2026 investments
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i’m not surprised, there was a heavy dose of excitement going into this thing. Generally, those things will calm down a little bit and once the dust settles and get back to what more of a normal spot should be.
"Sold half my shares of SpaceX at $199. I'm sure I'll regret that, but when I heard it was being valued above Microsoft and Amazon, I chickened out. Nice 48% gain in a week."
I'm sure all the people who bought it to hold for 2 weeks will be devastated... The rest of us normal people aren't worried.
There are people who put their life savings into that thing. Retail “investors” with no idea what’s going on are getting crushed.
I saw this post, BTW and I’m glad you were able to get in and out like that. I’m guessing you aren’t “regretting” selling at $199 now though.
Ok, but that happens with any stock. Remember the gamestop/AMC **** show from a few years ago? I'd wager people will be much better off long-term in SpaceX than either of those.
ETA - HIGHLY doubt there's a single person on CF who put their life savings into it. And even if they did, just because it's dipped a bit since IPO doesn't mean it's all the sudden worthless. Betting most buyers are long-term holds.
If they hold they will be for sure. AMC/Gamestop were meme stocks. The problem is, some of these people are going to panic and sell at a huge loss. It will take a year or more to get back what they’ve lost so far. That’s why getting in on an IPO is risky business.
Why the negativity over a stock going down? Is this an Elon thing?
Are you surprised? During the next year this stock has a better chance going to $90 to $100 then it does from $200 to $250.
Creates wonderful buying opportunities.
Look up thread (post #271, specifically). I’m not surprised at all. Has nothing to do with Elon.
Historically speaking, June is a flat month for the indexes, with July historically being strong. Then the Aug-end of September period being where corrections occur.
Fun fact, if you invested $100,000 in the S&P 500 on 1/1/1990, here are the returns under a strictly buy and hold scenario, versus selling everything everything 1/31, re-investing 3/1, then selling everything 7/31, and finally re-buying 10/1 every year (according to Gemini):
Fun fact, if you invested $100,000 in the S&P 500 on 1/1/1990, here are the returns under a strictly buy and hold scenario, versus selling everything everything 1/31, re-investing 3/1, then selling everything 7/31, and finally re-buying 10/1 every year (according to Gemini):
Early VC's can sell 20% of their holdings two days after their Q2 earning report (Late July-Aug), but the big timeline I am watching is the 180-day lockup in December (8/9 if my math is right). Normal IPO shares see a big drop after this date, which I will be watching and looking to buy dips
"Mr Jones, I really appreciate the raise of 15% this year, but could you only give me a 3% increase. If I make 96,950, I'll only pay 12% in taxes, but if I make 96,951 I'll pay 22%."
A key facet of Americans’ generally poor financial literacy is not understanding how marginal tax rates work.
Hasn't he only sold small amounts of TSLA to cover tax obligations and the 2021 acquisition of Twitter (X)?
I doubt he is looking to sell shares (outside of small tax obligations) in a company he controls 85% of. If he sells shares, i'd bet it would be Tesla. Although, I still think a Tesla and Space X merger happens before 6/2027
