Do you invest in individual stocks? What %?

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Anonymous wrote:I am mostly in funds as well, but lately have been investing small amounts in things that interest me. Generally it's things that I hear on WTOP or read in NYT that catch my ear/eye, and I think "I bet that will do well." Recently invested in the group that owns Tim Hortons after hearing about a big expansion in MD, and this week invested in a boba tea place that went public this year that I read about in an article in the NYT this week. Small amounts, 5k here, 10k there, and I watch it to amuse myself. I only recently started doing this. The only other time I did it was years ago ... and it was Amazon ... so. I did well there, lol. Wish I'd invested more.

Same but with 2k/5k here and there. Regular investing is automatic to S&P 500 etc and individual stock purchases are manual and mostly for fun. Eg, we bought some McDonalds stock so our son, who loves the place, could follow it.

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mostly boring boglehead style, but I did pick up some NVDA when it dropped to 117 last year. my brother used to do a lot of individual picking (and he works as a quant) but decided that the juice was rarely worth the squeeze.

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I had stocks for years from the UGMA and finally sold them -- my quality of life shot up once I didn't have to keep track of stock splits, spinoff, and the like.

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Anonymous wrote:During the pandy I decided to start buying one share of stocks I liked for fun. I did it via fractional share buys doing $100 every other week. I have about $30k in that account now. I literally was like Ok my one treat is Starbucks. Let me buy that. Lines are always long at Costco. Buy. People cant date in real life. Buy Match. This company makes the machines that make semiconductors that make microchips. Buy. I use Reddit and they let me buy early so sure. I have had Netflix since 2004. Buy. I sell clunkers and buy something else but it’s all ✨vibes✨. Fun though!

+1,000,000 It has to be fun or donʻt do it. Owning Costco stock makes standing in the lines more bearable.

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About 20% in individual stocks, as they’ve grown a lot. No intention of selling for index funds for now.

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About 80% in individual stocks.

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Anonymous wrote:100% in the Magnificent 7, minus Tesla, that I shorted when Musk did his Nazi salute, and Microsoft, that I've never liked.

This is the way in an oligarchy

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I do a small percentage like 5-10% since I only do tech stocks because I work in tech.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am mostly in funds as well, but lately have been investing small amounts in things that interest me. Generally it's things that I hear on WTOP or read in NYT that catch my ear/eye, and I think "I bet that will do well." Recently invested in the group that owns Tim Hortons after hearing about a big expansion in MD, and this week invested in a boba tea place that went public this year that I read about in an article in the NYT this week. Small amounts, 5k here, 10k there, and I watch it to amuse myself. I only recently started doing this. The only other time I did it was years ago ... and it was Amazon ... so. I did well there, lol. Wish I'd invested more.

Same but with 2k/5k here and there. Regular investing is automatic to S&P 500 etc and individual stock purchases are manual and mostly for fun. Eg, we bought some McDonalds stock so our son, who loves the place, could follow it.

My daughter is in college and turning 21 in a week. I want to set up a stock account for her and put $2K in it. (We don’t have a lot of cash as paying for school mostly out of pocket.)She is a saver and I can see her sitting on it for a long time, or I wouldn’t consider this.

I have my own ideas, but interested in getting crowd info not AI sales junk. She’s into stem so would be cool for Birthday to get stem recommendations but looking into Tim Hortons.
Do you recommend Robinhood or Webull or …..?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am mostly in funds as well, but lately have been investing small amounts in things that interest me. Generally it's things that I hear on WTOP or read in NYT that catch my ear/eye, and I think "I bet that will do well." Recently invested in the group that owns Tim Hortons after hearing about a big expansion in MD, and this week invested in a boba tea place that went public this year that I read about in an article in the NYT this week. Small amounts, 5k here, 10k there, and I watch it to amuse myself. I only recently started doing this. The only other time I did it was years ago ... and it was Amazon ... so. I did well there, lol. Wish I'd invested more.

Same but with 2k/5k here and there. Regular investing is automatic to S&P 500 etc and individual stock purchases are manual and mostly for fun. Eg, we bought some McDonalds stock so our son, who loves the place, could follow it.

My daughter is in college and turning 21 in a week. I want to set up a stock account for her and put $2K in it. (We don’t have a lot of cash as paying for school mostly out of pocket.)She is a saver and I can see her sitting on it for a long time, or I wouldn’t consider this.

I have my own ideas, but interested in getting crowd info not AI sales junk. She’s into stem so would be cool for Birthday to get stem recommendations but looking into Tim Hortons.
Do you recommend Robinhood or Webull or …..?

The kids use Robinhood. I'm old and use Fidelity. I like their customer service and easy to use features. (I'm vibes pp)

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5% of my total stock portfolio is in “emotional” stocks - nostalgia, sentimental value, gifts. Things like the company my grandpa worked for, a company I worked for when I was just starting my career, companies that are integrated into my life somehow. It’s just fun and a low amount comparatively.