Investing megathread extravaganza

[DaFace]

A place to talk about investing stuff.

[Nightfyre]

Originally Posted by scho63

I hope nobody here got caught in NKLA

Call it a perverse sense of justice, but I hope some folks learned some lessons about recklessly shilling for shit companies

[Stewie]

Dividend stocks are always a good play. They've been a staple for Buffett his entire career.


I got completely out of the market last month due to the craziness. I held some stocks for years. This election stuff is making me nervous. The company I pay for advice has recommended NOT buying ANY stocks for days and days and days. I'm sitting on cash for the foreseeable future.


Anyway, here are the best stocks to own for quality and dividends:


Lowes (LOW)
Sherwin Williams (SHW)
Target (TGT)
West Pharm. (WST)
Cintas (CTAS)


Dividend stocks don't shuffle up and down as much as hot or momentum stocks, but they do change.


The analysis of all stocks from my advisors is completely mathematical and technical. No "gut feeling" type of stuff.



Good investing!

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

Call it a perverse sense of justice, but I hope some folks learned some lessons about recklessly shilling for shit companies

Due to some really fortuitous timing of buying and selling, I'm still up $20 on my $500 purchase back when Hammock was pumping it up. I bought 10 shares for $562, sold 8 of them back for $543, and now have $37 in the stock. It'll eventually make me a millionaire.

And I'm not talking thousands. It's literally 37 dollars.

[SupDock]

Originally Posted by Stewie

Dividend stocks are always a good play. They've been a staple for Buffett his entire career.


I got completely out of the market last month due to the craziness. I held some stocks for years. This election stuff is making me nervous. The company I pay for advice has recommended NOT buying ANY stocks for days and days and days. I'm sitting on cash for the foreseeable future.


Anyway, here are the best stocks to own for quality and dividends:


Lowes (LOW)
Sherwin Williams (SHW)
Target (TGT)
West Pharm. (WST)
Cintas (CTAS)


Dividend stocks don't shuffle up and down as much as hot or momentum stocks, but they do change.


The analysis of all stocks from my advisors is completely mathematical and technical. No "gut feeling" type of stuff.



Good investing!

What is the company recommending buying, if not stocks? The market is down, which seems like a good time to buy more?

Time in the market vs timing the market
I suppose it depends on your risk tolerance and how close you are to retirement.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by SupDock

What is the company recommending buying, if not stocks? The market is down, which seems like a good time to buy more?

Time in the market vs timing the market
I suppose it depends on your risk tolerance and how close you are to retirement.

This.

Too many questions to have a blanket, “don’t buy stocks.” I upped my 401k contribution this month so I can max it out by the end of the year while stocks are down.

My time horizon is 30 years.

[Stewie]

401k doesn't matter since you don't have decisions to make about individual stocks. I have a 401k and a Roth. I treat those differently than my TD Ameritrade account.



There are myriad stocks that have a "buy" rating from my advisors. It's at this point in time that they don't advise buying stocks because the overall market is not moving in the right direction. That could change in a few days.


I've learned to play the middle 80% of the market. Don't buy bottom feeders and don't try to pick the top. When to buy and when to sell are critical. That's where professionals come into play. They do market analysis for a living. I don't.



Good investing!

[SupDock]

Originally Posted by Stewie

401k doesn't matter since you don't have decisions to make about individual stocks. I have a 401k and a Roth. I treat those differently than my TD Ameritrade account.



There are myriad stocks that have a "buy" rating from my advisors. It's at this point in time that they don't advise buying stocks because the overall market is not moving in the right direction. That could change in a few days.


I've learned to play the middle 80% of the market. Don't buy bottom feeders and don't try to pick the top. When to buy and when to sell are critical. That's where professionals come into play. They do market analysis for a living. I don't.



Good investing!

Definitely, but in the long term, passive strategies tend to outperform active strategies.

Is your managed account doing better than your retirement accounts?

I'm often tempted to take a more hands on approach, but haven't yet.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by SupDock

Definitely, but in the long term, passive strategies tend to outperform active strategies.

Is your managed account doing better than your retirement accounts?

I'm often tempted to take a more hands on approach, but haven't yet.

Yup, you can't out predict the market. It's been stated here before that trying to time the market doesn't work to your advantage over regular methodical investing.

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by SupDock

Definitely, but in the long term, passive strategies tend to outperform active strategies.

Is your managed account doing better than your retirement accounts?

I'm often tempted to take a more hands on approach, but haven't yet.

I'm a unique case. The company I worked for matched 401k contributions with stock. They also offered a stock buying program and I participated.



Needless to say I owned a bunch of company stock. There have been two buyouts since 2015 that put the price of the stock through the roof (and were sold).


I guess you could say the 401k is passive and the stock buying part that went to TD Ameritrade is passive. I didn't actively trade the stock.


Since then my active trading has done much better than my 401k and better than most benchmarks. No fund fees either.



Good investing!

[lewdog]

Any good long term buys right now?

I’ve been analyzing lots of stocks the past few days and nothing looks great for buy and hold.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Any good long term buys right now?

I’ve been analyzing lots of stocks the past few days and nothing looks great for buy and hold.

I decided to get into the Electric vehicle market over the last 60 days. I believe over the next 20 years the Internal combustion engine will be obsolete. California has already mandated that by 2035 there will be no new car sales with ICE's. Therefore Ive bought:

TSLA
WKHS
SHLL which just became (HYLN) after the merger yesterday

And the charging station companies:

BLNK
SBE

I like HYLN's concept of thaking the drive train from an existing semi and replacing it with an electric system. It saves existing fleets tons of money over purchasing new Electric semi's

WKHS will blow up if it gets the USPS contract and I think Trump will unleash the funds for USPS before the election.

I'm holding these long term, at least 5 years and not going to worry about what happens between now and then.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin

I decided to get into the Electric vehicle market over the last 60 days. I believe over the next 20 years the Internal combustion engine will be obsolete. California has already mandated that by 2035 there will be no new car sales with ICE's. Therefore Ive bought:

TSLA
WKHS
SHLL which just became (HYLN) after the merger yesterday

And the charging station companies:

BLNK
SBE

I like HYLN's concept of thaking the drive train from an existing semi and replacing it with an electric system. It saves existing fleets tons of money over purchasing new Electric semi's

WKHS will blow up if it gets the USPS contract and I think Trump will unleash the funds for USPS before the election.

I'm holding these long term, at least 5 years and not going to worry about what happens between now and then.

Too many players for the same technology in that market. It’s mostly speculating at this point.

Any good blue chip stocks for long plays? Intel and Cisco are on my radar for beaten down but didn’t pass all the tests yet.

I did add some of LUV. I see it surviving this and possibly buying out others. It’s shown plenty of support in a turbulent sector.

[Abba-Dabba]

Originally Posted by RubberSponge

I am really down with a pigs go to slaughter approach on this through the year.

I don't see any real need to sell out. With the markets ability to rebound from COVID and NAIL being at over 90some in late Feb. all the way down to 6 in Mar. My greed can't help but let me think that it could be 60 in Oct.

Probably out of NAIL today.

It was a great ride. 6.90 to 60.00. More happy that my timeline was pretty much spot on rather than any return.

What else should I look at to reposition the money?

[wutamess]

Originally Posted by RubberSponge

Probably out of NAIL today.



It was a great ride. 6.90 to 60.00. More happy that my timeline was pretty much spot on rather than any return.



What else should I look at to reposition the money?

Don't think it'll keep going up anymore? I keep kicking myself for buying and selling for quick profits since in at $9.

I missed the 30-45 jump.

Told myself to buy it and just let it sit for a while.

Your thoughts?

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[Abba-Dabba]

Originally Posted by wutamess

Don't think it'll keep going up anymore? I keep kicking myself for buying and selling for quick profits since in at $9.

I missed the 30-45 jump.

Told myself to buy it and just let it sit for a while.

Your thoughts?

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I do think it can grow more by looking at the charts right now. I see no reason why it can't get back to where it was at pre-covid by sometime next year.

I'm not out of it yet, but am really wanting to take my money.