Boiler Room: The Official Stock Market Discussion

[winb83]

Hello fellow investors.

I'm completely new to the stock market , any books or youtube channels to learn the basics/lingo ? things such as "Put" and others.
I read on reddit that the App ThinkOrSwim is legit when it comes to buying/selling stocks , any truth to that?


also , I'll most likely start off with $100-300 stock purchases ...just to get the hang of it.
Money I'm willing to lose.

Not gonna lie if I was in your position I’d stick to mostly ETFs / Index Funds. The only companies I’d buy individual stocks of are strong brands like Amazon, Google, and the other Mag 7 stocks.

These days I’m mostly buying VTI, DGRO, and SCHD. The individual companies are Nike, Nvidia, Google, and Amazon.

I ended up buying stinkers like Tattooed Chef trying to chase a home run and lost thousands on them.

 

[Insensitive]

I just wish I could find a way to buy that stock.


Is there anyway for Americans to get in on Ascend or Huawei?

I feel like we're in the middle of a major shift/seachange and it's not being
seen because it's barely being covered by American media.

 

[chineebai]

Well next week is gonna look pretty nasty

 

[winb83]

Well next week is gonna look pretty nasty

Because of the tariffs?

 

[mson]

Put your seat belts on.

 

[chineebai]

Because of the tariffs?

Yes

 

[winb83]

Yes

I mean he was saying that before he got elected and the market still shot up. Should be fine. It will work itself out.

 

[CrimsonTider]

I mean he was saying that before he got elected and the market still shot up. Should be fine. It will work itself out.

Everyone thought it was just campaign rhetoric

 

[chineebai]

Futures look pretty damn red right now. You have to question whether this is all deliberate.

 

[chineebai]

I mean he was saying that before he got elected and the market still shot up. Should be fine. It will work itself out.

No I don’t think the market priced in Elon musk gaining access to the treasury checkbook nor actual tariffs on Canada and Mexico and probably soon to be Europe. I do think it will still take some kind of black swan event to really crash the market and quite honestly with what’s going on, I’m leaning towards it

 

[winb83]

I might have to deploy some cash into the market if this gets bad.

 

[chineebai]

I did push 30% of my 401k into a stable value fund and 70% still in a target date fund. Over the long run equity will still out perform over a period of 10,20,30 years. However in my trading account I’m about 70% cash. I think I’ll hold out for a bit, still have holdings in gold, energy. Still day trade like 5% of my account which is plenty for now.

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

Looking at futures right now and the only thing I'm thinking about is what stocks I should be buying

 

[KING WILL]

x.com

twitter.com

I wouldnt be surprised if ole girl from BOA is next.

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) received a major boost from BofA Securities analyst Mariana Perez Mora, who raised the stock’s price target to $90.00 from the previous $75.00. This bullish revision underscores growing optimism around Palantir’s artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and its increasing adoption across enterprises and government sectors.

 

[KING WILL]

Pltr green