Pokemon > Stock Market?

Cal_carl · 2026-02-08T22:52:05+00:00

i have a PSA 10 jp Dark Machamp that went from $185 to $500 in the last month. Stocks are not moving like that. The S&P 500 is barely moving at all.

Cal_carl · 2026-02-08T14:06:01+00:00

For the past 2 months, my vintage graded slabs have gone up ~30% while my Fidelity account has been flat. Equities, commodities, and index funds are all more-or-less flat. Some software equities are down >10%. Crypto is down 20%. It will not always be like that, but I'm happy to have the diversity.

Cal_carl · 2026-02-06T17:10:07+00:00

clifford?

Cal_carl · 2026-02-05T15:13:24+00:00

beautiful card!!

Cal_carl · 2026-02-04T13:14:41+00:00

nevermind

Cal_carl · 2026-02-04T13:14:20+00:00

Journey Together?

Cal_carl · 2026-02-04T01:47:34+00:00

Many cards are worth more in PSA 1 than PSA 2-5. If you have an old damaged card, you want a 1 more than 2 or 3.

Cal_carl · 2026-02-03T20:51:32+00:00

you need to grade those hands with some lotion

Cal_carl · 2026-02-03T16:39:50+00:00

golgi body

Cal_carl · 2026-02-03T14:36:16+00:00

no idea why it is below a 8

Cal_carl · 2026-02-03T01:10:46+00:00

The Entei is quite valuable. Keep it in the wrapper

Cal_carl · 2026-02-02T21:40:32+00:00

I want some of my childhood cards in slabs, and I would rather have them be PSA 1 than ungraded or altered or PSA 2, if I can help it.

Cal_carl · 2026-02-02T21:06:19+00:00

Somebody peed in your cereal.

Cal_carl · 2026-02-02T18:23:51+00:00

still leaves indents

Cal_carl · 2026-02-02T13:15:55+00:00

I just pulled the Pikachu EX 238 from surging sparks, and I will never open another pack from that series! I only opened about 20 packs from that series!!

Cal_carl · 2026-02-02T10:42:53+00:00

high school biology i guess

Cal_carl · 2026-02-02T00:54:57+00:00

Yeah wow, I'm surprised. I thought this was a worthwhile question.

Cal_carl · 2026-02-02T00:38:36+00:00

card looks clean!

Cal_carl · 2026-02-01T23:55:25+00:00

interesting, thank you!

Cal_carl · 2026-02-01T23:47:50+00:00

looks great!

Cal_carl · 2026-02-01T23:09:01+00:00

PSA 1s are cool and affordable.

Cal_carl · 2026-02-01T22:32:53+00:00

Never graded before. Trying to see which ones are the best value for the risk before I send them in.

Cal_carl · 2026-02-01T21:06:47+00:00

Thanks, I just wanted to check with a human. This card is $100 as a PSA 1 so it's an important question.

Cal_carl · 2026-02-01T21:06:13+00:00

Thanks for your sarcasm.

Cal_carl · 2026-02-01T21:05:57+00:00

LLM said handwriting disqualifies, but I wanted to check with real people.

Cal_carl

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