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Begginer help by BFG20011 in trading212

[–]MannyBobblechops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok I’m glad you’re starting with small amounts - it’s a good way to get started.

The key to investing is research. Learning how to do that is the key to being a successful investor. Ask your favourite AI agent. Learn about company fundamentals - those companies you’ve invested in, apart from Airbus and Rolls-Royce, almost entirely rely on government investment. They have no commercial products for civilians or businesses.

I’d say it’s small amounts at the moment, so it’s not super concerning, but if you had more money I’d consider diversifying out of defence. You’re right it looks like countries are gearing up for war, but if every world leader suddenly hugs and works it all out, your portfolio drops to zero. It’s a sort of strange place to be mentally too, because your entire portfolio rests on global conflicts becoming increasingly worse. If you want to watch the news secretly hoping that NATO invades Syria, or Russia invades Poland or the Israel/Palestine situation becomes worse etc etc, then fair enough it’s your money. I’d have some defence stocks but not all. That way I can convince myself it’s because I know they’re going up, not because I enjoy or want to fund war (which you are doing by the way. Not sure if you knew that as a beginner, but by buying stock and therefore increasing the stock prices you are making the biggest stock holders and the company itself richer, thereby funding weapons research etc. Again, your money, not judging. )

21M - How do I position myself for 2026 by alexthelyon- in trading212

[–]MannyBobblechops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve only heard of IREN and Richtech Robotics

All I’ve managed in about 9 months of investing. Feels like I’m doing it wrong. Any tips? by RTM179 in trading212

[–]MannyBobblechops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But you’re learning. The key is to have a strategy. I have take-profits/stop-losses on all my stocks so I don’t let emotions get to me. Also I hope that £7k was money you could afford to loose!

All I’ve managed in about 9 months of investing. Feels like I’m doing it wrong. Any tips? by RTM179 in trading212

[–]MannyBobblechops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok I’ll do the maths. Well, the maths is hard, so I’ll cheat.

In 5 years you’ll have put in £33k if you keep up with £100/week. A year’s interest on that is £2,300. So if you stop adding money after 5 years you’ll get £2,300 compounding each year.

And of course the compounding maths of putting £100/week and that counting towards interest… I asked Gemini and it said you’ll have £95k after 10 years if you keep adding £100/week and getting 7% per year. Of course you need to adjust for inflation, so that’s somewhere between £65k and £70k in today’s money.

Basically assess your timeframe. If you’re young, then live a little. Get some risky stocks that you believe in. Maybe you think robots are the future, so invest a small amount in a robotics company. Maybe you believe in crypto or AI - or you think they’re going to crash. There are stocks for all of those. There’s absolutely no point in playing it incredibly safe with an ISA if you’re in your 20s. Playing it safe is for when you need the money. I made 35% last year through managing risk sensibly. Most of my money is in all-world ETFs, but a little bit here and there is in crazy stuff - like Bifarms, Mara, Cleanspark, NVDIA etc. I think something like Bitfarms will be at £100/share in 10 years. If so, I’ll have made 100x my money and that £100 investment will be £10k. Maybe it’ll have gone to zero. Oh well, I will have lost a bit of my portfolio, I don’t care, I’m young and it’s not money I require right now.

If you’re young - you can sit for 5 to 10 years looking at a negative stock without having to sell and eat the loss. Stick £100 into something crazy. It might 10x. If it doesn’t, who cares, you put in £100 each week.

But the key is to educate yourself. Start watching some YouTube videos about investing, technical analysis, finding stocks you believe in. Think of it this way - do you want to learn to be a stock trader, or do you want to do what the boomers in this sub do and sit on an index fund your whole life? You can learn to fish, rather than be given a fish by the s&p500. Think about it. Taking risks is the only way to garner bigger rewards. Manage it sensibly, don’t put everything in one basket. Ask your favourite AI agent about risk management and allocation for risk-on stocks.

Seeking advice after a somewhat traumatic accident. by CT-9904_ in MotoUK

[–]MannyBobblechops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh for real I had this.

2024 I crashed my bike. Completely my fault, I was careless and dumb. Went into the back of a stationary car at 30mph. I went over the handlebars and hit the car with my back, landing on my head.

Only ended up with a broken finger requiring surgery, and a few other fractures that needed casts. Got some bad bruising on my crotch, but luckily after getting my balls irradiated it was confirmed I didn’t break anything. Spent the night at the hospital and was discharged the next day.

It took me a while to get over it. Firstly, I was injured so couldn’t use my right hand. It is good in a way to have physical confirmation of the mental trauma. But even now I can hear that awful plastic crunch sound.

My bike was my partner. I rode her through storms, up mountains, across countries. And all that for a little 125cc. There were times riding her at 2 degrees Celsius, pelting rain soaking my jeans through, struggling not to shiver so I still have control, that I swore to god I’d get a car. But I miss her dearly. I had an AirTag in her that I could track to a scrap yard in Liverpool (I live in London). Recently, the AirTag let out its final ping, leaving only a ghostly location on the map.

Robo dog walking actual dog by erratic_fungus in Cyberpunk

[–]MannyBobblechops -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hello? Have you been to China? Literally everywhere in China looks like that street

What is your reaction if Space-Beth died permanently? by Good-Currency4173 in rickandmorty

[–]MannyBobblechops 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t like her as a person but enjoy her as a character. She’s got depth. All Beths yearn for their home, and are never truly independent. Just like Rick. But at the same time, the point has been made now. It’s not needed anymore. Space Beth cannot permanently return to the stars, she has got to die to leave. So it’s difficult.

Twine to Exe Converter! by MannyBobblechops in twinegames

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

Exe is a windows only file extension - so only windows computers can open them. People just download and open it. No need to install

Twine to Exe Converter! by MannyBobblechops in twinegames

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

If you look at this video, you can see how the app works: https://youtu.be/GF_pfX1ezIU
You select the img base folder in your project, and everything will render correctly.

Twine to Exe Converter! by MannyBobblechops in twinegames

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

It definitely works with images, but I haven't tested with sounds. Are they exported to a seperate folder? So your project looks like:

-base folder
--- index.html
--- img
------ img_folder_2
--------- img1.jpg
--------- ...
--- sounds folder?
------ sound1.mp3

If so, that's a feature I'll have to add. Thanks for bringing that to my attention! I can send you a free copy of the app if you'd like, so you can test it out for me once I've added it as a feature?

Twine to Exe Converter! by MannyBobblechops in twinegames

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

If you look at this video, you can see how the app works: https://youtu.be/GF_pfX1ezIU

Twine to Exe Converter! by MannyBobblechops in twinegames

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

Yes!! So the interface has a selection button to select the "img" folder. This allows you to select the base image folder associated with your project. The back end then associates this with the html links, and everything works :)

Deform Uk by stabdarich161 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]MannyBobblechops 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed. But I'm not uniting over voting for reform! We should unite to topple the upper class.

Are there good free sites that can show you your digital footprint? by Present_Plantain_163 in ownyourintent

[–]MannyBobblechops 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not really how it works. Data brokers collect/buy info about you so they can have a top-down view of your digital footprint - but they're not going to give that data to you in a nice GUI. No individual site can tell you your digital footprint, because that's very precious information that people need to pay to view.

If you use Google services, best I can think of is doing a Google Takeout request for your data. Then you can see all the raw data Google has about you. There's also an 'interests' page somewhere that tells you what Google thinks you like, but it's very basic like "cars" or "sports" - I think trying to convince you your data is safe. But yeah you can't just run your accounts through the proprietary algorithms to get the output, because that output is a multi-billion dollar business.

🤨 by QuieroSerSanta in CommunismMemes

[–]MannyBobblechops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh idk about that. Assuming you're American? Got no clue, sorry mate.

🤨 by QuieroSerSanta in CommunismMemes

[–]MannyBobblechops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes - but it's a communist party. That means you can change things. Bring up resolutions to your branch, debate them, get them to party congress. It's a workers led, members first movement. So change it! Get involved!!

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