Investing Thread

[Skatastrophy]

The Dow just topped 40K.  Should I cash out and find some ballers for MU moving forward? 

Muggsy's NIL Fund has a nice ring to it

[MU82]

The Dow just topped 40K.  Should I cash out and find some ballers for MU moving forward?

Cash out and send the $$$ to me. I’ll invest it for you. Yep.

[Pakuni]

RIP to the real-life Gordon Gekko.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/ivan-boesky-inspiration-wall-street-villain-gordon-gekko-dies-87-rcna153127

[rocky_warrior]

Of course Nvidia beat (but I've only got them in index funds).

But, wanted to link a couple calculators that I like to play with, inspired by Goose's question in the economy thread.  The first will give you a S&P (historical) rate of return over a set # of years.  And then you can use that rate with the second calculator to approximate how much you missed out by not just dumping extra $ into a S&P fund over the years.  lol

https://ofdollarsanddata.com/sp500-calculator/
https://www.investor.gov/financial-tools-calculators/calculators/compound-interest-calculator

[MU82]

This article had some interesting data about stock-market seasonality ups and downs:

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4695832-jp-morgan-the-bank-you-want-to-own-for-the-next-six-months-and-maybe-forever?mailingid=35511632&messageid=2800&serial=35511632.20669&utm_campaign=rta-stock-article&utm_medium=email&utm_source=seeking_alpha&utm_term=35511632.20669

Specifically, it shows how "Sell in May and go away" is a dopey strategy, and how July has been a surprisingly strong month for the market.

[SoCalEagle]

Of course Nvidia beat (but I've only got them in index funds).

But, wanted to link a couple calculators that I like to play with, inspired by Goose's question in the economy thread.  The first will give you a S&P (historical) rate of return over a set # of years.  And then you can use that rate with the second calculator to approximate how much you missed out by not just dumping extra $ into a S&P fund over the years.  lol

https://ofdollarsanddata.com/sp500-calculator/
https://www.investor.gov/financial-tools-calculators/calculators/compound-interest-calculator

I contemplated buying Nvidia last September, but I thought it was too expensive at over $400 per share. Shows you what I know about stock picking. 

[Skatastrophy]

I contemplated buying Nvidia last September, but I thought it was too expensive at over $400 per share. Shows you what I know about stock picking. 

Yep, but I own a load of ITOT (the Fidelity/iShares verstion of VTI), which has just over 5% of its holdings in NVDA. Indexing makes me feel better about my blind spots.

[SoCalEagle]

Skat, couldn't agree more.  Indexing (mostly VTI) is my primary method of investing.  Can't argue with the results since March 9, 2009.  Elevator going up!!!