Slow and steady. Learn the markets overtime and make informed decisions! You can do it. 7 years back I was bad too.
Not eye watering returns compare to those tech stocks but I'm happy with my annual twr for my iwda/isac portfolio over 10 years. I was trading in and out but has been dca consistently since 2020.
I have probably another 8 to 10 years of working life to dca. After that will be withdrawal stage
I got some Chinese holdings. Today down from 48% to 41%
50% is amazing
7 years since I started my first stocks bought, today has now marked the best year for me in investing/trading. After seeing my portfolio dropped hard early this year, I thought this is going to be another down year for me, but I change my plans and strategy for the better. And it worked.
This journey is really tough especially 2022 where I was at -20% ish drawdown. I know some of you guys have higher gains than me, but this is my first huge milestone in 7 years.
Yeah, managing risk was something I suck at when I was younger. But experience and painful lessons build the way, not perfect, but better.
It really is, but the next most important thing is consistency. But just really excited and happy to share la... first biggest milestone ever...
i will be honest. there is really no need to beat the market. Just invest along with the market and ride it through. Less stress this way
I find it strange or maybe it is just me you all never have to take a hiatus from investing when you get married buy house follow by kids then parents old ill issues thereafter that your energy is all expended into those. In between tide over a retrenchment exercise. I know I did take a hiatus and only get back in a few years ago. During the hiatus period only do super safe stuff like bank FD. But in a way also the early years don't have so many robo and modern brokers like Endowus Syfe SA moomoo webull etc.
7 years since I started my first stocks bought, today has now marked the best year for me in investing/trading. After seeing my portfolio dropped hard early this year, I thought this is going to be another down year for me, but I change my plans and strategy for the better. And it worked.
This journey is really tough especially 2022 where I was at -20% ish drawdown. I know some of you guys have higher gains than me, but this is my first huge milestone in 7 years.
I have passive DCA investing into ETFs/funds.
Thank you! Yeah it is a special milestone for me nonetheless!
This is also true, but my psychology was I am not sure what to buy and if I buy things might keep dipping. I used to trade CFD, so buying when market selling off is "not the correct thing". But of course long-term investing is very different from trading CFD.
A bit here. Market has rallied quite a bit without any good meaningful pullback or corrections. So I want to be patient and add only when the opportunities arrive. Actually, macro sell off is a good time to buy good quality companies (of course valuations are subjective to different individual)
Wah congrats.... you caught a big fish recently.... I caught mine in Q1 2024, but since then, been failing to catch any big fish again.
7 years since I started my first stocks bought, today has now marked the best year for me in investing/trading. After seeing my portfolio dropped hard early this year, I thought this is going to be another down year for me, but I change my plans and strategy for the better. And it worked.
This journey is really tough especially 2022 where I was at -20% ish drawdown. I know some of you guys have higher gains than me, but this is my first huge milestone in 7 years.
Got so many bargains if you know where to look. For me, silver ETF is where currently I'm positioned in that is safe enough for me to say worth considering a look at this moment. Silver is on the track to US$35/oz, following gold which is on the track to US$2700++/oz by the end of this year.
Same as me. I have one part of my portfolio regularly DCAing into VWRA, sdp500, nasdaq and dji, whether market up or down. Another I try to stock pick. Can measure own performance for both portfolios as well. This year I have done well for both, but not as good as you.
Your dca is manually or rsp?
I use Syfe and Stashaway. They allow daily DCA. I prefer to split monthly DCA amount into daily amount, which I feel is more consistent and regular than a particular day a month. It's slightly higher cost but point is to capture market returns consistently (less the management fee).
