There's a saying goes: "Look forward with hope, not backward with regret."
Whatever happened, happened. There is no point in lingering on it.
That is a positive approach to life.
But is it right for investors to use it in the same way while making trades?
Some would argue that: "your past is your best teacher." It helps investors to avoid previous mistakes.
So which do you prefer?
Now let's see some real-life examples!
@LeicesterM: Just took a line of hop...

如果时光能倒流，我会更珍惜小时候和奶奶，外婆相处的每分每秒，会记得完成承诺带她们去走走，给她们买摇椅；承诺未完成，更因为疫情，俩位老人过世的时候，我在新加坡都没能回去，这些或许是我生命中无法磨灭的遗憾与痛。

请问这个是可以随时买卖的吗？这个ETF好不好呢？

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$Rivian Automotive(RIVN.US)$ Personally I think $90 to $100 is a good buy point for the long term. When Tesla $Tesla(TSLA.US)$ first appeared no one even new if EVs would be a huge thing nor were they backed by an Amazon with a load of pre orders. It makes perfect sense to me that Rivian could have a higher starting point. I think $10 is unlikely but who knows what could happen, anything can happen with stocks.

What happened after FED's meeting?
We are currently having a sector rotation from tech growth stocks into value stocks after Wednesday's Fed policy of 3 rate hikes in 2022 instead of 2 and also speed up tapering and ending it a few months earlier than expected.
The initial taper plan was $10B for treasury securities and $5B for MBS (Mortgage Backed Securities) but now it has doubled the speed of tapering to $20B for treasury securities and $10B for MBS and tapering to end by March 2022. Which shortly after, rate hikes should come in progressively.
The reason for the fed turning hawkish and a quick shift to taper at a quicker pace and more rate hikes was due to inflation at a 40 year high. They also did not expect inflation to rise above 2% in 2021 and kept mentioning about higher inflation rate being transitory. Current inflation is at 6.8% based on the YOY report.
How did this affect the market on Thursday?
When tapering is sped up, liquidity will be tightened in the market. There will not be as much free cash to be pumped into the market to let prices rally like we have seen the last 2 years.
Interest rate hikes will also dampen valuation on growth stocks as growth stocks are priced in more to future earnings expectations. If rates rise, it will hurt those expectations. Investors will start to see bonds and value stocks that thrive in high-interest rate environments a better asset class thus making it more appealing against higher-risk growth stocks.
Small-cap stocks usually also suffer because they tend to loan more money to fund the growth of the company thus making them more sensitive towards the rate hikes.
Thus we saw the $NASDAQ 100 Index(.NDX.US)$ and $iShares Russell 2000 ETF(IWM.US)$ mostly small-cap and tech stocks falling much sharper than $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ yesterday which consist mainly of value stocks.
What to do now? Should I exit my growth holdings?
That being said, inflation and rate hikes over the long run still don't pose a huge threat to growth stocks. It is usually short-term when the rotation happens towards value stocks. So take this opportunity to find good entry points into the stocks which are undergoing the selloff.
As always, trade safe & invest wise!
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