Daily General Discussion and spitballin thread - November 29, 2021 Investing |
- Daily General Discussion and spitballin thread - November 29, 2021
- Daily Advice Thread - All basic help or advice questions must be posted here. November 29, 2021
- GBTC ETF is significantly underperforming Bitcoin. GBTC’s 2% expense ratio is generating $740 million in annualized fee income for its management!
- Omicron could cause a massive bull run
- Confused about buying mutual fund shares
- E-cigarettes are going to have a standard operation in China. $RLX
- Selling and taxes - what are your thoughts?
- The Dot-com bubble -- Any documentary recommendations or anecdotes?
- DISCA vs DISCB vs DISCK - Discovery Market Cap
- The Final Oil Short of 2021 - Update 1
- Why do many financial products require high minimum investments?
- Going short volatility during a market correction
- Diversified Portfolio as a student
- Daily General Discussion and spitballin thread - November 28, 2021
- What’s your opinion of Morningstar?
- What ways do retail investors have to get invested in VC?
- trying to understand the details of the treasury auction process
- Daily Advice Thread - All basic help or advice questions must be posted here. November 28, 2021
- Stock Sell-Off Chart Overtime
- What's the point of inverse funds?
- Why some ETFs and Indexes exclude the UK?
| Daily General Discussion and spitballin thread - November 29, 2021 Posted: 29 Nov 2021 02:02 AM PST Have a general question? Want to offer some commentary on markets? Maybe you would just like to throw out a neat fact that doesn't warrant a self post? Feel free to post here! This thread is for:
Keep in mind that this subreddit, and this thread, is not an appropriate venue for questions that should be directed towards your broker's customer support or google. If you would like to ask a question about your personal situation or if you are asking for advice please keep these posts in the daily advice thread as that thread is more well suited for those questions. Any posts that should be comments in this thread will likely be removed. [link] [comments] |
| Daily Advice Thread - All basic help or advice questions must be posted here. November 29, 2021 Posted: 29 Nov 2021 02:01 AM PST If your question is "I have $10,000, what do I do?" or other "advice for my personal situation" questions, you should include relevant information, such as the following:
Please consider consulting our FAQ first - https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/wiki/faq And our side bar also has useful resources. Be aware that these answers are just opinions of Redditors and should be used as a starting point for your research. You should strongly consider seeing a registered financial rep before making any financial decisions! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Nov 2021 06:39 AM PST Ref: https://www.barrons.com/articles/grayscale-bitcoin-trust-fund-etf-price-51637689328 With $37 billion in assets, the Grayscale trust GBTC is the world's largest Bitcoin fund. It towers over every other fund on the market. Investors have flooded into the Grayscale trust because it owns Bitcoin directly. Its largest holder is Ark Invest, the fund shop run by Cathie Wood, which has invested $375 million in the trust, including assets held in its Ark Next Generation ETF (ARKW). Shares of the trust, which trade over the counter, are up 42% this year versus a 95% gain for Bitcoin, through Oct. 29. "Investors that crowded into GBTC, buying at a premium, really got burned," says Morningstar analyst Bobby Blue. Yet, GBTC management made a killing! [link] [comments] |
| Omicron could cause a massive bull run Posted: 29 Nov 2021 01:10 AM PST If somehow this variant does turn out to be highly contagious but non-lethal then this could be the beginning of the end of Covid. Assuming someone carrying Omicron antibodies is immune to the Delta strain, a new non lethal strain taking over the world and replacing Delta would be the ideal way to end this pandemic. Encouraging Omicron to spread is going to spread delta-immunity across the 3rd world much faster than vaccines ever could. Of course we won't really know for a couple of weeks just how deadly this strain is, but if early reports are true and it does turn out to be non-lethal this could be massive for the world and of course markets. [link] [comments] |
| Confused about buying mutual fund shares Posted: 28 Nov 2021 07:14 PM PST Hi there, I've been looking to invest some money in the FXAIX index fund, but I'm confused about how these shares are priced and traded. From what I read, mutual fund share prices are updated after market close each day, which is also when shares are traded. Does that mean I won't know the price of the shares I'm buying until they are calculated after close, or am I buying them at the price they're listed at during the day? Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| E-cigarettes are going to have a standard operation in China. $RLX Posted: 28 Nov 2021 11:21 PM PST After 8 months, the "most stringent regulation in history" of e-cigarettes landed. On November 26, the State Council announced the decision to amend the "Regulations for the Implementation of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China", clarifying the legal basis for the supervision of new tobacco products such as e-cigarettes. The amendment to the "Regulations for the Implementation of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China" has added an article as Article 65: "E-cigarettes and other new tobacco products shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant regulations of cigarettes in this Regulation." The decision shall take effect on the date of promulgation. The reason why e-cigarettes still has a further development is that their harm reduction effect exists to a certain extent. The United States FDA has approved three Reynolds tobacco cigarettes for this reason. However, the fruit flavors that young people like are not approved for fear of inducing young people to smoke. This is the starting point for countries to formulate their systems. The main reason for harm reduction is the use of synthetic nicotine, which reduces harmful substances such as traditional tobacco tar. As long as the regulations are completed, the e-cigarettes industry is going to have a standard operation. [link] [comments] |
| Selling and taxes - what are your thoughts? Posted: 28 Nov 2021 08:39 AM PST What are your thoughts on selling and taxes? I go back and forth - my dad always says 'now you gotta pay taxes on short term gains' and my stepdad always says 'yes but taxes on profit are still profit' I get taxes suck; but I also understand that I pay taxes on wages I work for; and actually have to do work for that. I have an IRA, 401k, and brokerage so I take advantage of tax shelters and am mostly long term with some trades when profit is high; but am interested to learn people's thoughts on this. [link] [comments] |
| The Dot-com bubble -- Any documentary recommendations or anecdotes? Posted: 27 Nov 2021 05:47 PM PST I'm trying to get a better picture of how much awareness there was of the booming tech industry in the 1990s and early 2000s. How comparable is it to the crypto boom today or any other (tech-unrelated) field? It seemed very easy to just make a "startup" if you were into programming and could actually build something of value. Sure the resources were not really there and the tools were limited. Making a simple website was for example much harder than it is nowadays. However many people could have tried their luck but they didnt. I'm trying to figure out why. Maybe only a few people knew about the upcoming new technology or they heard of it but remained sceptical? [link] [comments] |
| DISCA vs DISCB vs DISCK - Discovery Market Cap Posted: 28 Nov 2021 01:09 PM PST Wondering if somebody can shed some light on how market cap works when there are multiple classes of shares outstanding for a single company. Looking at Yahoo! Finance, all three of these symbols carry the same market cap of $12.43B. Does this mean that Discovery's total market cap (all outstanding shares) are a total of $37.29B? Looking at the Statistics page for each of the symbols, I see that each has a different # associated to the Shares Outstanding however so my idea for the correct market cap would just be shares outstanding * current price for the given class of shares. Anybody know which is correct? [link] [comments] |
| The Final Oil Short of 2021 - Update 1 Posted: 28 Nov 2021 09:02 AM PST Hi all, On the recent COVID variant news and countries like Portugal imposing restriction due to rising COVID cases, I'd like to provide an update on my short thesis on oil. To summarize, I went short on oil price via put option on oil stocks a while back: https://www.reddit.com/r/Burryology/comments/qxibts/the_final_oil_short_of_2021/ I closed my put position on oil stocks a couple days ago after realizing 40-50% profit because (a) I've never seen that kind of profit in a couple days before and (b) the US new cases are not being accurately tested and accounted for because of the holidays (still rising but clearly not at the same rate). But I'd like to provide some updated comments on the thesis. On Friday WTI plunged about 10-13% on the news of the new COVID variant and countries like Portugal re-imposing restriction due to rising cases. I certainly did not predict this new variant but I most certainly did predict that some restrictions will happen due to the rising number of cases. Predictably, the oil stocks tanked along with oil. All in all Friday seems like an over-reaction but my thesis still stands that rising US cases will add more fuel to the oil price decline. The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas will be crucial for my thesis. I am holding about 5% cash for now waiting to get back after oil stocks start bottoming. I think that US cases will start peaking around the end of December. "Looking for value wherever it can be found." - Christian Bale. [link] [comments] |
| Why do many financial products require high minimum investments? Posted: 27 Nov 2021 02:26 PM PST Hello, From what I've seen, many financial products, such as PE fonds or hedge funds, have very high requirements on initial investments for investors to participate. Even "roboadvisors" often have minimums that go into the 6-figure range, although they target smaller investors. Why is this the case? Those businesses are essentially pooling money together and then sharing profits of the pool with the investors that make up the pool depending on how much they invested, so wouldn't every "little bit more" money in the fund help them operate? What are the high minimum requirements for? There has to be some underlying reason, but I'm not sure I really understand it at the moment. [link] [comments] |
| Going short volatility during a market correction Posted: 28 Nov 2021 09:18 AM PST Looking at the history of the VIX chart, it looks as though during a market correction, shorting volatility once VIX exceeds 40 could be a great opportunity. I am a new investor just getting a hang of things, and understand investing with volatility ETFs is very risky and should only be held short term. What are thoughts on this from more experienced investors? XIV was a fund that is a great example of the risk presented with shorting volatility without a short term plan, having crashed and burned once the market saw increased volatility [link] [comments] |
| Diversified Portfolio as a student Posted: 28 Nov 2021 11:49 AM PST I'm currently thinking to start investing some money accumulated over the last few years in a diversified all around etf Portfolio. Just for your info, I'm 20, a student, live in Europe (explaining my relatively high European etf portion) and won't need the money in the next 40 years. It's around 10-15k Euro. The portfolio will look like this: 5% commodity 5% Gold 5% Reits - Real Estate 20% Europe 25% Emerging Markets 40% World Do you think I diversify too much or do you see any other problems I could face with such a portfolio? Thanks in advance [link] [comments] |
| Daily General Discussion and spitballin thread - November 28, 2021 Posted: 28 Nov 2021 02:02 AM PST Have a general question? Want to offer some commentary on markets? Maybe you would just like to throw out a neat fact that doesn't warrant a self post? Feel free to post here! This thread is for:
Keep in mind that this subreddit, and this thread, is not an appropriate venue for questions that should be directed towards your broker's customer support or google. If you would like to ask a question about your personal situation or if you are asking for advice please keep these posts in the daily advice thread as that thread is more well suited for those questions. Any posts that should be comments in this thread will likely be removed. [link] [comments] |
| What’s your opinion of Morningstar? Posted: 27 Nov 2021 07:35 AM PST Greetings. Have anyone tried the Morningstar premium, and what's your opinion on it? If you used it or currently use it, how do you like their portfolio tracking functions? Things like * ease of loading and updating positions * custom view on attributes like sector, market, assets breakdowns I saw some fundamentals attributes in the free service, does it provide more robust data on premium? Also what do you all use for portfolio tracking? (I also got personal capital, it's great for my main portfolio…but hard to set up secondary and mock accounts) Thanks all! [link] [comments] |
| What ways do retail investors have to get invested in VC? Posted: 27 Nov 2021 03:13 PM PST Venture Capital (as well as PE) are quite the interesting financial product, due to them having somewhat of a different modus operandi to other types of institutions/products. However, as far as I know, VC also still remains more of a "big ticker" investment vehicle, and not so easily accessible to the average investor. I thought it'd be interesting to gather as responses to this thread all possible means retail investors can use to get invested (Both financially and "personally") in VC, whether it'd be by buying shares of a publicly-traded VC (of which there are quite few, afaik) or other means. Please share what you know, could be really interesting! [link] [comments] |
| trying to understand the details of the treasury auction process Posted: 28 Nov 2021 05:12 AM PST Trying to understand this process. Here's my understanding. 1) treasury announces an auction (say for 10 year note) to raise X dollars. The Treasury sets the coupon rate for this auction, say 2.5%. 2) valid non-competitive and competitive bids accepted up to deadline. 3) competitive bids will specify the yield desired and amount of funds they want to purchase. this is the current yield not the yield to maturity (not sure here). 4) Treasury will sort competitive bids by yield. Starting with the lowest yield, accept bids until X dollars in bid money is accumulated. the yield for the last accepted competitive bid is the yield all investors (competitive and non-competitive) will receive. say this last winning yield is 2.273%. Thus for this yield and coupon, one would be paying $1100 for every $1000 bond purchased. Thus if one had an accepted bid to purchase $100k, you would receive 90-ish bonds (90-ish == 100k / 1100) with a face value of $1000 each. ? The link below shows a bond price of $1100 with a par of $1000 and coupon rate of 2.5% results in a 2.273 yield. [link] [comments] |
| Daily Advice Thread - All basic help or advice questions must be posted here. November 28, 2021 Posted: 28 Nov 2021 02:01 AM PST If your question is "I have $10,000, what do I do?" or other "advice for my personal situation" questions, you should include relevant information, such as the following:
Please consider consulting our FAQ first - https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/wiki/faq And our side bar also has useful resources. Be aware that these answers are just opinions of Redditors and should be used as a starting point for your research. You should strongly consider seeing a registered financial rep before making any financial decisions! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Nov 2021 08:56 AM PST Hey guys, I was hoping to reach out to this sub for some help. I remember a few months ago I was watching this Graham Stephan video where he talked about using a stock sell-off table chart which ranged over the span of 10 or so years. I don't exactly remember the name of it but it should show how much value you would retain depending on the percentage of stock you sold overtime. I believe it accounted for the different yearly returns if I was not mistaken as well. Any help about this matter would be greatly appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| What's the point of inverse funds? Posted: 27 Nov 2021 10:24 AM PST I saw there are inverse funds at Trading 212. Their KIID reports show that they lose money almost all time. I just don't get what the point in equity that loses money. It seems that they are made to tackle market downturns, but their fees are really high. So high that they almost match mutual funds. And while they may work in short term, what's the point in investing them, when something like bonds, REITs (to some extent as they are generally lagging behind stock market) or P2P loans (from my experience, if you analyze performance and invest manually, they seem to be stable and generate at least 9.3% returns even during current crisis. At worst they would be 7% profitable, but that would take something more serious than C19) seem to be profitable during those same times? They seem to be going against general wisdom of buying and holding and since you can't predict bearish or bullish, even more time that precisely, I'm not really sure what's the point of them. [link] [comments] |
| Why some ETFs and Indexes exclude the UK? Posted: 27 Nov 2021 07:03 AM PST Hey all first post. I noticed something interesting when looking through some of the ETF and Index options and noticed that some say "ex UK", and often have 2 versions, one that excludes and one that includes the UK. I find this quite interesting, why would an investor chose between the two? Is there a measured reason why the UK specifically? Just a little curiosity I had. If anyone could kindly shed some light. All the best! [link] [comments] |
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