For years people have told me don't look at you portfolio every day. I say BS, I got out of all my (Apple at $194 and Tesla at $240) stocks at the start of 2024 after reading as much as I could get a hold of, which did not paint a bright picture. I did take a hit on AMD, but sold %75 before the big drop, but my ride or die stocks for at least the next 10 years are Amz, Nvda, SMCI. I got in early enough on those that even if they drop %50 I'm still in the green. When it comes down to it, it's all about timing and risk tolerance. I'm just gonna hold what I have until after the elections now.

If you plan on dieing in 5 years your there

Your understanding of the market is pedestrian and borders on buffoonery.

Through astute analysis and strategic foresight, my portfolio has realized staggering returns over the last 90 days. For instance, by capitalizing on the meteoric rise of Zoom Video Communications, my investments in the company yielded an astounding 7,000% return. Similarly, my early recognition of the transformative potential of Shopify's e-commerce platform resulted in a remarkable 5,000% return on that investment. Such remarkable success underscores the value of a sophisticated, Ivy League-educated approach to navigating the complexities of the stock market, a level of understanding that rurally Texas educated rubes regrettably, often lack.

I didn't until BOFA started posting my net worth a month ago. I like to check checking account and credit cards for activity. My BOFA was skimmed at Avalon early this year and some Mexican cleaning service charged it. Not a bright idea for the COEs to put an old style credit card reader at a gate. Cash boxes were fine with me. Seeing my net worth makes me curious about what the market is doing but I don't necessarily check investments.

Vocabulary, articulation, and satire: A+; humility: D-. Omniscient, boastful retail day/swing traders come and go, y’all…

buy the puts

This is a chat gpt response

Yep, I'm another long term investor. As someone once said - "The time to buy is when there is blood in the streets".

Nah, thats just a skagnetti response-
He sometimes will lower himself to be among the rually texas rubes-

Be honored -

As mentioned above, consider dividend paying stocks.
I'm retiring at the end of this year. My dividends will generate close to $3100 a month in passive income.

You might want to talk to an independent financial advisor. They can look at your investments and give you a risk analysis. You also need to look at whether the alternatives you are considering will provide you with the income you'll need for potentially another 20 years.

When it comes down to it the stock market is just legalized gambling, none of us have access to the inside information that it takes makes millionaires overnight . I turned 25K into just over 40K in less than a year. If you did better good for you. But at the end of the day I don't really GAF.

In about 8 months the stock market will once again soar under the new leadership of DJT... Dan

I feel confident just buying the SP500 anytime. Given 5/10/15/20 year rolling returns since '73, it's a safe bet more often than not. There's not been a negative 15yr rolling return on the SP500.

https://www.thebalancemoney.com/rolling-index-returns-4061795

The very best financial advisors have had a hard time beating the S&P over the past five ten year intervals...especially when you factor in low cost no load ETFs and mutual funds that replicate the S&P while avoiding the commissions on trades financial advisors enjoy so much.