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I'm rooted like the methusela tree hahah! I did just go visit my mom in another state though got back today it was fun
I’m glad you root prune one of those roots from the tree and took that trip to visit your mom ! Now get that Christmas fund going and make more visits to your loved ones .I'm rooted like the methusela tree hahah! I did just go visit my mom in another state though got back today it was fun
Stock goes down divs keep coming in … that also opens a buy or add opportunity for a stock that’s down , lowers your cost basis . The thing is selling a stock that’s down/ in the red loses cash .. dividends over time will make up the red . If it’s a solid company in the red or tax lots red it isn’t that important IMO as the divs keep coming and they are long term holdings anyway ..So i see that if the stocks go up then that's an increase of the account plus the dividend but if not then a decrease of account but still the dividend - that's good!
Tbills are still yielding good
I do sell if I hadn’t bought enough of a dividend stock and the price ai feel went up to much to add more .. but I don’t just dump . I’ll sell a little at a time to either take cash for something or buy another companies stock I think would work better or higher div payout . Just depends on what my thinking is at the moment and can benefit the portfolio .Do you end up selling and buying pretty often or can they take care of themselves at all so to say?
As long as money is being made and how much ! safe investments are a good thing but usually with less risk means less money . It’s not a bad idea as a low risk set income type part of a portfolio is a good thing and a preference.If it a daily thing or if it a preference thing? Not trying to be a pain but learning. My tbill just sits there until it matures lol not sure how much buying/selling i could handle
That I agree with ,,, stick the big toe in the pool and see if it’s ok to jump in ! Hahaha .I'll just have to try something to get the hang of it.
It takes time to figure out many things .. It’s what I had to do on my own .. the things I do ,, Most people have zero idea of things .. Even my younger brother , long time investor didn’t even realize what tax lots were or wash sales .. he had plenty of them before ai had to explain and show him . He thought I was full of it hahaha , now he believes. He also had no idea about EOY selling off some red crap for a tax loss write-off … that mainly a thing that the bigs use to offset the tax responsibility..Sounds like you've done well in educating yourself. I lknow it's not a science but i think all you state makes good common sense
Because they got greedy and played games and lost big timeI can also see why some jumped out of skyscraper windows when the market crashed way back when!!
For what it is ,, I’m not complaining hahaha .. a gain is a gain no matter how smallThe crypto account looks great!!!