I made just under 10k on these typical stocks from March to September Below:
meta
apple
microsoft
nvidia
TSMC
The Reason for selling was I think yes they have more room to grow. However they are volatile and highly dependent on AI. Ultimately I do think I probably took my roughly 26% gain to early and now isn’t probably the best time to get back in to them.
Should I wait for them to dip and then rebuy again Or consider these new investments below:
FTSE250 - 20% of pie reasoning - strong growth start of the year past month has been relatively stagnant but this may pick up. From the UK the economy isn’t great but I do think there is some growth even if small. Fastest G7 growth im first half of 26.
S&P 500 - 40% of pie. reasoning - pretty basic no really reasoning than have a diversified portfolio. Yes could go all world, but S&P usually out performs the world funds. ( yes I know heavily reliant on MAG7)
Individual stocks:
Uber 3% share- Down 30% in last year. Yes autonomous cars pose a risk but it will take a while In my view especially in UK and EU. Also hard to change consumer habits. UBER could easily partner with companies too. I only see this as increasing there revenue With less dependency on paying drivers, PE currently only 15, net profit is good, growth although small still there.
[Booking.com](http://Booking.com) 5% share down just under 30% this year. Not very attractive but don’t see a threat to their business model outside of risk of recession.
Reddit 5% share - Dropped 40% this year. Not much cause for that in my view. Reddit could easily use more ads etc. to increase revenue. Not great for user experience though.
Build a bear 5% same as booking.com. Realistically 2025 best year in a while for growth. Admittedly did get overvalued but at $24 currently seems like a steal.
speculation stocks
Oracle 10% - yes I know. high debt shit owner and all the rest. not to mention recent force majeure. however, the stock is low and demand hasn’t stop. I do think they will be the first to go if there is a crash but I’m not sure that will happen in the next year or two. They still have high orders and a backlog. As long as interest rates don’t go up too much more, and demand stays there. the stock could go up easily 20-30% min before crashing. This is a short term 1-3 year option.
First Solar 10% - Similar to above in that heavily reliant on AI and the need for energy. Down 20% this year. We know renewables will be the future etc. Chamge of US party and policy could see this stock fly. However high debt etc.
Interested to hear people’s thoughts views and alternative. no this wasn’t an AI post.