The Investment Thread

Saint_Ward said

So... anyone got any old school, like, healthy bottom line, market share gain, future state type investing news or thoughts?

I've never been big on the 'technicals' and sure aren't hooking up with the Meme stocks (no hate to y'all who are, just not my type of risk play).

I don't mind standing still with my funds, but it feels like I need to shake it up a bit.

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I should add - This is exactly why they have indoctrinated the term "mEME sTOCKS" into people's vocabulary. They want to make it seem like a play involving a bunch of kids trying to manipulate the stock market, when in reality, large institutions are buying and holding just as much as retail is right now (not saying you believe this, per se, but I am sure it's a part of the overall mental exercise for why you have been against buying these for over year now).

They're all over-leveraged shorted stocks in which hedge funds went way over-aggressive in shorting during the pandemic. Framing them as "mEME sTOCKS" is one of the many ways they deter people from educating themselves on the subject and keeping them away from the plays.

Truth is, if you're patient and can deal with the ups and downs without freaking out, they're the safest swing plays on the market, because the (eventual) buying pressure is already there in the form of short positions, total return swaps, and FTDs, assuming you buy stock in a company that's actually not going to go bankrupt. When factoring in T+2 and T+6, the quarterly expiry time periods are virtually guaranteed gains at this point.