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In hindsight I probably should have DCA'd into VOO and VTI this week instead of buying heavily into both. Really hoping all the economic uncertainty is short lived and all the bears are wrong.
 
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In hindsight I probably should have DCA'd into VOO and VTI this week instead of buying heavily into both. Really hoping all the economic uncertainty is short lived and all the bears are wrong.
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Just stick with any plan you have. If you buy when you get paid, keep doing it. If you rebalance every 3 months, keep doing that. Etc
 
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I went to get an American gold eagle from the coin shop after work yesterday and they were out...
How do you sell out of gold? Well I guess it's time to speculate in Chinese real estate futures.
Just kidding. I don't know what to buy so I just threw all my money into SCHD.
 
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Farmers are complaining and smaller farms are going to get bought out by funding (with a few larger corporate ones going under too). Maybe try larger corpo farm stocks that isn't dairy/alfalfa/corn (they are getting hammered by trade war with China rn):
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Seven western Wisconsin Republican lawmakers did not appear at an event hosted by the Wisconsin Farmers Union in Chippewa Falls Friday as farmers from the area said they were concerned about the effect that President Donald Trump’s first month in office is having on their livelihoods.

Madison-area U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Black Earth), state Sen. Jeff Smith (D-Eau Claire) and state Reps. Jodi Emerson (D-Eau Claire) and Christian Phelps (D-Eau Claire) were in attendance.

U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany and Derrick Van Orden, state Reps. Rob Sommerfeld (R-Bloomer), Treig Pronschinske (R-Mondovi) and Clint Moses (R-Mondovi) and state Sens. Jesse James (R-Thorp) and Rob Stafsholt (R-New Richmond) were all invited but did not attend or send a staff member.
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Net farm income in 2024 reached a four-year low, decreasing nearly 24% in just two years.

Ayoub attributed a continued surge in farm operating loans to lowered revenues and above-average production costs, which threaten farm liquidity.

According to the Kansas City Federal Reserve, non-real estate farm loans at commercial banks rose 25% from the end of 2023 to 2024. At the same time, interest rates on agricultural loans remain at decade-high levels.
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Waifu Denier said:
BYD's main growth market is the EU, but that is all dependent on how they play the protectionist card, the EU already put up 35% tariffs against the protests of Germany, and their future penetration will likely depends on how the EU and China play trade relations, which imo isn't looking that good.
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If they do what the Japanese did the in 70s, they'll build factories in eastern Europe and sell inside the market.

On another note, palantir shit the bed.

I'm thinking biotech might be the next big thing because of the breakthroughs in protein structures. Anyone know of anything worth trying?
 
Hollywood Hulk Hogan said:
Just stick with any plan you have. If you buy when you get paid, keep doing it. If you rebalance every 3 months, keep doing that. Etc
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Pretty much. Day trading is a meme, you need a long term plan and to stick to it. Didn't Buffet say some of the best performing portfolios belong to the dead because people die and their stocks stand still over time and avoid the pitfalls of constant selling and buying?

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lol Trump is really out here setting records for worst market day of the year
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Discount time buy buy buy.

Getting me some OKLO at a discount and trying to shoot for a total of 30 shares on it.
 
General Emílio Médici said:
Pretty much. Day trading is a meme, you need a long term plan and to stick to it. Didn't Buffet say some of the best performing portfolios belong to the dead because people die and their stocks stand still over time and avoid the pitfalls of constant selling and buying?
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Yep. 97% of day traders lose money. It's a losing game and, just like gambling, the "winners" only show you their winning trades.

Best is to just buy and hold and re-balance as necessary
 
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John Badman said:
Check the after hours…
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It will rise again.

PatriQts are in control. Trust the plQn.

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Junkers 87 said:
Hope you did because they just filed their 10k. Granted the reason they're up is because they finally got around to doing a very routine thing that they were supposed to do, but still.
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I still wouldn't trust SMCI long-term. A company with that market cap should not have ever been in danger of being de-listed. Something fishy is going on there
 
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I can save up around 1k every month and would like to do something with my money. The problem is, that I will go back to school fulltime in a couple of months. It's a 3 year degree and I have enough money to do it without working on the side, but it will eat up probably 75% of all my money this includes me working on the weekends and semester holidays, which should be enough to pay for everything like going out, food, clothing.

Should I do something like investing after finishing my degree, just to be safe? My idea was to just wait for the next crash or big dip and then buy in. Alternatively I was thinking of just investing into the S&P500, putting in 100 each month.
Any advice or pointers to recourse are very much welcome!

Edit: I'm not sure how good it is that so mny of the top companies are technology companies. Something more diverse would make me feel better.
 
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I can save up around 1k every month and would like to do something with my money. The problem is, that I will go back to school fulltime in a couple of months. It's a 3 year degree and I have enough money to do it without working on the side, but it will eat up probably 75% of all my money this includes me working on the weekends and semester holidays, which should be enough to pay for everything like going out, food, clothing.

Should I do something like investing after finishing my degree, just to be safe? My idea was to just wait for the next crash or big dip and then buy in. Alternatively I was thinking of just investing into the S&P500, putting in 100 each month.
Any advice or pointers to recourse are very much welcome!

Edit: I'm not sure how good it is that so mny of the top companies are technology companies. Something more diverse would make me feel better.
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If you are going to need the money for school starting in a couple of months, put the money into a money market or high-yield savings account. Invest after finishing your degree.

S&P could theoretically lose 50% or more of its value. Avoiding student debt is going to be a guaranteed 6% or more return (tax free) because you won't have to pay interest
 
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Hollywood Hulk Hogan said:
If you are going to need the money for school starting in a couple of months, put the money into a money market or high-yield savings account. Invest after finishing your degree.

S&P could theoretically lose 50% or more of its value. Avoiding student debt is going to be a guaranteed 6% or more return (tax free) because you won't have to pay interest
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Roughly calculating I'll have around 13k remaining, not accounting for work during that time, and only living with necessities, so no vacation or anything bigger.
I don't think that's enough to justify putting a relevant chunk of it into anything, especially should an emergency arrive.
I'll aim to make 600-800 a month depending on how difficult the degree will be. Everything above that I could put into something. As some sort of bonus.
 
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