The Rokslide Stock Traders Thread

[huntnful]

Not only will you probably beat most people, you also didn’t have to spend hours/days looking over financials, trends, etc to determine whether or not a single stock is a good buy.

It kind of reminds me of an old guy that came in to Sportsmans and was complaining about replaceable blade knifes and how “kids these days don’t want to learn to properly sharpen a knife.” I ask him “how long did it take you to learn to properly sharpen a knife?” He stuck his chest out and said “boy, it took me a lifetime.” To which I chuckled and said “for less than 10 bucks a year, I saved myself a lifetimes worth of time.”

Time doing things I want to be doing is the most valuable thing I have.

Haha I use replaceable blade knives too for that exact reason. Simple, fast and works great.

 

[LFC911]

Time period for this “channel”???

Last April

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

I thought I waited long enough and hit a great dip. Bought some PLTR and SHOP in the late morning.....it's still crashing. FM....I am terrible at this game.

 

[bozeman]

VTI, VOO, QQQM: invest $100 in each, each month. Don't watch it. Easy peasy.

 

[MThoundhunter]

Added some SLDP warrants and looking to start rotating other stocks into SLDP at these sub $4 levels.

 

[grfox92]

I had $14k to invest last night, and must’ve spent an hour reading though the last few pages of this thread and researching the named stocks. It was too much for me and I ended up just buying more vanguard index funds hahaha. I’m a vanilla investor I guess. But I do enjoy seeing the updates on here!

Ive made 300% on VGT as a long term hold over the years. I dont think you can go wrong.

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[huntnful]

Ive made 300% on VGT as a long term hold over the years. I dont think you can go wrong.

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Yeah it’s tough KNOWING you won’t get rich over night lol. But after 8 years I’ve done pretty well and have no real regrets that I could have actually foreseen. .

 

[getcervid]

VTI, VOO, QQQM: invest $100 in each, each month. Don't watch it. Easy peasy.

VTI and VOO are 88% the same by weight, and QQQ and VOO are 50% the same by weight. Perhaps you already knew that.

Not trying to be annoying, but Im not seeing the benefit in equally buying into all 3, given how similar they are. If you like the US/tech, you’re getting much of the same exposure from buying 1 as you are all 3 funds.

S&P 500, International (which has kicked US/Tech in the butt for over a year now), small/mid/value, and bonds at the allocation % of your desire would be a lot less concentrated/duplicated.

Edit to add: I did/do this myself with FXAIX (S&P 500), FSKAX (Total US Market), and FTEC/QQQ (Tech/Nasdaq) but quit doing it once I realized I was basically just buying the US’s top 10 companies across 3 funds. I still buy a small portion of FTEC with my FXAIX, cause who isn’t bullish on tech.

 

[2531usmc]

2/4/25 Market Analysis: Equities Drop Further, Rotation into Defensives.

Morgan Stanley Data Driven

tightspreads.substack.com

Morgan Stanley’s take on today’s market action. Interesting to see the level of data and analytics…….

 

[Tater86]

VTI, VOO, QQQM: invest $100 in each, each month. Don't watch it. Easy peasy.

What financial system lets you invest only $100? Schwab makes you buy a full share of each, so VOO cost be $630ish right now

 

[bozeman]

You deposit $100 in each month into your account, then buy when you accumulate enough.

 

[bozeman]

VTI and VOO are 88% the same by weight, and QQQ and VOO are 50% the same by weight. Perhaps you already knew that.

Not trying to be annoying, but Im not seeing the benefit in equally buying into all 3, given how similar they are. If you like the US/tech, you’re getting much of the same exposure from buying 1 as you are all 3 funds.

S&P 500, International (which has kicked US/Tech in the butt for over a year now), small/mid/value, and bonds at the allocation % of your desire would be a lot less concentrated/duplicated.

Edit to add: I did/do this myself with FXAIX (S&P 500), FSKAX (Total US Market), and FTEC/QQQ (Tech/Nasdaq) but quit doing it once I realized I was basically just buying the US’s top 10 companies across 3 funds. I still buy a small portion of FTEC with my FXAIX, cause who isn’t bullish on tech.

Similar exposure yes, but each provide more diversity than the other. Yes, your 'core' is similar.

 

[Wheels]

What financial system lets you invest only $100? Schwab makes you buy a full share of each, so VOO cost be $630ish right now

Vanguard accounts allow you to buy partial shares of their ETF’s.

 

[WiscoHoundsman]

Fidelity will let you buy $100 of VOO. I have a reoccurring purchase every paycheck set up to add a small amount.

 

[LFC911]

Fidelity will let you buy $100 of VOO. I have a reoccurring purchase every paycheck set up to add a small amount.

I concur, i can buy fractional shares on Fidelity.com. On the website I just had to sign a waiver authorizing it.

 

[Brock A]

What financial system lets you invest only $100? Schwab makes you buy a full share of each, so VOO cost be $630ish right now

Robinhood

 

[MuleyFever]

I have $20 a week going into multiple funds with Fidelity.

 

[Tater86]

WEll

Fidelity will let you buy $100 of VOO. I have a reoccurring purchase every paycheck set up to add a small amount.

Well, Schwab just sucks then, haha.

 

[getcervid]

Similar exposure yes, but each provide more diversity than the other. Yes, your 'core' is similar.

$100 VOO + $100 VTI only puts $12 (6%) of your money into different companies than if you had just bought $200 of VOO. If it were me, I would just pick one of those two funds.

QQQ feels like a concentrated fund to me - only 100 companies, and again, 50% overlap with VOO.

VTI/VOO/QQQ are all pretty highly correlated with eachother, I don’t think buying each creates much diversity.

$100 into each puts $238 into the same companies as $300 of VOO. Only a 20% difference in composition.

If that’s what you like, that’s totally fine! I just had this conversation about fund overlap with a friend who is into investing and thought it might apply here.

This portfolio kicked butt the last however many years up until last year, where it underperformed international pretty significantly. You do you!

 

[DiabeticKripple]

KO (Coca Cola) is doing fairly well this last month.

Good blue chip stock to have for less volatility in the portfolio.