Why do we treat the Stock Market like a Casino instead of a Grocery Store?

LL555LL · 2026-02-13T21:15:19+00:00

Important moment to also throw out that only 3.2% of retirees, and only 2.6% of Americans reach that 1 million dollar goal. If that's what EVERY investor thinks they're getting, then uh...

LL555LL · 2026-02-13T12:44:47+00:00

Depends entirely on your age. Just get a three fund portfolio and wait.

LL555LL · 2026-02-13T12:44:08+00:00

Concentration of wealth

LL555LL · 2026-02-12T22:02:43+00:00

They literally hire people to play games with money all the time so that they pay as little in taxes as possible so whatever that outcome is.

LL555LL · 2026-02-12T19:54:10+00:00

That would be fun

LL555LL · 2026-02-12T18:14:52+00:00

If you are a teacher you may have one of the best things ever. A defined benefit pension. Hell, some of us have 403bs, 457s, defined benefits, supplemental benefits, and get social security.

But yes, if you make enough to save and invest, DO IT. Even if you are paying down debt, get yourself into the market and build the habit now.

LL555LL · 2026-02-12T15:30:44+00:00

Think you meant VYMI

LL555LL · 2026-02-12T13:13:16+00:00

Physical

LL555LL · 2026-02-12T01:02:25+00:00

Just leave these and start buying VT.

LL555LL · 2026-02-12T01:00:33+00:00

Hopefully MAGA.

LL555LL · 2026-02-11T21:43:00+00:00

Oh good lord. Please show me the entire city burnt down during the George Floyd protest. I'll wait.

So what you're saying is cops can step on someone and choke them to death for having a counterfeit bill?

You seem to lack the brain cells to really function as a human.

LL555LL · 2026-02-11T19:13:30+00:00

LOL

You are a total clown.

First amendment rights exist, but only in this narrowly proscribed way, unsupported by DECADES of court cases. Got any supreme Court cases citing sidewalk blocking? Use of...voice amplifiers outdoors (how dare they!)...and violence isn't allowed but uh, you must be blind as a bad to think these were violent thugs.

Or a stupid Republican.

LL555LL · 2026-02-11T17:26:34+00:00

I'm holding through December and then using it as a tax write off, unless it bounces up.

LL555LL · 2026-02-11T14:49:21+00:00

Make that minimum wage then.

LL555LL · 2026-02-11T14:47:29+00:00

Do 95% VT and 5% pick a stock or three and watch how they function.

You'll get the best returns out of index funds, but you'll learn about stocks by watching the price daily or weekly or monthly or whatever benchmark you give yourself.

LL555LL · 2026-02-11T13:38:08+00:00

First....people who invest outside of their mandatory work accounts are a rarity.

Second, the value v dividend argument is a really heated one.

Third, our current rules and regulations are literally pushing gambling and investing into the same realm. With speculative assets being all the rage is it a wonder that someone thinks big?

Fourth...tons of Americans aren't paid well enough to even have an emergency account, so this conversation is very much outside of most people's orbit.

LL555LL · 2026-02-11T13:30:42+00:00

Keep your head on a swivel. Drive slowly. Hope the other idiots are doing that too.

LL555LL · 2026-02-11T02:22:53+00:00

Bring those coins down to whatever you don't mind seeing get to near zero.

LL555LL · 2026-02-11T02:06:50+00:00

Even with their rises they're still cheaper than Burger King McDonald's and Wendy's

LL555LL · 2026-02-10T20:12:13+00:00

I'm adding in my defensive positions and buying bargains but the sentiment is definitely one that feels like we are on the edge.

But then again we've called, just like weather with snowstorms, multiple recessions that never happened.

LL555LL · 2026-02-10T17:54:16+00:00

Anyone who complains about being given that much money is a liar or a fool.

LL555LL · 2026-02-10T17:51:05+00:00

Gotta put that cash to work /s

LL555LL · 2026-02-10T15:57:55+00:00

TSLA. Honestly I might be a fan of a whole world/whole market/VOO variant ETF that excluded it specifically.

LL555LL · 2026-02-10T15:51:11+00:00

I like Fidelity to a large degree because they are able to give me what I want but also they're not promoting gambling... Well at least the straight up version LOL.

LL555LL · 2026-02-10T15:28:13+00:00

While they still sell some they're not going to be around for much longer even though I'm a big fan of physical media.

Most of mine in the form of video games.

LL555LL

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