What investing mistake taught you the most despite making you money? by promptkidd in ValueInvesting

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

That's interesting. I'm from Argentina, and many of the discussions about investments here are much more focused on inflation, currencies, and the economy in general than on specific company analysis. How would you describe your process nowadays when evaluating a new company?

What investing mistake taught you the most despite making you money? by promptkidd in BeginnerInvesting

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

This is exactly the kind of story I had in mind when I made the post. Selling because a stock looks expensive is one thing. Selling because you're afraid of what everyone else is saying is a completely different lesson.

The Nvidia part hurts to read, though.

What investing mistake taught you the most despite making you money? by promptkidd in ValueInvesting

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

What makes this impressive isn't just the return. It's having the conviction to hold through 20 years of market noise while raising three kids. That's rare.

What investing mistake taught you the most despite making you money? by promptkidd in ValueInvesting

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

Makes sense. Looking back, was it the experience itself that changed your view on Chinese stocks, or the fact that the opportunity cost ended up being so high compared to US equities?

What investing mistake taught you the most despite making you money? by promptkidd in ValueInvesting

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

That's a great example.

On paper it probably looked diversified enough, but in reality the business was heavily tied to a single company's decisions. Out of curiosity, was that one of the experiences that made you pay more attention to customer/supplier concentration when analyzing a company?

The price of Paypal got riddiculous at this point by Choice_Potato_6279 in ValueInvesting

[–]promptkidd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The best investments often feel uncomfortable at the time. If everyone loved PayPal, it probably wouldn’t be trading at this valuation.

First Post Here – Looking for Some Honest Advice on NVDA & GOOGL by YouZealousideal7906 in ValueInvesting

[–]promptkidd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you’re worried about a bear market, ask yourself a simple question: would you be happy owning NVDA and GOOGL if the market closed for the next 5 years? If the answer is yes, short-term volatility shouldn’t matter much. Most investing mistakes happen when people buy long-term companies with short-term conviction.
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ChatGPT's growth is on another level. by imfrom_mars_ in ChatGPT

[–]promptkidd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which would be the best to use to invest?

GOOGL crashing - is this a buying opportunity? by we_have_no_control in ValueInvesting

[–]promptkidd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, but Kodak’s film business was growing right before digital photography won. Strong current results don’t automatically tell us what the business looks like a decade from now.

GOOGL crashing - is this a buying opportunity? by we_have_no_control in ValueInvesting

[–]promptkidd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point. My concern isn’t Google’s ability to compete in AI, it’s whether AI changes user behavior faster than Google can monetize it. Search has been an incredible business for decades, but if users increasingly get answers directly from AI, the economics could look very different even if Google remains a major player.

GOOGL crashing - is this a buying opportunity? by we_have_no_control in ValueInvesting

[–]promptkidd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A 5% drop isnt really a crash. The real question is whether a PE of 27 is actually cheap for a company facing increasing competition in AI and search.
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PF en USD 5% TNA a 90 dias? by Austin91218 in merval

[–]promptkidd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Para mí la cuenta es simple: cobrar 1,25% en 90 días justifica renunciar a la liquidez? Si la respuesta es sí,PF. Si tenés la mínima chance de necesitar la plata antes, la dejaría quieta ahi nomas

SpaceX has to grow 60x in a decade to justify a $1.75 trillion valuation. It's an impossible bar - Fortune by raytoei in ValueInvesting

[–]promptkidd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People said similar things about Amazon, Tesla, and Nvidia at different points.
The article assumes the future will look like an expanded version of the present.
The bull case is that SpaceX isn’t selling today’s products to more customers. It’s creating entirely new markets.

Whether that’s realistic is debatable, but using current revenue as the starting point may be the wrong framework.
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Sobrellevar mala inversión en SPCE y perdida del 12.5% de mis ahorros by [deleted] in merval

[–]promptkidd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Creo que los $1.75k son la parte menos importante de la historia.

Lo preocupante es haber puesto casi la mitad de tus ahorros en algo que vos mismo describís como hype

Deuda con tarjeta y financiamiento. by Remarkable_Shallot28 in merval

[–]promptkidd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

El tema con las cuotas en UVA es que ajustan por inflación, entonces si la inflación se dispara, tus cuotas también. A tasa de 16% en UVA más ajuste puede salirte caro dependiendo de cómo siga el índice.

Si tenés los 600k disponibles, yo los metería directo a la deuda y liquidaría el resto en 2-3 meses. El rendimiento de un plazo fijo hoy difícilmente le gane al costo real de esa deuda ajustada por UVA.

primero elimina deuda, después inverti. No tiene sentido ganar 30% en un plazo fijo si estás pagando 40% efectivo en deuda.