for early retirement and with horizon of 15+ years before first withdrawal. I was thinking about something like low volatility ETF or ETF based on dividend yields instead of just market cap. Something like [MINV](https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00B8FHGS14#overview) or [VHYG](https://www.justetf.com/uk/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BK5BR626#overview) - accumulating, globally diversified and not small. Does it make sense or is 100 % [WVCE](https://www.justetf.com/uk/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BK5BQT80#overview) the better option? What would you suggest?

WestmontOG07

If you’re talking about fixed return, you’re incorrect, IE: if you hold the bill, note or bond to maturity then you receive the yield as advertised, regardless of price, thereby yield, fluctuations. If you are looking to trade in and out of the treasury mechanisms then that’s a different story with its own inherent risks and gains.

Meadhead81

I understand where you're coming from but I wouldn't say you're entirely right on wealth managers. As the other commenter mentioned, they aren't just "stock picking" in your brokerage account or something. I think most moderately wealthy middle and upper middle class average Joe's, whom take the time to develop a modest understanding of  their finances and investing...probably don't need a wealth manager. But if you're starting to really become "rich" IE to me 5-10+ million range, then you're situation might become much more complex which justifies hiring a wealth manager; even if you understand it all and can do it on your own...it's about "outsourcing" things in your life. Also, there are lots of structures and types of life insurance policies. I wouldn't say most of them are for suckers.

BIGPOTHEAD

Again, look at what the Markets value, IE growth, demand, competition, etc. Tesla no longer has the Magic of 2020, and Toyota eating their lunch. Shits done, yo 

WestmontOG07

For a majority of investors, the IRA investment account is an invaluable tool. For my money, however, I will always be in a taxable brokerage account for the following reasons: 1. When I do hang up the proverbial "skates", and ultimately decide to live off of my investments, I get to pull out nearly $95k tax free (long term capital gains tax rate and married filing jointly). 2. I like having the flexibility to move my money out of my account, say, if there is a solid commercial real estate play(s). Now, that isn't to say that there aren't cons to a taxable brokerage account, IE: 1. You pay taxes on your qualified dividends. 2. Any realized gains are taxable in the year you sell the equity, option positions, treasury bills, etc... 3. The argument could be potentially made that those realized gains you're paying taxes on could, in an IRA / Roth, mean significant growth potential missed, especially over the course of 10, 15, 20 years. (In my view, given that my core position has been the SPY, since 2007, I don't really find the taxing matter to be that big of significance since my dividends, effectively, are all qualified). So, really, investing isn't a one size fits all thing but, for my money, I like having the flexibility to pull and push it and, I like the zero tax benefit for, effectively, a $94k cash pull when I hang up the skates.

QuentinP69

The article states the cash won’t move to stocks now to fuel a rally. The cash previously moved during bear markets when rates were cut. IE - when rates are cut MMAs are less attractive and cash flows to stocks. You should try reading comprehension.

jmnugent

Not gonna lie,. not sure I know an answer to that. Personal opinion (not that I think Reddit would ever do this):... Reddit would need to: * Embrace and support more "long form" content. (IE = subreddits where people write much longer comments, and thoughtfully contribute to the community.. instead of short "quick-meme" comments) * they'd probably have to lock-down new account user creation. As it stands now, creating a new account is completely anonymous and free. If you look at subredditstats.com ,. in the Top 20 subreddits,. in 18 of those, the most frequent User is /u/[deleted] ... I'm not sure exactly what that says about demographics,. but what I take from it is that roughly 80% of Reddit content is pointless nonsense. Now,. it's certainly possible to monetize "pointless nonsense" .. but would that be stable and predictable ?.. I assume not. Subreddits where people discuss thoughtful and helpful content (while I view them as valuable).. I'm not convinced Reddit does. It could be I'm just completely out of the loop on what or how they're planning to monetize this. (if they've even shared that strategy ?.. which I assume not)

BasilExposition2

So I work on ASICs and FPGAs. What happens is the hardware accelerator will be designed based upon the API in the library or more often some lower level function within it. For example, say we want to push some matrix multiple into the hardware... we might simply overload one of those functions in the library with a call to the hardware which just DMAs some data to the HW for processing.... CUDA basically does the same things but breaks down the instructions into GPU instructions. The ASIC or FPGA to do this acceleration would be direct. IE. the hardware engineer would do that function in gates, usually using a HDL. If you look at Google's TPUs, they are far more energy efficient and faster because they do ONE thing, accelerate Tensor flow. You can't program them to do much else. They are a one trick pony...

drwhorable

Idk man the article has some pretty concrete evidence that BTC has a cyclical pattern of price inflation IE a price bubble

WestmontOG07

To me, I can't wrap my head around why the fed is even talking about cutting rates. If you look at their (the federal reserve) definition of neutral rates, at least 2 months into 2024, there is a reasonable argument to be made that rates should go even higher. (While this opinion is unpopular, 3-4% inflation is much higher than their self-mandated 2% inflation rate). One argument could be made to simply let rates sit where they currently are (IE, higher for longer) while they get a better grasp, over a 6 month period in 2024, of where inflation really is). The only justification that I can see of why they are advertising rate cuts is because 1.) they are seeing something in the data that makes them believe cuts are ok OR 2.) there could be political influences at hand. I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist but, again, in looking at the data that is right in front of us, inflation is not even close to their 2% target, so how can cuts be discussed, let alone implemented, in the next 60-90 days?

WestmontOG07

Disagree with this, entirely. I started in May of 2007 (before the 08/09 debauchery) and have bought monthly since (also reinvested dividends). I buy high, buy low and buy in between. I have never tried to time the market since joining the work force and I will never try to time the market. The key is to get into the market and let the market do it's thing, which, over the course of history has proven to be a winning strategy. (IE: the price of the S&P in 10 years is going to, likely, make the price of the S&P look unbelievably low and people, inevitably, will ask themselves "why didn't I buy more"). Get in the game, today, and buy monthly, reinvest the dividend with the idea in mind that you're investing for the future!

Hairy-Advertising403

We should buy Reddit. &#x200B; Not the stock. The actual company. &#x200B; If we all get together and own 51% then we will own this entire website. &#x200B; We could make the rules, profit from the advertising, and finally get paid for the memes we make. &#x200B; I've even come up with a list of things we could do as new owners: &#x200B; Reddit mods can apply for paid-internships at Reddit. This is much closer to having a real job than what they currently do and would benefit the organization. &#x200B; Your flair is your official title at the company. IE: instead of "CFO" you'll be "PotatoFart" &#x200B; NSFW posts will receive special protections--and if you happen to work in our new skyscraper then NSFW posts are automatically considered SFW. &#x200B; Everyone gets a turn in the corporate jet. &#x200B; Elon becomes a mod. He can also apply to become a paid intern. &#x200B; We have a monthly party on our company yacht: The S.S. VisualMod. &#x200B; Our corporate cafeteria is a dining hall with fast food restaurants along the side--but they're all Wendy's. &#x200B; I think this is a great idea. &#x200B; Keep it high and tight. &#x200B; 👖🚀👖🚀👖🚀

LaykeTaco

IE. Don’t blow your load too soon.

wsbfullofdummies

I have been both long and short nvda, and from my view the bear thesis is only that we're in such a fast paced evolution of the product cycle, no one can know for sure that NVDA will be the outright leader in chip tech for the 3-5 year period analysts seem to be attributing the current environment to. So when the stock has gapped up 100% in 3 months on numbers essentially known to the street because of multiple expansion... It gets frothy Multiple expansion periods can often be the times where hyperbolic bull runs slow or end. I would also assume we're getting closer to a period where AI application is going to have to start having a report card for end users. IE co-pilot users potentially finding the cost:use case not being in the right balance. I put zero weight in Cathie's views on anything... But the notion that people front loaded orders as well is not unfathomable, neither is the idea that costs could start to play a factor into some end users thought processes eventually and maybe amd's or mrvl/avgo's ai chips at a cheaper cost could draw attention away from nvda... There are unkowns is all... On the other hand when I'm long its because theyve reported numbers and they guide up... You can play this game just as safe buying right after earnings

EuskadiGMEkin

ISIN: IE00B5BMR087 For: iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF (Acc) Just as an example

Alt-Ctrl

Me too. Bought on wednesday though, probably delayed reaction because of IE

Syab_of_Caltrops

It's out there (the number/source) I forget where I read it, but I also read a book that mentioned a market theory about seasonal cash flow which is well documented. But that doesn't matter because money market accounts are still yielding 5%. Once markets show the ability to run (IE, what's been happening since September last year) money come out of those accounts and goes into stocks. Not our money, BIG money.

Harrigan_Raen

The only thing I can think of is Jumbo CD's (not sure if thats the right term) where you get a higher rate for a higher balance. My local CU bumps up rates depending on term: IE 6 month was - 5.05% for $100 - $99,999 amounts and 5.15% for $100,000+ Where as the 24 month is like 4.65% for $100 - $99,999 and 4.85% for $100,000+

andytobbles

Stop playing ER, if your stock doesn’t regard strength IE NVDA, META, or SMCI then no ER will justify the run ups stocks are having RN lol

AlternativeShame451

can I let that money that i need to pay for taxes work in the market? &#x200B; IE can i invest the money i need to pay in taxes in a stock that i think will rise, then sell the stock later to pay the tax sum?

0RGASMIK

Just playing devils advocate. I think we are a long way off from throwing amazon off its thrown but it has been slipping recently. There are plenty of other places to sell online and plenty of competitors are already doing their best to get a piece of the pie. Etsy, Tik-Tok, Instagram, Temu, Mercari, Ebay, etc. The only thing amazon has going for it is it's the biggest player and a one stop shop for sellers and buyers. All the services it offers to sellers can be outsourced. IE sellers can choose to have another 3rd party distributer/fulfillment center. A lot of sellers already do this. Some of the bigger sellers can poach their clients directly from Amazon pretty easily. There are a few companies I found on amazon but buy from directly now because they offer some pretty good discounts on their site compared to Amazon. &#x200B; Buyers are going to be the hardest to convince to leave amazon but they have been getting fucked left and right too. Customer service has been taking a nosedive since bezos stepped down and prime becomes less and less worth it every year. At my job we used to exclusively use amazon for purchases, we are now migrating away from amazon because the customer services has been atrocious. We ordered a $500 piece of equipment, and it arrived in pieces. Support basically ghosted us we initiated a return but the order disappeared from our account and no refund was issued. We think that it was a 3rd party seller that got banned but 0 follow up from amazon left us feeling pretty shakey about ordering anything expensive from them.

WestmontOG07

The simple fact of the matter is that if it sounds to good to be true then it almost always is. Tell you're friend to get out. The best way to appeal to him / her on this front is to appeal to their emotional side, IE, show them recent scams where people were "making money", only to find that they have zero after the music stopped. Show him / her the SPY, VOO or their equivalents and the historical returns over the course of time. If they don't buy into this way of showing them then, unfortunately, you have to let them walk their own path to learn for themselves.

sinncab6

Well unless youve got live data for when those were purchased at what price and if there were any other purchase with it IE a calendar spread then that info is worthless. . And given earnings are coming up the 19th of this month I'm pretty damn positive those are just calendar spreads to capitalize on a community of people who find money every month to lose on this Madden reseller. Sell the 15s with a month of runway to exit, hedge it by selling 18-20s around earnings. So basically that tells you the exact opposite of bullish its a bear calendar spread.

Laktakfrak

It actually should be easy for a small investor. Ill explain in a second. For a fund it is almost impossible as you tend to have a lot of stocks already that are in the market. IE you have 100m invested in the market. You get $5m cf in dividends or new clients. Well unless you pick some obscure stock with high returns its hard to out perform because 95% odd of your fund will mirror the market. So your 5% better be really good. Because you work for a big fund you cant pick some obscure stock because if it fucks up and all the other funds hit alpha. Youll get fired or at least lose investors. As for the small retail investor you should absolutely be able to beat the market and honestly if you arent you should give up. The reason is you are starting fresh. So you have $0 in the market IE your portfolio doesnt match the market yet. So you earn $10k in your job and can now invest it. Well you wait until the banking crisis and then buy up some banks stock which bounces back easily beating the market. You now have $10k in a bank stock. The next year you get another $10k. It is now a bit harder cause your bank is back at market. But luckily for you there is a tech crash. So you buy up some Meta cheap. Tech bounces back and you have a 2nd good year. As although banking followed the market your tech was up 100% so you easily beat the market. Basically, this should keep happening until your fund grows too large and diversified that it becomes difficult again. You will also have the advantage that you can choose smaller stocks as well that a big fund cant. IE Bridgewater cant make 10% of his portfolio that undervalued small cap because 10% of their portfolio is 1000 x its market cap. In summary you should be able to beat the market as a small investor theoretically and easily. But most people cant due to psychology of investing. They get caught up in the hype of NVDA or Meta and buy now. Did you buy it back at $90? Did you buy bank stocks when they went down? Most people dont. Because they are scared. Which means you cant control you emotions and invest rationally. Therefore you should buy an index.

ToastyWarm1979

Here's what happened. Social media brought NVDA's skyrocketing stock to the attention of the masses, and now everyone is trying to dogpile in. Then at the same time, everyone of the herd had the same thought: "NVDA is expensive. Are there any other AI stocks that look like they're going to skyrocket? Oh look, AMD!" All of this is herd mentality level thinking (IE, "get rich quick.")

Which-Relationship67

This. Yea, Google could pretty easily dominate the whole A.I market. . . . . The catch is to build it, its the equivalent of upper management telling the shop floor operator, "Hey, here's your replacement (and the replacement for 95% of the company). . . make sure you teach and train him to be as good/better then you at your job in the next 3-5 years. . . . Even tho you hope to stay with the company for 15-20 years, okieday?" This implicit self sabotage will greatly hinder Googles A.I attempts (IE: the disaster that was Gemini. . . )

BZ852

Not automatically. They've converted into the new equity already, and the bearer should be a shareholder in the new entity already - but you should still have an entitlement to those, and *possibly* some cash or dividends paid in the interim. Often times the stock has diluted, etc and it's not worth the bother (IE there's pennies of stock); but it is possible there's some value here. The catch is, it might take thousands of dollars in lawyers and accountants to look it up, and make the proper filings.

Timp2003

As a european I use IE00BM67HK77 (XDWH).