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Could you break your own gains record today?
Just looking at the futures/pre-market #'s. Wow. Especially for us newish investors, could we perhaps break personal records? (All free to comment though). In my brokerage of about 400K (inheritance), my personal recollection of highest gain on a given day is about 8% on paper. 5 minutes before market open. …
I sold at the end of March reduced profit now unsure if to wait.
Hi All, I had been unsure if i was over exposed to the US with holdings in S&P500 also had Vanguard FTSE Global All Cap Index Fund. I have about £350k Got a bit scared and sold and now thinking made a mistake but this Iran war and Trump is …
The Bottleneck in Tokenization Is Not What Most People Think
A lot of attention is going into tokenizing assets, but the real constraint may not be technology. Blockchains already support fast settlement, fractional ownership, and global access. That part is largely solved. The harder problem is everything before the token exists. Structuring assets, ensuring compliance, and most importantly, assigning accurate …
Market Sentiment Check: Greedy or Fearful?
You know the saying - 'Be greedy when others are fearful" - but I'm now wondering how quickly the speed of a rebound like last night/this morning (taco strikes again lmao) would cause a significant shift in market psychology. [CNN's fear and greed index](https://www.cnn.com/markets/fear-and-greed) was on the edge of Extreme …
I'm an Investing Moron and Need Help
Hello. I'm old but new to all of this. I'm in need of help. Nothing crazy, I'm just trying to understand what this stuff all means. What is the difference between a "market order" and a "limit order"? I'm not looking for quick money. I'm not trying to day trade. …
Can relative momentum be used to beat the market? Here’s my 5-year experience with a simple ETF rotation strategy.
I’ve been active on the stock market for more than 20 years. In the first 15, I was mostly underperforming, trying all sorts of strategies for stock picking. After endless learning and reading, in early 2021 I finalized a simple rules-based system **based on relative momentum**. It’s a rotation strategy, …
Everyone is racing to tоkenize assets. Nobody has solved pricing at scale yet
There’s a lot of excitement right now around tokenization, and for good reason. Market went from about 24B to \~28B in a matter of weeks. Institutions are entering. Exchanges are building infrastructure. Regulators are finally giving clarity. But there’s one problem that doesn’t get enough attention. Pricing. It’s easy to …
Negative Autopilot Returns
Hello, I started trading with autopilot in July of 2025. I pay for started by using the Jim Simons tracker which at the time had a higher rate of return than Pelosi. The returns were marginal at best. I noticed people seemed to be doing well with the WWIII tracker. …
Inherited Edward Jones Acct
My mother passed earlier this year. My sibling and I inherited, among other things, a 50/50 split of her account at EJ. I took a look last week and it’s all mutual funds. I have a call scheduled with an advisor to understand the account. I’ve read stories on various …
Investing in a world without freedom of navigation (tolls setup on Strait of Hormuz and potentially others), reiterated
Last week I made a post trying to estimate the cost on global trade from tolls on the Strait of Hormuz: https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/1s9e35g/investing_in_a_world_without_freedom_of/ > Assume 2% toll. > 20 M bpd. 70$ a barrel. > 20*70 =1,400 million $ a day= 1.4B a day > 2% is $28M a day > …