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Coke and Pepsi are always talked about in investment books. Intellegent Investor and such.
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01-08-2017, 11:51 PM | #542 |
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I need to double down and also buy stock in some diabetes management companies, too.
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01-09-2017, 01:06 AM | #543 |
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Sometimes, it's better to be lucky than good. I got tired of the performance of an index fund in February and started investing on my own. Since February, I have roughly doubled my Roth.
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01-09-2017, 01:20 AM | #544 |
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You mean a 100% return, or is that counting contributions?
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01-09-2017, 01:28 AM | #545 |
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that would definately sweeten the deal
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01-09-2017, 01:34 AM | #546 |
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Net of contributions, a little over doubled, depending on the day. After five years of virtually no growth on my maxed out Roth contributions, I started playing with some call options and picking specific stocks. I haven't really refined my trading strategies with options yet, but you learn some expensive and valuable lessons.
The rule I am currently trying is to make a prediction, buy the position, and see it through. I actually left a huge amount of money on the table by exiting positions ahead of my predictions because I had tidy gains and was living by the "Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered" thought process. The great thing about options though, is that you can make sufficient returns for your whole portfolio using just 5% of your actual account value. I have been sitting on roughly 60% cash since June and still making good gains. (I also have ~25-30% of my portfolio in stocks I have selected individually.) |
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You cannot even do covered calls
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I think home builders will do better in the next 4 years
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