I didn't say that they are there to help you time the market, in fact I said that they can give you good advice based on history. They can give you good long term advice based on what has happened in the past, and based on current taxation laws, and make assumptions about the future. If they actually knew what was going to happen to stocks, then they wouldn't be working.
So Iv had a rule for a while that when investments make 50% it’s a sell signal. I sell the dollar amount of the gain. 50% more and again the dollar amount.
Putting your money in stocks that aren’t dropping rocks is a good start
If you didn't see the writing on the wall when trump began his tariff banter, I understand why you are having to look backwards.
It really isn't as hard as a lot of people make it often sound. When the market is in "fear mode" you want to look at reliable stocks. So with the market right now and this day in age stocks like Tesla, Amazon, Walmart, Apple, etc come to mind. You can buy them cheaper right now with little risk ahead knowing they will rebound at some point.
I’m 100% anti-tariff but it has nothing to do with your question. You’re trying to say if I believe in A then I can predict B.Any extreme anti-trump tariff people believe the stock is going to drop? OR... Is this 15-20% the complete destruction of the American economy?
If you believe it's going to drop further... place your $ where your belief is and make some $$$.
It’s not. Look at the past two weeks and see. All solid companies with positive cash flowAlways a good strategy there.
The trick is picking the right ones, which is almost as hard as predicting the days they’re going to go up/down. The best bet in my opinion is to eliminate both variables as much as possible.
Wonder why Buffett is sitting on like 600 billion right now?
That was me a year ago. It was something that interested me though and turns out I have a passion for it. A lot of my free time is now spent on market research and placing trades. It's some rewarding work though and satisfies me for the time put in to see it pay off. Honestly very similar to spending time planing a hunt and then after months of prep finally standing over a dead bull.
Doing that will beat 99% of traders in the long run
I do not view you as one of the "extremes" I referenced.
Funny how looking at your posts from 4 years ago it was all about your shorting strategy. Now it’s all about your apologetic “Trump is creating a great buying opportunity for you” rhetoric taking straight from MAGA talking points. Your credibility suffers.
