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DCA Profits?
I’ve heard of dollar cost averaging by buying stocks in increments (usually in a falling trend), but… Is dollar cost averaging by selling stocks incrementally while they are on the rise a thing? Does it mitigate the risk if the bottom falls out? Or does it eat away at making …
r/Stocks Daily Discussion Monday - Mar 17, 2025
These daily discussions run from Monday to Friday including during our themed posts. Some helpful links: * [Finviz](https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=spy) for charts, fundamentals, and aggregated news on individual stocks * [Bloomberg market news](https://www.bloomberg.com/markets) * StreetInsider news: * [Market Check](https://www.streetinsider.com/Market+Check) - Possibly why the market is doing what it's doing including sudden spikes/dips …
Absent a better strategy, I'm shifting towards the International Market.
Until the US gets its sh-t sorted out, I did see some valleys of stability (to borrow a chemistry term) in other areas. For instance, European bank stocks seem to be performing pretty consistently. Japanese heavy industry as well. Curious to know what a defense finance / manufacturing / supply …
Only 25% likelihood of a bear market after a correction
From Yahoo FInance Morning Brief (March 15, 2025): "Detrick's work shows that since World War II, the S&P 500 has experienced 48 corrections. However, only 12 of those corrections have turned into bear markets, meaning 75% of the time, a correction doesn't spiral all the way down to a bear …
Self driving car test comparing cameras vs. lidar shows that Tesla auto pilot would drive straight through a fake Looney Tunes wall
Bearish on having these turn into robo taxis when this video shows that self driving cars with camera technology is years (and will never match) the capabilities of self driving cars with Lidar technology. How do you make investment moves on this? Google owns Waymo, a self driving car technology …
Question About...
Just joining here. Have read many sources. I just want to legitimately know if managing my own funds/stocks from home can benefit me with let's say a 5% annual growth at least? I have a Roth and a retirement fund. I have another account. I don't have a lot of …
Total return vs trailing returns. What do you prefer for comparing stocks?
Total return vs trailing returns. What do you prefer (and why) or are they two sides of the same coin to you? In my experience I think I have seen trailing returns used more often on sites. example: * [trailing returns](https://imgur.com/a/FRAs82I) from morning star for day end 3/14/25 * SPLG …
Easy way to figure out annual growth for the stocks that Berkshire holds not how much annual growth the Berkshire stock itself grew?
Is there an easy way to figure out annual growth for the stocks that Berkshire holds not how much annual growth the Berkshire stock itself has grown. I figured someone might have a link to something that already figures this out rather than me doing in manually
Bessent noted that there are “no guarantees” there won’t be a recession.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/16/treasury-secretary-bessent-says-white-house-is-heading-off-financial-crisis.html This is ominous if I read this right: “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the Trump administration is focused on preventing a financial crisis that could be the result of massive government spending over the past few years.” So if a recession is caused by them, then so be …
What happened to Ulta and should you look at it now?
Seeing Ulta’s stock movement and wondering what’s happening? Here’s a breakdown of how the company has evolved since COVID and what challenges/opportunities lie ahead. # Pre-COVID (2016-2019): Strong Growth, but Slowing Momentum * Looking at the 2016-2019 period the company had grown tremendously its store base getting to over 1,000 …