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Love both movies.

However, A River Run Though It is my first choice.

Great movie, Redford narrating and as we get older movie has more meaning to me.
Yeah, doesn’t make sense. But still feel strong about the long term.

re: All beats today..yet we are vwey red

Posted by kaaj24 on 11/4/25 at 6:02 pm to
It never makes sense. These days/weeks seem to happen. Dust settles and stocks march forward.

People get spooked, sell stock, large investors come in buy shares at lower price. Little guys get comfortable, start reinvesting in market. Rinse repeat.
I want people to earn as much as they can.

I don’t stress over market swings. things go on sale…..
Maybe he’s right. Maybe he’s wrong.

I don’t plan to retire until about 10 years out so we can ride out the waves.
It’ll be ok. Still long in the stock and feel good about the next several years. Never a straight line up!
Base portfolio are index funds

NVDA
NBIS
RYCEY
AAPL

Interested what others are doing.
I’m curious to see what impact a prolonged government shutdown will have on markets.

Last week sentiment shifted as I’ve started seeing a lot of narrative about the AI bubble. Think this is more of an opportunity to take some profits. And the periodic settling that occurs after stock market runs.

re: Spec Play - HGRAF

Posted by kaaj24 on 10/18/25 at 6:23 pm to
Yeah, I’ve got a little less than 3k shares.

Definitely tempting if this thing works out as it could be a 20x easy.
About a year from retirement I’ll put 1.5 year of living expenses in a money market type fund
I think having a solid ETF base makes sense before investing in individual stocks.

One thing I always remember is people always share wins but don’t often hear about the misses. It’s a bull market now but it isn’t always this easy.

re: Wallstreetbets is a blood bath

Posted by kaaj24 on 10/11/25 at 12:14 pm to
Always a good reminder that in a bull market everyone thinks they’re smarter than they really are and very few can actually beat the market consistently.

I’d like to learn more about options but also at the same time know you can lose your shirt pretty quickly.
There were a lot of car companies that were started. Only a very small handful made the long term.

AI will be no different.

Ive started to use some AI tools in my work and I see a lot of potential. And its only going to get better
My approach is that large cap stocks that I invest in give international exposure.

I don’t feel confident in international investing since most of the governments have anti growth policies, stricter labor laws. In Europe much higher tax rates. When you try to limit down side risk you also limit upside.

I’m no economist so I’m sure others on this board will have much more articulate responses. Or a different view all together.

I try to stick to what I know.

But have used this board for different investment thesis than I would have otherwise as the base of my portfolio are low cost ETF index funds.
In my opinion, we are in the early stages of AI. Yes, they’ll be winners and losers. However, I’m seeing how it’s going to help companies save time/money and it’s only going to get better.

There is a reason they are paying these AI superstars 100 million.

Quarterly reporting causes short term thinking. I support this.
I have a position in RYCEY
My main retirement allocation is the following.

GRNY - 10%
SCHX - 40%
SCHD - 5%
FTEC - 35%
SCHG - 10%
My approach will be to spend more early while have health and desire to do things.

Most 80 and 90 year olds have more chill.