If you want to play it safe but have market exposure, SPY (The S&P ETF).
Exact two things I was gonna post.
I just do VOO & VGT which is basically SPY and broad market tech. If I start doing things like Palantir, it'll consume me, then I'll start day trading and end up worse off than I would have been with the VOO/VGT.
but there's money to be made out there if you pay attention.
If you want to play it safe but have market exposure, SPY (The S&P ETF).
Exact two things I was gonna post.
I just do VOO & VGT which is basically SPY and broad market tech. If I start doing things like Palantir, it'll consume me, then I'll start day trading and end up worse off than I would have been with the VOO/VGT.
but there's money to be made out there if you pay attention.
Palantir is up 85% YTD. However, to get that, you had to sit through a 40% correction.
That’s the problem with tech. The corrections are vicious.
RDW - Redwire Space. They just acquired a drone autonomy company. Suddenly knocking on a $1B revenue by Q1 2026. Very Trump friendly with aerospace, defense, drones.
The QQQ has done fantastically well since 2001. But it is Big Tech heavy. All the titans eventually fall. Going forward, better returns will be found in smaller upstarts.
Coinbase (COIN) is up quite a bit recently, but long term it is a good crypto play because it is an exchange for all crypto, not just bitcoin.
SE Asia funds are risky, but bigger longterm upside than US or Europe or China.
Of course your investment decisions and risk tolerance should be made on whether $80k is a lot of money to you.
Ok here me out. The name of the company, Aerotyne International. It is a cutting edge high-tech firm out of the Midwest, awaiting imminent patent approval on the next generation of radar detectors that have both huge military and civilian applications. Now, right now, Internet Stuff, the stock trades over-the-counter at 10 cents a share. And by the way, Internet Stuff, our analysts indicate it could go a heck of a lot higher than that. Your profit on a mere $6,000 investment could be upwards of $60,000!
The QQQ has done fantastically well since 2001. But it is Big Tech heavy. All the titans eventually fall. Going forward, better returns will be found in smaller upstarts.
Coinbase (COIN) is up quite a bit recently, but long term it is a good crypto play because it is an exchange for all crypto, not just bitcoin.
SE Asia funds are risky, but bigger longterm upside than US or Europe or China.
Of course your investment decisions and risk tolerance should be made on whether $80k is a lot of money to you.
If you took my advice at the bell, you'd be up 8% on COIN
If people knew that a stock would be worth X dollars three years from now then they would bid up the price of the stock to nearly X dollars today. And if you or anyone else on here thinks that they know something about a company that nobody else does which allows them to know what will happen with a stock while nobody else does then you are kidding yourself.
If getting a return of 200% or -90% (without knowing which it will be) is more appealing to you than getting a return of20% or -10% (again without knowing) then buy stock in any random small company. If it is the other way around then buy shares in an index fund.
The QQQ has done fantastically well since 2001. But it is Big Tech heavy. All the titans eventually fall. Going forward, better returns will be found in smaller upstarts.
Coinbase (COIN) is up quite a bit recently, but long term it is a good crypto play because it is an exchange for all crypto, not just bitcoin.
SE Asia funds are risky, but bigger longterm upside than US or Europe or China.
Of course your investment decisions and risk tolerance should be made on whether $80k is a lot of money to you.
If you took my advice at the bell, you'd be up 8% on COIN
Lol. Who downvotes this?? It is literally true. COIN was up 8% in the first hour and holding strong halfway through the trading day.
Ok here me out. The name of the company, Aerotyne International. It is a cutting edge high-tech firm out of the Midwest, awaiting imminent patent approval on the next generation of radar detectors that have both huge military and civilian applications. Now, right now, Internet Stuff, the stock trades over-the-counter at 10 cents a share. And by the way, Internet Stuff, our analysts indicate it could go a heck of a lot higher than that. Your profit on a mere $6,000 investment could be upwards of $60,000!
Three years to too short a time frame to "park" money in any equity if you need to money for something else at the end of that period. If you just want to gamble, then fine.
This does not mean every investment needs more than 3 years and you should never sell before that, but it does mean you need might well need a longer time frame. Any investment can be flat or negative over 3 years. Good investments are not typically flat or negative over 10 years - assuming you did not massively overpay, or that some fundamental thing changes the economics of the business, or some world event sent the prices of equities down across the board.
You got 3 years - a good money market will give you around 4% right now.
If you want to play it safe but have market exposure, SPY (The S&P ETF).
Don't buy stocks when they are flying high. Unless we as a society want a distopian World to live in I would guess Palantir will meet resistance from investors and level out strong but lower than it is now.