I lost almost all my money in the market after the scamdemic run up. I don't care what happens in life now as it was a lot of money and I worked hard as fuck to make it. (Lost gains and almost all my own money). I'm bitter but bring on the pain. I dont have the energy to get back what I lost. And I'd rather watch the world burn now because I'm poor and trapped like they want me. (Lost $400K. Around $275K was money I slaved for and saved on my own, while not experiencing anything the money could actually do for me to bring enjoyment.) I'm 95% blackpilled because of this experience. Fuck life anyway in this beast system.
I lost too… Focus on enjoying life along the way this time, not as much on accumulating numbers in your account. No time like the present. I’m as frugal as they come but that money won’t be enjoyed half as much when you’re 65+. Works towards what will bring you overall happiness throughout life instead of pleasure/dollar signs
I tried for a while but going from a life of zero stress and no worries to having to worry about my next paycheck and having to rebuild some form of retirement that I already worked so hard for causes me such emotional pain now idk it's hard to try and enjoy anything I can "make back" through labor now.
It's like the last 12 years of my adult working life was for nothing and time I will never get back. Time I didn't enjoy at all because of the work it took to get where I was.
Not being able to now provide the life I created and further invisioned for my wife and family is actually the worst part of it all. I wanted to be successful for them not me. That hits the hardest.
Just because you can’t provide a lavish lifestyle doesn’t mean you can’t be an even better father and husband then you were before. Give them your attention and time and love and wisdom and that will go much further than anything that money could have bought. Control what you can from this day forward. Doesn’t take money to be a better version of yourself. Stay positive! Life is too short to consume yourself with worry and regret. Things WILL get better if you move on with positivity, gratefulness for what you have (health, family, etc) and optimism.
You didn't think to divest when gold price doubled and oil hit $0/barrel?
I'm not trained in investing but I've been pulling ~40%/year since covid without dividends or daytrading or really even studying any charts. The big crash sucked, but the recovery has been glorious. (Glorious? I'm not 10x my money but at least it beats inflation...)
Once you figure out the system is rigged, it's easy to game it.
I chased shit stocks and kept loading more money "averaging down" on stocks that won't ever come back thinking I was getting good buys. One of the main ones I was in reverse split. There is lots of scams out there. This one was akin to "cooking the books." IPO at over $20B valuation now sitting at $100M - $200M went from somehow bringing in billions per year to low hundred millions and stringing investors along and has never had a positive quarter since IPO in 3ish years. Insiders and execs raped every retail shareholder. Shit shouldn't even be legal or allowed to happen on "regulated exchanges" like NYSE or NASDAQ but it does. The rich scumbags win either way so why would they care.
Should I have cut my losses? Yeah but never in a hundred years did I think that would happen. I sit everyday, all day wondering why I didn't cut my losses.
I lost almost all my money in the market after the scamdemic run up. I don't care what happens in life now as it was a lot of money and I worked hard as fuck to make it. (Lost gains and almost all my own money). I'm bitter but bring on the pain. I dont have the energy to get back what I lost. And I'd rather watch the world burn now because I'm poor and trapped like they want me. (Lost $400K. Around $275K was money I slaved for and saved on my own, while not experiencing anything the money could actually do for me to bring enjoyment.) I'm 95% blackpilled because of this experience. Fuck life anyway in this beast system.
I lost too… Focus on enjoying life along the way this time, not as much on accumulating numbers in your account. No time like the present. I’m as frugal as they come but that money won’t be enjoyed half as much when you’re 65+. Works towards what will bring you overall happiness throughout life instead of pleasure/dollar signs
I tried for a while but going from a life of zero stress and no worries to having to worry about my next paycheck and having to rebuild some form of retirement that I already worked so hard for causes me such emotional pain now idk it's hard to try and enjoy anything I can "make back" through labor now.
It's like the last 12 years of my adult working life was for nothing and time I will never get back. Time I didn't enjoy at all because of the work it took to get where I was.
Not being able to now provide the life I created and further invisioned for my wife and family is actually the worst part of it all. I wanted to be successful for them not me. That hits the hardest.
Woe is me though. Thanks for the positivity.
Just because you can’t provide a lavish lifestyle doesn’t mean you can’t be an even better father and husband then you were before. Give them your attention and time and love and wisdom and that will go much further than anything that money could have bought. Control what you can from this day forward. Doesn’t take money to be a better version of yourself. Stay positive! Life is too short to consume yourself with worry and regret. Things WILL get better if you move on with positivity, gratefulness for what you have (health, family, etc) and optimism.
Couldn't have said it better. Much better to invest in your self sufficiency than to gamble with digital numbers.
You didn't think to divest when gold price doubled and oil hit $0/barrel?
I'm not trained in investing but I've been pulling ~40%/year since covid without dividends or daytrading or really even studying any charts. The big crash sucked, but the recovery has been glorious. (Glorious? I'm not 10x my money but at least it beats inflation...)
Once you figure out the system is rigged, it's easy to game it.
I chased shit stocks and kept loading more money "averaging down" on stocks that won't ever come back thinking I was getting good buys. One of the main ones I was in reverse split. There is lots of scams out there. This one was akin to "cooking the books." IPO at over $20B valuation now sitting at $100M - $200M went from somehow bringing in billions per year to low hundred millions and stringing investors along and has never had a positive quarter since IPO in 3ish years. Insiders and execs raped every retail shareholder. Shit shouldn't even be legal or allowed to happen on "regulated exchanges" like NYSE or NASDAQ but it does. The rich scumbags win either way so why would they care.
Should I have cut my losses? Yeah but never in a hundred years did I think that would happen. I sit everyday, all day wondering why I didn't cut my losses.
Did this. I got nickeled and dimed real bad for a while.
For me this was GE. I still haven't returned to trading them. Another mistake I did was wager on a Credit Suisse bailout that didn't come.