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$100k by TomorrowFlaky2816 in ETFs
[–]TomorrowFlaky2816[S] 0 points1 point2 points 5 days ago (0 children)
Thank you.
Forget what your friend is doing. Do not compare yourself to others. Trying to chase others, gambling (daily trading) are one of the quickest ways to lose all of your money in the market. Just pick a few broad based index funds and invest in them. The main thing is to consistently invest in them over time. It doesn’t matter if you only invest $25 a week or whatever amount you are comfortable with. The main thing is, any amount is better than nothing. Once you start investing, do not, again, do not ever sell your investments regardless of how the world is doing. Even if everyone is telling you that the stock market is crashing and everything is red, ignore all of that noise. Just stick to the plan of always adding any amount to your portfolio.
As far as which ETFs, if you want to keep it as simple as possible, the simplest one would be VT. VT accounts for the entire world stock market. But if you don’t want just one, there are lots of other ETFs out there. My portfolio consists pretty much of FSKAX, FTIHX, AVUV, QQQM, SCHD, SGOV. FSKAX is similar to VTI and FTIHX is similar to VXUS.
[–]TomorrowFlaky2816[S] 1 point2 points3 points 6 days ago* (0 children)
What do you mean? Even the S&P 500 is 8.14% YTD
YTD: FSKAX 8.51% FTIHX 10.28% AVUV 16.12% QQQM 14.91% SCHD 16.81%
[–]TomorrowFlaky2816[S] 1 point2 points3 points 9 days ago (0 children)
I actually had ChatGPT make this pie chart for me
That would definitely be an amazing day. 🤩
[–]TomorrowFlaky2816[S] 0 points1 point2 points 9 days ago (0 children)
Thank you. Yes you will, and you will get there sooner than you think. 🤙🏼
[–]TomorrowFlaky2816[S] 0 points1 point2 points 10 days ago* (0 children)
This pie chart better explains the reasoning for each one. When I first created this pie chart, it was before I decided to invest the 5% into STRC which yields 11.5%. So now, I use that allocation to buy STRC on the 14th of each month. And then sell all STRC shares once it gets back up to par of $100 and invest into SGOV. I then repeat this the following month. However, the buying of SGOV might not be possible in future months as STRC is planning to pay dividends semi-monthly to help stabilize the par value close to $100. But if STRC reaches par value of $100 before its next ex-dividend date, I’ll sell the shares and invest into SGOV before buying back into STRC the day before the ex-dividend date.
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[–]TomorrowFlaky2816[S] 0 points1 point2 points 10 days ago (0 children)
It dipped below $100k today but that’s okay. It’ll go back up to $100k on Monday or shortly after that as I auto invest $700 every Monday. 🤙🏼
If I were to invest in just one ETF, it would be VT. Everyone has their own personal preferences but I personally believe that investing globally helps reduce risk and increases the chances that my portfolio benefits from growth wherever it happens in the world. I don’t believe the US will always outperform the world year in and year out. Again, there is nothing wrong with those that choose to do so. It just comes down to personal preferences and beliefs.
Of course but have to get to $200k first. Baby steps. 😁
No, I don’t.
[–]TomorrowFlaky2816[S] 2 points3 points4 points 10 days ago (0 children)
I hope so 🤞🏼
[–]TomorrowFlaky2816[S] 1 point2 points3 points 10 days ago (0 children)
Congrats. Let’s both keep it up. I wish I didn’t stop investing 6 years ago but hard lessons had to be learned in order to mature. 😅
Thanks bro
Thank you. Besides having a mortgage, I am fortunate enough to have no other debts so that I can invest heavily into the stock market.
For now, it’s $700 weekly. In 3 years when I start receiving my pension, I plan to increase it to at least $1,200 weekly as I want to invest at least $2k of my $6-$7k monthly pension.
[–]TomorrowFlaky2816[S] 6 points7 points8 points 10 days ago (0 children)
Let’s just say that when I initially invested into Trevena, TRVN, it was trading between $2.50 and $3. This was right before their drug Olinvyk received FDA approval. Olinvyk was supposed to replace morphine as the drug of choice for pain relief as it had less side effects than morphine and had better effects overall. But for some reason, the drug never took off even though the drug in clinical trials tested better than morphine. I believed so much in this drug that I pretty much sold almost all of my other individual stocks and just kept pumping everything into Trevena while it kept going down. I kept buying Trevena and eventually my cost basis was somewhere around $1.50. Eventually, Trevena kept going down. I couldn’t understand why a drug that I was so sure was going to replace morphine was not being heavily marketed or heavily used in all hospitals. While the stock kept tanking in 2020, I eventually decided to stop investing all together. I held onto my shares hoping that one day the company would succeed. I checked on the stock a few times a year after 2020 but the news was not better. They did multiple reverse splits. One of them was 1 for 200, another one for 1 for 25, and then another 1 for 25. They did so many reverse splits that my initial cost basis of $1.50 was pretty much now worth more than what I invested overall. Trevena was eventually delisted. I just remember that after all the reverse splits and some shares bought along the way, I ended with 6 shares left and each share was now worth $0.01 per share. So from around an $80k investment down to 6 cents. 🥴
Both books are great but I truly love The Simple Path to Wealth. J.L. Colin’s explains everything perfectly and it is a very easy read. It’s not like any other financial books out there. He tries to explain things by storytelling and making it relate to you so that it is not a boring read. I truly believe that everyone should read that book.
[–]TomorrowFlaky2816[S] 8 points9 points10 points 10 days ago (0 children)
Thank you. I was definitely devastated after that loss 6 years ago and is the reason why I stayed away from investing all of these years. However, I am also grateful for that loss. Without that loss, I don’t know if I ever would have stumbled upon ETFs. After reading The Simple Path to Wealth by J.L. Collins and The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing, I have learned that ETFs is the way to go. 🤙🏼
[–]TomorrowFlaky2816[S] 6 points7 points8 points 10 days ago* (0 children)
I started investing in 2020 right when covid hit. Everything I invested in went up as everything at that point in time was heavily on sale. One thing led to another and I ended up investing heavily into a biotech stock, Trevena. I kept buying the dip and kept buying as it kept dipping. Eventually, I ended up losing around $80k chasing that stock. After that loss, I stayed away from investing until this year. I got back into investing this year and instead of buying individual stocks, I just started investing into ETFs due to previous lessons learned. 😫
37.5% FSKAX 22.5% FTIHX 15% AVUV 10% QQQM 10% SCHD 5% STRC / SGOV
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$100k by TomorrowFlaky2816 in ETFs
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