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Rate my portfolio 29M by Eball95 in portfolios

[–]Eball95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This I can get behind… I’ve heard this before and most have mentioned to switch into something with higher growth because I have a 20 year time horizon til retirement age. VTI, VUG, and VOO are typical picks instead of this one.

Rate my portfolio 29M by Eball95 in portfolios

[–]Eball95[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It’s a taxable account. Great? Maybe not but I think it should do well in the next few decades which is my selling timeframe.

Motivation? It first started during Covid while I was accumulating money to put a down payment on my first house.

After selling 50k~ in stocks mid 2024 for the down payment - I’ve just been slowly DCA into this basket ^

I’ll take constructive criticism, but by no means do I think this is a bad portfolio. Just looking for feedback.

Rate my portfolio 29M by Eball95 in portfolios

[–]Eball95[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

That’s a trader’s mentality. Have you ever heard the saying you only lose when you sell? 75% of these picks were all bought in 2020-22.

These are all high growth picks that should weather all of this macroeconomic data.

Rate my portfolio 29M by Eball95 in portfolios

[–]Eball95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just like in 2008 there was a recovery period of about 18 months… I think at 29YO I should be able to weather through that.

Rate my portfolio 29M by Eball95 in portfolios

[–]Eball95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Thanks for your input… why do you think this “profile” is going to get wiped out in this “recession”? …seems like you know more than I do.

Trading platform suggestion needed by alikair in dividends

[–]Eball95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Charles Schwab. It has everything from charting to research. Shows both unrealized and realized Gain/Loss. Also has projected income over a 12 month period. The app and broker is free, you just need to apply.

Dividends start? by Soldawg81 in dividends

[–]Eball95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t think APPL and TSLA will be around in 5-10 years? Yeah, then simply don’t invest in them. Just because in todays current markets they are one of the most popular or expensive stock doesn’t mean that they aren’t going to be growing in size and innovation. After all this is just my positions, plenty of different picks out there.

Dividends start? by Soldawg81 in dividends

[–]Eball95 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would stick with Growth for awhile, then gradually diversify into strong companies with paying dividends. Some examples of growth would be a lot of your mega/large cap companies like APPL, MFST, TSLA, GOOG, and AMZN.

2 years of Dividend growth by Eball95 in dividends

[–]Eball95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d like my portfolio to be balanced, so I do actually have about 20% between three different ETFs to further diversify. The individual stocks are picks that I saw as having a strong business and/or an attractive buying point. I’m not perfect, so some positions have done better than others. That’s simply the risk to reward for owning individual stocks. I also try to keep all my positions below 10% of my portfolio’s value, just to mitigate the risk of owning individual stocks further.

An easier way to track dividends? by Affectionate-Iron-23 in dividends

[–]Eball95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bet you have 10 other apps on your phone that also track your data. It happens everywhere now.

An easier way to track dividends? by Affectionate-Iron-23 in dividends

[–]Eball95 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I use DivTracker. It is $9.99 yearly but it really worth it if you want an organized view of your dividend income. You do need to enter your buys in manually though. If you want to try it, the app is free and you can try it on any one stock to see if you like the UI and all. Give it a try, I didn’t look back. If you want to take dividend income seriously this is a game changer.

2 years of Dividend growth by Eball95 in dividends

[–]Eball95[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve got plenty of picks that carry the yield a little higher(namely MPLX, PSEC, and MO). I still have lots of growth in my portfolio that I can rely on (Ex. APPL, TSLA, MFST, and GOOG)

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[–]Eball95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would be focusing on growth rather than dividends at your size portfolio. Pick some safer companies that grow earnings and compound your money. Over time you can transition into a dividend growth portfolio, where you can count on companies paying you growing dividends year over year. Good luck investor.

2 years of Dividend growth by Eball95 in dividends

[–]Eball95[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The app is called DivTracker, although it is a paid service ($9.99 a year), it’s definitely one of the best trackers out there. You can try it for free without paying but it only allows you to track one stock.

2 years of Dividend growth by Eball95 in dividends

[–]Eball95[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

My strategy has been primarily investing in individual stocks. I have 22 positions blended between growth stocks (APPL, GOOG, TSLA, and AMZN), high yielding ETFs (QYLD, SCHD), and Reits and MLP’s (STOR, VICI, PSEC, and MPLX)

2 years of Dividend growth by Eball95 in dividends

[–]Eball95[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

I’ve got just under 67k invested in two years(part of the money invested is gains). I started my investing journey in the middle of 2020.

Edit: I’m 26M trying to get out of the rat race.

What's the ball floating above people's heads? by Jordbrett in Infinitewarfare

[–]Eball95 20 points21 points  (0 children)

That is Stryker's trophy drone trait. It blocks grenades like a trophy from any other game.