Investing megathread extravaganza

[DaFace]

A place to talk about investing stuff.

[Halfcan]

Originally Posted by BigRichard

3M

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/3m-st...104656567.html

Thanks for the tip- I will write it on a Post It note.

[Iowanian]

I have to say, given that I've put money in 3 times since last thursday...this isn't super fun.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

I have to say, given that I've put money in 3 times since last thursday...this isn't super fun.

Yeah, I've been buying into the teeth of this, and I clearly started too early. I hate pandemics.

[kstater]

Originally Posted by Iczer

401k dumb question of the day. I'm 34 and have my 401k 100% into a target date fund. Should I transfer this into large cap since I'm young and have time to ride it out?

I put 80% of mine in to Target fund (38yo) and 20% I put in other funds that I adjust yearly based on what looks good to me.

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[Iowanian]

I've proven that the best way to get the market to drop 1k points is for me to buy in. Next time I'll give you a heads up so you can short.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

I've proven that the best way to get the market to drop 1k points is for me to buy in. Next time I'll give you a heads up so you can short.

LOL. I put some in January. Same boat brother.

There was a period there if I sold a crop it would immediately rally. Mother****er, I hit the bottom line 4 or 5 in row. I told dad to wait 60 days and dump his....and then send me a commission.

I’ve done better subsequently but my god I was bad there for awhile.

[BigRichard]

I asked this before but I think I might take a bit of a risk here possibly. We have a very substantial chunk of change I have sitting in a 2% savings account that we got from selling our house and plan to use it for a down payment on our next house. I don't think we will be buying really soon here so I am really considering dropping it into stocks/index funds if the market drops much more and riding it out for a little while. It could bring in a chunk of money. Would you do it?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by BigRichard

I asked this before but I think I might take a bit of a risk here possibly. We have a very substantial chunk of change I have sitting in a 2% savings account that we got from selling our house and plan to use it for a down payment on our next house. I don't think we will be buying really soon here so I am really considering dropping it into stocks/index funds if the market drops much more and riding it out for a little while. It could bring in a chunk of money. Would you do it?

I'm an aggressive investor, but gosh, I don't know if I'd do that. If you need it for a down payment, you wouldn't want to lose any part of it, and I don't know if the upside is worth the risk. I'd probably keep it in a no-risk account like you're doing.

I guess it's a matter of risk tolerance. We just lost 10 percent of our stock values in three days. What would you do if that happened while your money is in it? Would it be an annoyance or would it derail the home purchase?

[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm an aggressive investor, but gosh, I don't know if I'd do that. If you need it for a down payment, you wouldn't want to lose any part of it, and I don't know if the upside is worth the risk. I'd probably keep it in a no-risk account like you're doing.

I guess it's a matter of risk tolerance. We just lost 10 percent of our stock values in three days. What would you do if that happened while your money is in it? Would it be an annoyance or would it derail the home purchase?

I feel it would be more of a annoyance than anything. We wouldn't starve... that is for certain.

[ghak99]

Originally Posted by BigRichard

I asked this before but I think I might take a bit of a risk here possibly. We have a very substantial chunk of change I have sitting in a 2% savings account that we got from selling our house and plan to use it for a down payment on our next house. I don't think we will be buying really soon here so I am really considering dropping it into stocks/index funds if the market drops much more and riding it out for a little while. It could bring in a chunk of money. Would you do it?

I probably would part of it. ...but I regularly invest in shit that could stop breathing at any minute, so wtf do I know.

[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by BigRichard

I asked this before but I think I might take a bit of a risk here possibly. We have a very substantial chunk of change I have sitting in a 2% savings account that we got from selling our house and plan to use it for a down payment on our next house. I don't think we will be buying really soon here so I am really considering dropping it into stocks/index funds if the market drops much more and riding it out for a little while. It could bring in a chunk of money. Would you do it?

I've been going through a similar scenario where I've had a large amount of $$$ sitting in my savings account since summer last year with the intention of it being a down payment on our next home. Super Bowl Sunday is when the housing inventory really heats up here, so we chose to let it sit ~6 months in savings. Our place is currently under contract and we just went under contract on our new home that is everything we want and more. That said, the difference in 25K below our budget was substantial in home/neighborhood quality compared to going 25K above our budget. So in hindsight, could I have made a litte more money spending 6 months in market, maybe, but the risk of losing and having to settle for a lower tier home would not have been worth it to me.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

I've proven that the best way to get the market to drop 1k points is for me to buy in. Next time I'll give you a heads up so you can short.

You’ve caught a falling knife!!!

Congrats.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Yeah, I've been buying into the teeth of this, and I clearly started too early. I hate pandemics.

Catching a falling knife is hard. Tried it with BTC, which is dropping as well. Cooler heads, Rain Man.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by BigRichard

I asked this before but I think I might take a bit of a risk here possibly. We have a very substantial chunk of change I have sitting in a 2% savings account that we got from selling our house and plan to use it for a down payment on our next house. I don't think we will be buying really soon here so I am really considering dropping it into stocks/index funds if the market drops much more and riding it out for a little while. It could bring in a chunk of money. Would you do it?

Spoiler!

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

I've been going through a similar scenario where I've had a large amount of $$$ sitting in my savings account since summer last year with the intention of it being a down payment on our next home. Super Bowl Sunday is when the housing inventory really heats up here, so we chose to let it sit ~6 months in savings. Our place is currently under contract and we just went under contract on our new home that is everything we want and more. That said, the difference in 25K below our budget was substantial in home/neighborhood quality compared to going 25K above our budget. So in hindsight, could I have made a litte more money spending 6 months in market, maybe, but the risk of losing and having to settle for a lower tier home would not have been worth it to me.

The answer depends primarily on your time horizon (and your risk tolerance to a much lesser extent). If the down payment on the house is going to be made in the next year, preserve capital and keep the money in your savings account. If the down payment is 5 years forward, you have a lot more reason to put it in the market. If something in between, it's a grey area and perhaps diversify between both.

Risk tolerance matters too. For most people, if you have 100k you're saving as a down payment, a 10k loss is going to be far more difficult to stomach than the extent to which you're going to enjoy a 10k gain. But people are cut from different cloths.