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According to the principle of value investing, people should pick stocks that appear to be trading for less than their book value. Which means buy when the stock price drops. There's another group of people who trade oppositely. They follow the market trend to buy and sell. The more a stock price has risen, the more they buy-in.
So which way is more "right"? The fact is, the reality is all grey areas. There are very few black and white answers. Don't rid yourself of ideology and narrowness. There are hundreds of ways to get rich if you stay open-minded. Different methods can be used in different scenarios. 
Choose your stand plz~ 
Let's take a look at some examples:
@Carry only: $AMC Entertainment(AMC.US)$
@UFTWY: What a year it has been $GameStop(GME.US)$ $Virgin Galactic(SPCE.US)$
@102497462: $XIAOMI-W(01810.HK)$
@gooup8: The future beckons. With conviction,we hold
@Lily Swanberg: $AMC Entertainment(AMC.US)$ welcome on board to the new ape nations who bought at 22!! We have add more last week!! United we can make history…
@Deezy_McCheezy: $AMC Entertainment(AMC.US)$ I'll just twiddle my thumbs
Who has their new NFTs here????
@Smart Jerry:
@Warrens Buffet: $AMC Entertainment(AMC.US)$
@demntia: Let's get ready for the fake squeeze $AMC Entertainment(AMC.US)$
Christmas is coming~
@Peak Mountain: $NIO Inc(NIO.US)$ we're going up......
@gooup8: $Society Pass(SOPA.US)$
@Jayishere: Happy holidays retards!
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Asian stocks set to advance amid dip in dollar
Asian stocks looked set to rise Thursday after U.S. shares rallied amid speculation that the economic recovery will weather temporary disruption from the omicron virus strain outbreak.
Futures for Japan and Hong Kong climbed. Australia rose and U.S. futures edged higher. The $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ is once again closing in on its record high, with sentiment aided by rising consumer confidence and home sales.
Europe's energy crisis is taking its toll on industrial giants
This year's energy crunch is so severe that gas prices surged more than 800%, while power costs jumped some 500%. And with the coldest months of the winter still ahead and Russia curbing gas supplies, there's no relief in sight.
The surge is exposing the region's biggest gas and power consumers to heavy losses, forcing industrial giants to cut production and threatening the economic recovery.
Options trading activity hits record powered by retail investors, but most are playing a losing game
A record of 39 million options contracts have traded daily on average this year, rising 35% from 2020. Retail investors now account for more than 25% of this trading activity. However, the majority of these small-time traders are buying the most basic call and put options, which have a much lower probability of profit compared with advanced strategies like options spreads.
"Everybody in the business knows that if you're only buying out-the-money calls, then you're likely going to lose money over time," said John Foley, CEO of Options AI.
FDA authorizes Pfizer's Covid treatment pill, the first oral antiviral drug cleared during the pandemic
The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization Wednesday to $Pfizer(PFE.US)$'s Covid treatment pill, a major milestone that promises to revolutionize the fight against the virus.
The medication, which is recommended for people at a high risk of developing severe Covid-19, could be available to patients as early as this weekend.
Musk's 10% stake sale removes overhang, fueling Tesla rally
$Tesla(TSLA.US)$ rose after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said he's sold enough stock to make his total sales about 10%, removing a key overhang on its shares.
The electric-vehicle maker closed 7.5% higher, propelling its market value back above $1 trillion on Wednesday. Musk sold about $854 million worth of shares, according to the latest filings with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
Elon Musk: My wealth 'isn't some deep mystery.' My taxes are super simple
Musk’s comments were made in an interview with conservative satire site The Babylon Bee and follow comments from Sen. Elizabeth Warren earlier this month that suggested he wasn't paying taxes. The world's richest person said his wealth is fully transparent and isn't stashed in any offshore accounts or special tax vehicles to lower his obligations.
BAD ETF arrives for bets on stocks that markets may be shunning
In an ESG-obsessed investing world, BAD to capture areas of growth the market may be shunning most. The ETF will track companies that make most of their cash from selling alcohol or cannabis, casinos or gaming, and developing pharmaceutical products.
"We don't think social stigma should be a primary factor when it comes to deciding what's a good investment," said Tommy Mancuso, president and founder of the BAD Investment Company, which owns the EQM BAD Index that BAD will track.
Glenn Youngkin's win in Virginia stokes political dreams on Wall Street
The head of the world's largest hedge fund is eyeing one of Pennsylvania's Senate seats. Private-equity executives are weighing congressional runs in New Jersey and Wyoming. Over a recent dinner with Nikki Haley, a Texas investor gamed out a political future that could include a run for senator.
More than a decade after the 2008 crisis cast financiers as national villains and obstructed their glide path to Washington, the political calculus has flipped once again.
Source: Bloomberg, CNBC, WSJ

Stock rebound may continue in Asia; bonds decline
A global rebound in stocks may continue in Asia on Wednesday as investor sentiment improves after being roiled by uncertainty over the omicron virus strain and stimulus outlook.
Futures for Japan and Hong Kong rose, while Australian shares edged up. U.S. contracts fluctuated after the $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ snapped three days of declines and the technology-heavy $NASDAQ 100 Index(.NDX.US)$ climbed more than 2%. A gauge of Chinese shares traded in the U.S. surged about 7%.
Turkey markets rocked anew amid stock slump, record lira swings
Gyrations in Turkey's stocks and the lira signal volatility is here to stay, even after the government laid out emergency measures to bolster the currency.
The Borsa Istanbul 100 Index's 7.9% decline on Tuesday triggered yet another circuit breaker, as it headed for the biggest three-day loss in more than two decades. The currency whipsawed between gains and losses, after soaring as much as 20% against the U.S. dollar, sending both three-month and one-year volatility to all-time peaks.
Tuesday's market bounce could lead to a record 2022, Oppenheimer's top strategist says
Despite Covid-19 omicron risks, Oppenheimer Asset Management's John Stoltzfus suggests Tuesday's market bounce is real.
"We believe in it. We think investors should as well," the firm's chief investment strategist told CNBC,"The selling that we've seen over the last few days was overdone. Fundamentals are getting better going forward. Stocks are responding to that fact."
Crypto funds explode in boom year marked by first U.S. bitcoin ETF
Even beyond the launch of the first U.S. Bitcoin futures ETF, cryptocurrency funds notched some notable global milestones in 2021.
The number of crypto-tracking investment vehicles worldwide more than doubled to 80 from just 35 at the end of 2020, according to Bloomberg Intelligence data. Assets soared to $63 billion, compared to $24 billion at the start of the year.
Musk tweet fund adminstrator isn't filing statements, judge says
A judge is questioning the status of a $40 million fund that was established from fines paid by Elon Musk and $Tesla(TSLA.US)$ over controversial tweets.
The firm appointed in May to administer distributions from the fund, set up by the U.S. SEC for harmed investors, hasn' filed required accounting statements, U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan said in an order Tuesday. She directed Rust Consulting to submit a status report by Jan. 7.
U.S. share buybacks hit record while capex lags pre-crisis level
Share repurchases more than doubled from a year earlier for S&P 500 companies to an all-time high of $234.6 billion, according to data released Tuesday from S&P Dow Jones Indices. Meanwhile, capital expenditures increased 21% to $189 billion, which is still down 3% from the final three months of 2019 before the pandemic shutdown the economy.
Part of the reason could be related to the pandemic, as a shift in consumer demand has fueled lots of uncertainty for businesses and makes it difficult for companies to plan ahead.
Super-luxury home sales surge across U.S., rising 35% in 2021
In 2021, at least 40 residential properties sold for more than $50 million in the U.S., according to data compiled by the appraiser Miller Samuel. Fueled by a booming stock market, low interest rates, and a pandemic-era's heightened emphasis on home life, prices for luxury houses have risen to stratospheric heights across the country.
UK offers 1 billion pounds to firms hit hardest by Omicron
Britain has announced £1 billion of extra support for businesses hit hardest by the wave of Omicron variant coronavirus cases. Finance minister Rishi Sunak said he would "respond proportionately and appropriately" if further Covid restrictions are imposed.
Under the support announced on Tuesday, hospitality and leisure firms in England will be eligible for grants of up to 6,000 pounds for each of their premises, accounting for almost 700 million pounds of the new package.
Source: Bloomberg, CNBC