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post 1656468293 02-19-2022, 07:40 AM
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is s&p 500 still a good investment? (srs)

I want to expand my portfolio, currently only got crypto but im looking to invest in something stable and for the long term, is s&p 500 fund a good investment to make now in 2022?
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post 1656468903 02-19-2022, 08:00 AM
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SPY, an S&P 500 ETF, is one of my main holdings. Imagine it will be a ruff year for SPY but I'm planning on it doing well in the future.
post 1656468993 02-19-2022, 08:04 AM
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Why not wait a week and get it at a 20% discount
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post 1656469343 02-19-2022, 08:16 AM
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VOO (and VTI a bit) saved my portfolio when crypto started to dip. I ended up closing my account on webull, but I still made positive gains overall thanks to VOO. Overall S&P 500 investments are about as slow and steady as you can get when it comes to investments. Historically speaking.
post 1656469383 02-19-2022, 08:16 AM
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Yeah if you plan to hold it for 5+ years.
post 1656469573 02-19-2022, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted By ParsleyTea⏩
SPY, an S&P 500 ETF, is one of my main holdings. Imagine it will be a ruff year for SPY but I'm planning on it doing well in the future.
Why do you think so?
Originally Posted By smashedurgfx10⏩
Why not wait a week and get it at a 20% discount
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50% of my portfolio is in S&P index. I am part of the two comma club.

Time in market > timing market.
Would you say now is a good or bad time?
Originally Posted By EDcellent⏩
VOO (and VTI a bit) saved my portfolio when crypto started to dip. I ended up closing my account on webull, but I still made positive gains overall thanks to VOO. Overall S&P 500 investments are about as slow and steady as you can get when it comes to investments. Historically speaking.
that's why its caught my eye, got some money laying around that i wont need hopefully anytime soon, i just don't want inflation to eat it away.
Originally Posted By dmaaack⏩
Yeah if you plan to hold it for 5+ years.
das it, no plans on withdrawing anytime soon
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post 1656470773 02-19-2022, 08:47 AM
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IMO - yes but don't buy in all at once. spread out your big buy to small buys once a month for a year or so. and make sure it's money you don't need for 10+ years. and make sure you can sleep at night.
post 1656471163 02-19-2022, 08:55 AM
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yes, If you plan on pumping money in to it every month and forget about it for 10-20 years
post 1656471293 02-19-2022, 08:58 AM
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post 1656471883 02-19-2022, 09:08 AM
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OP a large, well diversified stock fund is a great core holding for your investments. S&P 500 index funds are fine, as are total US stock market funds. As a secondary stock fund consider an international index fund of some kind. How much you put where is dependent on when you need the money and your risk tolerance. As far as market timing goes - forget it. If you're in it for the long term then timing is a fools game. Dollar cost averaging (buying shares over time to get into a position) is a good thing to do but really only matters if your talking real money - something north of 50K. If you're talking 1K, 5K, 10K, etc then you might as well buy your position all at once and then just don't look at it for a year. In that case it's much better to purchase funds that you can get at a better cost, for example buying Vanguard Admiral shares in a fund as opposed to buying standard shares as the admiral shares have lower expenses.
post 1656472003 02-19-2022, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted By NextPound⏩
50% of my portfolio is in S&P index. I am part of the two comma club.

Time in market > timing market.
This

I'm split into 3 ETFs. SPY, VTI, and IWF
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post 1656472063 02-19-2022, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted By NextPound⏩
Yesterday better than today. Today better than tomorrow.

Again Time in market > timing market.

It will go down, but it will go back up.The only people who get hurt on a rollercoaster are the ones that jump off mid ride.
Well, technically at some point we all have to jump off in retirement or what's the point? But yes while you're young throw it in and forget about it for a few decades. Can worry about jumping off and trying to do so at the right time later when it's necessary.
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post 1656472943 02-19-2022, 09:34 AM
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Dump $500 a month in VTWAX and forget about it. GOAT long term investment plan
post 1656475653 02-19-2022, 10:27 AM
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Realistically if you're in crypto and you still have to ask questions like "Is an S+P 500 Index fund a good investment?" you probably shouldn't be invested in anything. At all. You need to research and understand how the market works and just investing 101.
post 1656498163 02-19-2022, 05:56 PM
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sell ur dumb chit coins... there was like 9 crypto advertisements during superbowl. black swan event inbound.
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Originally Posted By GordonXXX⏩
IMO - yes but don't buy in all at once. spread out your big buy to small buys once a month for a year or so. and make sure it's money you don't need for 10+ years. and make sure you can sleep at night.
This.

You have to plan to dollar/cost average or you're going to end up fukked. Nobody can time the market unless they have access to information far behind what we'll ever have.
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wait until rate hikes srs I can see it going under 400 sometime this year
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post 1656499523 02-19-2022, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted By NextPound⏩
Yesterday better than today. Today better than tomorrow.

Again Time in market > timing market.

It will go down, but it will go back up. The only people who get hurt on a rollercoaster are the ones that jump off mid ride.
Not entirely true. If you bought S&P500 in 2000, you'd have to wait 12 years to break even. If you purchased in 2009, you'd have +80% your money by the same time. Generally works though and there's examples like AAPL where 2018 ATH buy would still have you triple your money by today. DCA'ing in is much better, i.e. 25% initially, if it drops by 10% add another 25%, if it drops 30%+ add all your bag.
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Lol this thread is a mess.
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As you should have noticed, crypto moves pretty much with the NASDAQ.

Crypto now acts like a volatile tech stock.
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post 1656502753 02-19-2022, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted By kusok⏩
Lol this thread is a mess.
You know what thread is a mess? The investment thread in the other section.

This thread isn’t really that bad imo.

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