$BlackBerry(BB)$ A stock that had caused much self-talks, rationalisation, emotions and patience. Finally... it is moving... such a long history with this stock...
$Nokia Oyj(NOK)$ Reflection on a Sunday: Nokia is indeed for me my dark horse. I did so much research on the company many years ago when I first started investing in US stocks. Have held this stock for 1900 + days. When it was hovering around 4-4.5 for the longest of time, I did think of selling, considering opportunity costs. Somehow my instincts told me not to sell as yet and to continue to keep. Alas, patience does pay off. I have noticed that there's a part of us, as investors, where on paper, the narrative may be against what you believe in or what you may be anticipating. Instincts or perhaps luck may be needed at times. In my case, I believe luck plays a huge part and at one phase of my life, my investment strategy was "out
$ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.(GTM)$ One of those stocks that I have always wondered if I should have just taken the profit earlier and not hold on for so long... now in negative territory. Win some, lose some. Stock investing is a test of patience... indeed
$Shopify(SHOP)$ surprises me truly. When it began its downtrend previously, I was wondering when it would turn around. I guess passive investing does help to brace myself for downturn in stocks. When the stock went on an uptrend, I was relieved and ask myself... why would the brief downturn perturb me if I truly believe in the fundamentals of the company? I guess sometimes our emotions certainly overtake whatever rationale we may have.
Finally decided to DCA in $Adobe(ADBE)$ after observing it's trend for awhile. There's a lot of resilience in this stock and above all, majority of us uses adobe product on a daily basis... I know I do. Let's see if this strategy works in the long run. Giving myself 1 year.
Quick thoughts pre 2025 Sometimes doing nothing is better than 'jumping' in and out of the stock market. Being passive may not be that bad after all. Even better if passive and consistently just investing a fixed amount every month. Hmmmm.... maybe I should just do that for 2025 instead of just letting the portfolio be for the last 1 year.... *head full of thoughts
$3M(MMM)$ For a moment in time, I thought this stock was such a stable one that I had decided to keep pumping in money into it. Lo and behold, it was not meant to be presently. The 'ouch' had happened, so will just wait and see... paper loss is still painful though...
Horrors of past investments continue to haunt me despite telling myself that it's part and parcel of my investment journey. One lesson that I can never forget till this day was the missed oppprtunity to sell my blackberry shares. I had bought it initially after reading so much into what the company is doing and at one point in time, I had so much conviction in the company. Then the craze (during GameStop run) happened with share price being pumped up till I was at $27k profit. I was contemplating if I should sell immediately. Everyone was encouraging me to sell to actualise the profit made. I was conflicted since my goal was to invest long term and not just take the profit and go. So I held on to the stock and guess what... it subsequently plunged and it is where it is now. So am in the re