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$EUV has been quietly moving up - does anyone follow this one?
Quick breakdown of why I'm still in $EUV. Lithography is the actual chokepoint in semiconductor manufacturing. ASML dominates it. The AI buildout is driving massive fab expansion. Intel, TSMC, Samsung all need EUV equipment. There is a multi-year backlog.
I've never seen so much greed before, is it possible to capitalize on it?
Almost everyone ik who was a standard investor is foaming at the mouth over specific stock tickers, options, leverage, etc. Feels like not even a few months ago everyone was trying to buy gold/crypto to offset the "impending crash". back then I was buying as much as I could under …
A Great AI Picks & Shovels Play: Photronics (PLAB)
Hey guys - so I've seen some discussions on Photronics in the past but wanted to bring this back up again, especially with the focus on AI/Semis/Data Centers. I believe that PLAB is a great picks & shovel play in the industry, and with them being the only major player …
Copy trading may be less about returns and more about incentive alignment
I usually see copy trading discussed as a performance question. Does the trader make money? What is the return? What is the win rate? But I think the bigger issue is incentive alignment. If someone is being copied by many users, what are they actually incentivized to do? Preserve capital …
$QMY - Growth & Technology 10% Buffer - sharing why I'm still holding
Using $QMY as a middle ground between cash and full equity exposure to QQQ. The tradeoff is a cap on upside in exchange for downside protection. In a volatile market that trade feels fair. The expense ratio is reasonable for what you get structurally. Works best when you buy at …
$EUV keeps quietly moving up - does anyone follow this one?
​ $EUV is one of my core semiconductor holdings and I keep getting asked why I don't just buy ASML directly. The ETF gives you ASML plus the broader ecosystem - optics manufacturers, light source tech, metrology firms. That diversification across the value chain is real and meaningful. Also easier …
Hedging my portfolio in anticipation of oil shortages
Oil is up currently but not as high as it could get if we actually see a real shortage. My portfolio is roughly 50% S&P500, 20% Healthcare, 15% international, then a mix of some niche exposure. So I stand to suffer quite a bit if U.S companies are exposed to …
How does anyone take Cathie Wood seriously?
First of all her fund has severely underperformed the market. Her “innovation fund” has returned -23% over the last 5 years, during arguably the largest innovation cycles in a lifetime. SP500 has returned 75% during the same time. Even with that, most of trades are so basic, like someone who …
New to fidelity and investing
I’m 40 and just learning financial literacy. I have no retirement. I opened a Roth IRA and have begun putting small amounts into FSKAX and plan to max it out yearly.. From what I could tell all of those index funds are pretty much the same and I can’t figure …
Oil is up 50% since february and the market just doesn't care
Crude is at 98 bucks. Gas is over 6 dollars in half the country. The strait of hormuz is still disrupted. Trump rejected Iran's latest peace proposal today. And the S&P 500 closed at an all time high on friday for the sixth week in a row. Amrita Sen from …