Comments on: Moonshots https://www.foxymonkey.com/moonshots/ Company Investing, Tax and Financial Independence Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:03:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Michael https://www.foxymonkey.com/moonshots/#comment-4372 Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:03:34 +0000 https://www.foxymonkey.com/?p=8406#comment-4372 In reply to Thomas Maurer.

Those moonshots are messing with our psychology, aren’t they! I think it’s hard to re-assess the opportunities as the amounts grow so DCA is definitely a good way to better risk manage buying and selling.

Thanks for the thoughtful input, Thomas!

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By: Thomas Maurer https://www.foxymonkey.com/moonshots/#comment-4371 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:49:04 +0000 https://www.foxymonkey.com/?p=8406#comment-4371 This is a really thought provoking article. I’ve had a a small handful of moonshots over the last few years. In all cases my position size was way too small to be truly meaningful. I DCA’d on the way out, so hindsight shows I sold too soon, but no regrets trimming profits along the way.

Currently sitting on something that at its peak was 40x from my entry and now has declined to 10x. Still holding 25% of the original investment on the way down. Tough call to either sell and find greener pastures elsewhere and still bank a profit. Or hold on and hope it’s like Amazon and Tesla and bounces back eventually and resumes the run.

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By: Michael https://www.foxymonkey.com/moonshots/#comment-4316 Tue, 09 Nov 2021 13:30:20 +0000 https://www.foxymonkey.com/?p=8406#comment-4316 In reply to Giorgos.

Not an easy decision! Although it’s tempting to sell and fly to safety I would stick to my asset allocation. So if valuations are high and your assets have increased by a lot then maybe it’s time to rebalance.

That would mean selling the risky assets for riskless assets and when the tide turns do the opposite.

Predicting a crash can be sometimes successful but if you are too early then you might be worse off. And it’s usually in the final legs of a bull market that the biggest gains occur.

I found the ‘reasons to sell’ image by Batnick fascinating during one of the best decades in stock market history :) reasons to sell

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By: Giorgos https://www.foxymonkey.com/moonshots/#comment-4315 Tue, 09 Nov 2021 10:43:21 +0000 https://www.foxymonkey.com/?p=8406#comment-4315 Hey Michael, what is your opinion about the FED warning that valuations are high and there is a risk of correction? Do you plan to allocate on cash or other safe investments and what? Could do an article on that to share your thoughts! I’m not quite sure what to do at this point. We’ve been waiting for crash since 2015 at the end of the traditional 7 year market cycle.

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By: Andrew https://www.foxymonkey.com/moonshots/#comment-4312 Thu, 04 Nov 2021 20:47:21 +0000 https://www.foxymonkey.com/?p=8406#comment-4312 I agree you need to take concentrated risk to really make it big. The trouble is you generally only hear about those that make it. Plenty more will lose, some even ruined.

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By: Michael https://www.foxymonkey.com/moonshots/#comment-4310 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 19:46:43 +0000 https://www.foxymonkey.com/?p=8406#comment-4310 In reply to MikeW.

With BTC and crypto, the answer is.. who knows! You’re definitely not early, but I don’t think you are late.

You’ll need a strong stomach to hold crypto through the winters though and be prepared to see your pot decline by 50-80% at times. There is no way to value it! BTC makes the same sense at $10k as at $100k. Not to mention the regulatory risks.

All these don’t make it necessarily a bad bet, just a very risky one! Starting small might show you how it feels like first-hand. As always, not financial advice and do your own research :)

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By: Jon https://www.foxymonkey.com/moonshots/#comment-4309 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 10:39:14 +0000 https://www.foxymonkey.com/?p=8406#comment-4309 In reply to MikeW.

Read these articles on where it could go. You won’t be too late. https://planbtc.com/

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By: MikeW https://www.foxymonkey.com/moonshots/#comment-4308 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:22:27 +0000 https://www.foxymonkey.com/?p=8406#comment-4308 Do you think the boat for crypto has sailed now? If not….where would someone start from here?
I sat too long in the “sounds like a dodgy scam to me” chair….

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By: A https://www.foxymonkey.com/moonshots/#comment-4307 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:21:42 +0000 https://www.foxymonkey.com/?p=8406#comment-4307 What goes up tends to go up. Go in when you think you’ve missed out. (eg TSLA at 200$, BTC at 15k, etc).

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