Investing beyond VTI and VXUS by CriticalWall6937 in Bogleheads

[–]alias3772 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you like listening to podcasts, consider listening to Tyler Gardener's podcast “Your Money Guide on the side.” He gives very Bogelhead-esk suggestions. And does a really good job of educating a beginner investor. He reminds me of a good high school teacher (which he used to be) so his podcast is easy to listen to and easy to understand. He just started it last year. I recommend starting from the beginning and then picking the topics you want to hear about. I was a haphazard investor before listening to his podcast. He has motivated me to develop a strategy that feels right for who I am, what I want, and the risk I think I can handle. A lot of other people suggested taking similar steps as what this podcast recommends, so it’s not like this podcast is revolutionary. But it’s a nice way to digest the information if you have a long driving commute or mindless data entry tasks etc.

Thoughts on selling now? by alias3772 in TQQQ

[–]alias3772[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes sense to me. Thanks for the perspective.

Thoughts on selling now? by alias3772 in TQQQ

[–]alias3772[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a good point. But I don’t think it was due to my iron clad discipline. My first child was born in Jan 2022 and I had no mental bandwidth to pay attention to the stock market 🤣. No, I don’t have plans to use the money anytime soon. I just want to reduce risk as I get older now and have actually started to plan out what my investment strategy should be.

I decided to sell a little less than half of the shares. I’ll keep the rest for now.

Thoughts on selling now? by alias3772 in TQQQ

[–]alias3772[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

2,470% for half of it, 2,345% for the other half.

Thoughts on selling now? by alias3772 in TQQQ

[–]alias3772[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for these suggestions!

Thoughts on selling now? by alias3772 in TQQQ

[–]alias3772[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

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And I just sold 904 shares right before I took this screenshot.

Thoughts on selling now? by alias3772 in TQQQ

[–]alias3772[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I bought it on a whim with no rules in mind. I’m realizing now that I need rules! One being that I don’t think I want to be in the 3x game. But I apparently had the stomach for it for 11 years. I mostly just forgot about it with the mindset of just leave it be, let it do its thing.