If you’re one of the millions of Americans groaning because you don’t want to buy in at record highs...

I have a little pep talk for you.

👊
Stocks are back at record highs, and you missed out.

GRRR. FOMO sucks. I know.
Here's a free tip from your friendly neighborhood Twitter nerd:

Now may be the best time to invest.
Why?

Well, for one, that big pullback you're waiting on? It could happen tomorrow, but it also may take years to happen. The stock market is weird like that.
One example:

From 1990 to 1997, the S&P 500 gained more than 200% without falling more than 10% at any point.

If you wait until stocks fall and the environment feels right, you may miss out on some big gains. And you may never see today's price again.
ALSO.

Don't let record highs scare you away.

S&P 500 returns after record highs have actually been pretty darn good.
I know what you're thinking. Gah Callie, what if I buy at a market top? Those things do happen every once in a while, and things feel a little crazy?

Well...I have another good thread for you.

There are also steps you can take to protect your money when stocks fall.

📉barbell strategies (loading up on both aggressive and conservative assets)
📉hedges (like bonds)
📉keeping some cash handy (bonus: cash can also help you buy quickly when others are selling!)
(also can we talk about why the stocks down emoji is blue? wth?!?)

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More from @callieabost

10 Feb
Some thoughts on time, change, and why Wall Street thinks stocks are ripe for a selloff

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(bear with me, this is gonna be a riff and my dog is misbehaving)
When people start crowing about the potential for stocks to fall, it's usually for four reasons:

1) stocks have risen a lot
2) too much time has passed without a drop
3) the market doesn't match what we're seeing in the economy and earnings
4) things just don't feel right
Read 16 tweets
3 Feb
We’re talking about bubbles, but the VIX (the stock market’s fear gauge) is still above-average.

I think about that a lot 🤔
Seasoned investors will tell you that big selloffs happen when people least expect it.
History backs this up, too.

Since 1990 (when the VIX was introduced), the S&P 500 has gone through 12 drops of 10% or more.

10/12 of those drops started with the VIX below 20.
Read 9 tweets
14 Jan
Worried about the stock market?

Is this really the top?

Pull up a (virtual) chair and let’s chat 🪑

👇
So. Things are getting a little crazy out there.

TikTokers are spewing financial advice.

Carole Baskin is peddling penny stocks.

Everybody’s like “OMG my mom’s-best-friend’s-cousin made so much money in the market, c’mon it’s so easy!”
Makes you feel a little like this, right?
Read 15 tweets
11 Jan
Seeing a lot of popular names down big today, so let’s have a little chat.

What do you do when your hot stock is falling fast?

💥 (a thread)
Check your goals.

When do you need this money?

Now? In a few days? In a few years?

If you have time to wait, then it could make sense to hold on for now.
Remember your why.

Stocks rise and fall. It’s the nature of the market, and swings are the price of investing (h/t @morganhousel).
Read 10 tweets
10 Jan
What are your money insecurities/priors?

Be honest. We all have them.
I'll start. I grew up lower-middle class with a few rough patches, and I didn't learn a lot about money.

The feeling of losing it all is real to me, so I fear that it'll happen again. No matter what $ amount my accounts have.
I also fear the future, and worry that how we're preparing won't be enough for our (future) kids/careers/plans/unexpected emergencies.

That's probably made me a little too risk-averse.
Read 6 tweets
29 Dec 20
It’s been a crazy, wild, wacky, tragic, ~unprecedented~ year.

And @justLBell and I have written some 🔥 notes as we’ve tried to make sense of it all.

A 🧵 with some of my favorites ⬇️
Some background: we're a team of two writing research for a scrappy lil brokerage.

When I started in February, our plan was to eventually put out weekly notes as we built out our content.

A few days later, the market peaked. And we wrote our first of many weekly notes.
(you know that saying, the best laid plans often go awry?)

Anyways...
Read 11 tweets

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