htxjoe Dante69: Chinese stocks are very safe. I, however, sold all of my Chinese stock because I don’t approve of actions their communist government is doing, and I can foresee a future where the US is passing sanctions on China after they join Russia’s side on WWIII. So while there are some very profitable opportunities in the Chinese market my loyalty, even though I don’t agree with my government most of the time, I’m American first, my loyalty makes me seek American companies first - and there’s a lot of them. I’ve had good luck with some Brazilian stocks too - it seems to be a strong emerging economy.

htxjoe v_violentine: Lol, absolutely it can be! Especially in recent times where stocks are more likely to go down than up. While I don’t hate on anybody for earning a living, I personally don’t like shorting, not because it doesn’t make money because it does, but for me it just feels dirty to make money from betting on stocks to go down. For me the better choice is buying a put or selling a call if you think a stock is going down, but I still prefer to reward successful companies by investing in their stock vs punishing bad investors for betting on the wrong stock. Strictly personal preference, though, plenty of money can be made using either strategy.

htxjoe Wardogone11: Yeah, communist is so much better…

htxjoe Benzodiazepine: Dude what are you even talking about? The stimulus was great, Americans needed it, why would you pick that to complain about? And Trump lied through his teeth about Coronavirus for 6 months? What?!? He allowed the country to reopen even though liberals like Gavin Newsome still wanted Chinese style lockdowns. What the hell did Trump lie about? I watched every single press conference, the closest he got was saying injecting bleach kills coronavirus which is technically true, it just kills the host as well. Meanwhile I’m sure you were first in line to return all of your stimulus money… Had you been investing in 2019 you would know  the coronavirus economic recovery was some of the fastest gains ever made under any president- Trump brought In corporate leaders from CVS, Abbot Laboratories, Pfizer and more to discuss solutions, if you wanted to cherry pick stocks for economic recovery all you had to do was watch the news, every Trump press conference was practically corporate sponsored- best government reaction to Covid in the world!

htxjoe Benzodiazepine: Well I’m definitely not a part of the 99% you claim that doesn’t know what communism is, although I find that highly unlikely and stupidly exaggerated, considering the largest population in the world lives in communist China, I’m pretty sure the average Chinese peasant could explain the concept pretty well, but for those that don’t know, communism is defined as government that controls the means of production, and has little to do with socialism, which is a concept invented by penniless economist Carl Marx in his dreams of living in a world where you didn’t have to work to eat, a utopian society free from class where wealth is confiscated by a neutral government and redistributed “fairly” so that all can bask in the success of the few. If you favor socialism over capitalism there’s dozens of countries you can go enjoy basking in left wing politics, like the frozen wasteland to the north where farts don’t stink and men play on women’s rugby teams.

htxjoe Benzodiazepine: Love your screen name though, in fact you just reminded me to take a Valium and count my blessings I don’t live with you libtards anymore. Time to take a chill pill, literally!!!

htxjoe bobbyjuk: Yes.

htxjoe Mama Cass: I like the stocks that pay dividends monthly, with the right interest rate and enough shares you get a free share every month, whether the markets go up or down your assets increase. If the stock price drops your dividends purchase more shares, then when the price goes back up it has a multiplier effect. Win-win investing.

htxjoe : I remember when I used to wish I had $125 for a share of Nvidia….

htxjoe : Stock price rarely follows financial statements, period. ie GameStop, AMC, Tesla - the list goes on forever. I believe the “castle in the clouds” approach to stock valuations far exceed the use of any other methods. Morningstar does a great job putting together a fair market value for a stock - unfortunately over 90% of the time it’s way off or a decade too soon…

htxjoe 70897002: That even sounds like a full time hobby - “naked short selling” , I bet a lot of investors practice this method literally…..