I didnt have much to begin with only lost about 12k, I have nothing anyway. My mother lost roughly 100k in her retirement fund from all this crashing. My grandmother even more. How much have you lost in Trump’s Tantrum Tariffs game?

  • Gordon Calhoun
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    My personal history of owning individual stocks has been very disappointing. If you ever decide you want to invest in the equity market, I recommend exchange traded funds (ETFs) that follow an index and have a really low expense ratio. My favorite exchange traded funds are VT, VTI, VTV, VXUS, BND, and BNDX. VBR may be a good one if you ever want exposure to smaller companies.

    Mutual funds are another option, similar to ETFs.

    • @xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      71 month ago

      Be very careful with mutual funds in this climate. Most are heavily weighted towards the Mag7 which include some of the most massively overinflated stocks.

      • Gordon Calhoun
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        That’s why I like the “value” themed ones, like VTV. Those follow indices with companies having a somewhat reasonable price to earnings ratio.

    • @november@lemmy.vg
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      11 month ago

      If you ever decide you want to invest in the equity market

      If I wanted to play with pretend money, Monopoly is right there.

      • Gordon Calhoun
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        21 month ago

        Playing monopoly is definitely a viable option if it makes you happy. The best investments in life are those that benefit mental and/or physical health.