The Long Term Buy & Hold Investing Thread

[CopiousX]

Now everything's dropping like a brick.


The risk got to be calculated though. Not this chaotic shyt that was going on yesterday and today.

Right. A lot of people think they are now super-investor-extraordinaries cause they got lucky on a pump and dump. I got a colleague with no savings or portfolio who turned $500 stake in GameStop into $10,000. He really thinks he’s the wolf of Wall Street now.



It really killed his buzz when I told him that usual market gains are only 10-20% on a good year, through diversification. Somehow, I just know he’s gonna throw his entire 10k into some short term meme stock in the future.



It’s getting crazy out here. The 2020s are starting to resemble the 1920s, mainly cause RB is giving random people margin and everyone and they momma can make a few hundred speculating. They all oblivious to the BAD years. If we get a 1929 event, I can truly see folks jumping out windows or on to train tracks cause they put all their retirement money in bedBathAndBeyond or AMC.



longterm trends and compound gains for the win.

 

[winb83]

Right. A lot of people think they are now super-investor-extraordinaries cause they got lucky on a pump and dump. I got a colleague with no savings or portfolio who turned $500 stake in GameStop into $10,000. He really thinks he’s the wolf of Wall Street now.



It really killed his buzz when I told him that usual market gains are only 10-20% on a good year, through diversification. Somehow, I just know he’s gonna throw his entire 10k into some short term meme stock in the future.



It’s getting crazy out here. The 2020s are starting to resemble the 1920s, mainly cause RB is giving random people margin and everyone and they momma can make a few hundred speculating. They all oblivious to the BAD years. If we get a 1929 event, I can truly see folks jumping out windows or on to train tracks cause they put all their retirement money in bedBathAndBeyond or AMC.



longterm trends and compound gains for the win.

It's a whole lot of people with portfolios full of nothing but risky growth stocks that's gonna learn the hard way fat meat is greasy when the market takes a dive.

 

[Kal El]

I see brehs discussing day trading options, and quick flips in the other investing threads. Some even admitting they don't even know what the hell they're doing. I don't see that ending well for a lot of folks.

This is for brehs in it for the long haul, who intend to buy and hold for the long term.


Here's my current positions -

Index/ETF's:
VTSAX
QQQ
VGT

Individual stocks:
AAPL
MSFT
V
FB

Short-Term Gambles (I know, I know, contradictory to the thread title, but this is a small percentage of my portfolio):
OPES
SHLL

Waiting for a good entry point to get in:
TSLA, SQ

Stopped updating this thread after discovering the stock market thread in the Boiler Room. But crazy to think how much my portfolio has changed.

No longer hold any of those ETF's or individual stocks.

Current Portfolio:

Long Term Holds:
TSLA
TDOC
IPOE
SKLZ

Short Term Plays:
CCIV (Will hold some long if they merge with Lucid Motors)
IPOD
IPOF
ZNTE
PDACW
SVSVW
TSNP

I've only started to become more aggressive once I was comfortable doing DD on my own. Really happy that I started off with Index/ETF's/Blue chips to start while I continued to learn (and still am). Up nearly 300% in the past year, but I know those type of returns aren't sustainable.

 

[Conan]

I'm a long term guy however events of the past few weeks made me reconsider. Thinking of setting aside $5000 to play with and see what I can do, just don't know where to start. Bought $500 of AMC right before the trading apps started their bullshyt... Cashed out and lost $4

 

[Skooby]

Stopped updating this thread after discovering the stock market thread in the Boiler Room. But crazy to think how much my portfolio has changed.

No longer hold any of those ETF's or individual stocks.

Current Portfolio:

Long Term Holds:
TSLA
TDOC
IPOE
SKLZ

Short Term Plays:
CCIV (Will hold some long if they merge with Lucid Motors)
IPOD
IPOF
ZNTE
PDACW
SVSVW
TSNP

I've only started to become more aggressive once I was comfortable doing DD on my own. Really happy that I started off with Index/ETF's/Blue chips to start while I continued to learn (and still am). Up nearly 300% in the past year, but I know those type of returns aren't sustainable.

I'm a long term guy however events of the past few weeks made me reconsider. Thinking of setting aside $5000 to play with and see what I can do, just don't know where to start. Bought $500 of AMC right before the trading apps started their bullshyt... Cashed out and lost $4

Do a combination of both. I will always have my regular contributions to my Index Funds, ETFs and Blue chips.

But I also take a chance and be aggressive. I say about 70/30 regular to aggressive contributions.

 

[blizzard man]

Brehs.

Anyone on here familiar with 'the come up series' on YouTube?

https://youtube.com/c/TheComeUpSeries

They got a facebook group too, all about investing and tryna build generational wealth

Their strategy seems to be built off long term options plays, and focused trades 4x a year, with the goal of seeing hella returns, aka walk away money

They got some great content in regards to playing the market, doing research to find good stock plays, etc

They got a livestream starting tonight thatll be going over the cheatsheet of stocks/etfs to target right now.

Def worth it, its all free too, they dont charge tou to get on their courses or anything

 

[SlurRty]

I'm a long term guy however events of the past few weeks made me reconsider. Thinking of setting aside $5000 to play with and see what I can do, just don't know where to start. Bought $500 of AMC right before the trading apps started their bullshyt... Cashed out and lost $4

rule number 1 don't invest in false hype.. think future catalysts.. thats the most important thing

 

[Astroslik]

Do a combination of both. I will always have my regular contributions to my Index Funds, ETFs and Blue chips.

But I also take a chance and be aggressive. I say about 70/30 regular to aggressive contributions.

What funds are you in? Are you a believer in that 3 fund rule?

 

[Skooby]

What funds are you in? Are you a believer in that 3 fund rule?

I'm in:

Schwab S&P 500 Index Fund
Schwab Total Stock Market Index Fund

And yes somewhat. I don't have any bond funds since they don't really gain much. They are safer funds but I will add some when I turn 50. I feel like once you get into your early 50s used to start reconsidering your funds and allocations.

I currently don't contribute to any international funds.

But the 3 fund rule is not a bad way to go. Classic lazy portfolio.

 

[Mr Rager]

I will never part with my AMZN shares. Never

 

[Medio]

I'm more of a long term investor.
I am trying to be what this couple is on, retiring by 40 would be awesome.
I watched their videos and their pretty good so far.
Think long term, that shiny shyt is here today and gone tomorrow!

 

[Medio]

I will never part with my AMZN shares. Never

The fact you have shares with a plural S is awesome, congrats on that.

 

[winb83]

I will never part with my AMZN shares. Never

That's how I feel about my Apple shares. The fact that they pay me a dividend helps too. Never selling Apple, Chase, Abbvie, Microsoft. They pay me and they appreciate in value. Hell Walgreens might get added to the list if it grows enough.

 

[SlurRty]

Right. A lot of people think they are now super-investor-extraordinaries cause they got lucky on a pump and dump. I got a colleague with no savings or portfolio who turned $500 stake in GameStop into $10,000. He really thinks he’s the wolf of Wall Street now.



It really killed his buzz when I told him that usual market gains are only 10-20% on a good year, through diversification. Somehow, I just know he’s gonna throw his entire 10k into some short term meme stock in the future.



It’s getting crazy out here. The 2020s are starting to resemble the 1920s, mainly cause RB is giving random people margin and everyone and they momma can make a few hundred speculating. They all oblivious to the BAD years. If we get a 1929 event, I can truly see folks jumping out windows or on to train tracks cause they put all their retirement money in bedBathAndBeyond or AMC.



longterm trends and compound gains for the win.

these retail traders are going to learn a very hard lesson..

 

[FaTaL]

these retail traders are going to learn a very hard lesson..

this past week has been interesting, does it get better tomorrow?