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The Brutal Truth About Investment Success
The Real Reason Most Investors Struggle (An Unfiltered Perspective) Over time, I've observed a trend: many individuals claim to desire long-term investments, yet their actions often contradict this assertion. When the first wave of red hits, the game plan gets flipped. A fresh trend emerges, and the whole landscape transforms …
Am I overthinking how to track my portfolio or do charts actually matter?
I've been tracking my portfolio in a basic Excel spreadsheet for like 3 years. Just simple line graphs showing performance over time, maybe a pie chart for allocation. Works fine but honestly looks pretty boring. Started wondering if I should be doing something more visual to actually spot trends or …
What geographical indices are you holding?
I dumped my S&P 500 a while back and more recently dumped my All World investment, as America is too exhausting for me to invest in at the moment as a whole. Since then, I've had a spread of EU, UK, Japan, and a little Asia Pacific. But I'm not …
CME launching NdPr futures is the final boss of rare earth volatility
So CME is finally working on a rare earth futures contract for Neodymium and Praseodymium. NdPr prices have been soaring and are already 40% higher this year, so the timing is kind of crazy. I'm sure it's the right thing for banks to get a tool for hedging these projects …
Nvidia (NVDA) Riding Big Tech's $650B+ AI CapEx Wave in 2026 – After Pullback from Highs… Buy-the-Dip or Bubble Burst?
Nvidia continues to be the clear winner from the AI infrastructure boom Big Tech (Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft) is guiding **\~$650-700B combined CapEx** for 2026 (up sharply from 2025), with a massive chunk going to GPUs, data centers, and AI compute. Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang called it "the largest infrastructure …
US debt forecast to hit $64T in a decade as Trump policies widen deficit
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the U.S. national debt is projected to reach $64 trillion within the next decade, with annual deficits rising to $3.1 trillion by 2036. With debt already exceeding $38 trillion and continuing to grow rapidly, this trajectory raises serious long-term fiscal concerns. Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/11/us-debt-forecast-to-hit-64t-in-a-decade-as-trump-policies-widen-deficit-00775726 Question: …
HNW (accredited/QC/QP) Investor Groups for discussion of Alternative Investments
I tried posting a version of this on another subreddit and was met with universally negative reactions. Basically, as a HNWI, given current public market valuations, I have been diversifying my portfolio away from pure ETFs of public stocks (which still constitute a majority of my holdings). Longer term, Private …
Are oil companies a bubble?
I've been keeping some XLE in my portfolio, and was startled to see how well it's performing. I decided therefore to look which oil companies are in the ETF, and have a look at their stock prices. I was startled by the rapid growth rate of these, and was wondering …
Investing in QQQ(M) in 2026?
It seems like tech is currently extremely saturating the S&P, but is it still worth separately investing in QQQ? (Even if I have 80% of my portfolio in the S&P?) I also am a little worried that this year tech may not do that well or even beat the market …
How can you find value in the case of war with Iran?
Trump has been talking positively about the negotiations with Iran lately. Could this be an opportunity to find value if a conflict with Iran is not priced in? Just like in our favorite movie “The Big Short”, this feels like a moment where public sentiment is leaning heavily in one …