Obviously lost money all the way for the entire 1st half of 2021. Underperformed the index. Started out with ARK funds and other speculative positions at their peak in Feb before sector rotation and bond yield fears. That was quite a trial of fire for a newbie for me. I held most of my promising speculative plays throughout and intend to continue to do so.My most disappointing (realised losses) plays are $SOS Limited(SOS)$ and $Revolution Acceleration Acquisition Corp(RAAC)$. Bought it to the hype, did not do my own due diligience and entered blindly. Its an enlightening lesson for me. Better to lose some money now then to lose much much more in future. Even though my portfolio has neve
AMD will definitely continue to break new highs. Still has great potential to grow by eating Intel's market share due to its technical superiority. There is also the synergy and increase in scale (server/enterprise for eg) from impending acquisition of Xilinx which has also been posting great performance/earnings. Very bullish on AMD
May sound like a broken record by now. Started my investment journey as a student in feb 2021, at the ATH of many hype tickers such as ARK funds etc. It all went downhill from there. Kept averaging down to no avail. I do believe in the innovation and possibility of rebound/recovery so I am still holding on and not panic selling (what a rollercoaster!!!)Lesson learnt. Have to do due diligience and not follow others blindly. Not get tempted by the hype and gravy train when others post their extremely high returns and fomo in. Being more cautious and adopt a more wait and see attitude. Choose more fundamentally sound companies, those that I have some understanding of, or businesses with great potential and future that I can envision. With information and thus conviction, I