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Old 05-30-2019, 09:35 PM   #2906
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I absolutely SUCK at buying individual stocks. Part of the issue is that it’s been easier for me to understand and to bet on my own business vs someone else’s. Maybe when I fully retire, I’ll be more focused and capable of immersing myself into this world. Until then, I’ll live vicariously through this thread and you guys
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I dabble in it, but mostly do low-fee index funds. The problem with individual stocks is that you not only have to know when to buy, you have to know when to sell. **** up either end of that equation, and you're not going to come out well.

And, frankly, I don't have the time to research and monitor all that stuff on an ongoing basis.
All my retirement is in mutual funds and index funds. 401k and Roth IRA.

My brokerage account has a mixture of long positions, short positions and options. It's roughly 25% of our total investments. I enjoy dabbling in it really, learning and reading about markets and technical analysis. I have been pretty busy this year though so I've been trading quite a bit less this year, while last year I had about 60 trades for the year.
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