What is your biggest “Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda” in your investing experience so far?
Other than basically missing 2010-2020, the next one I have is: Not buying puts on Rivian, the stock was clearly overvalued based on the limited production so far.
What is your biggest “Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda” in your investing experience so far?
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- Student88 [OP]
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- Chance7652
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MongoDB stands out for me 
. I even started a thread on it ahead of their IPO as I was hearing a lot about nosql databases at the time. I didn't buy it as I couldn't fiugure out how to evaluate them.
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. I even started a thread on it ahead of their IPO as I was hearing a lot about nosql databases at the time. I didn't buy it as I couldn't fiugure out how to evaluate them.mongodb-ipo-2130625/#p28290044
- Stevewithalaptop
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I still think about the time I had 1000's of shares of AMD sub $2
- ipxxx
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I "shoulda" never invested (let's be honest - gambling in my case) which "woulda" saved me a lot of money that I "coulda" spent somewhere else.
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- yvrbanker
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- notenoughsleep
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Same here. Was going to throw in $5k just for fun, but chickened outStevewithalaptop wrote: ↑ I still think about the time I had 1000's of shares of AMD sub $2
Having said that, even if I went in I probably would have sold at $4 hahaAlso AT.TO. Bought about 10k shares for about $1.00 and sold at $1.40...then it spiked to $30.
- Ecsta
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Not 100% investing related, but making fun of my best friend who was mining BTC way back in high school. I was interested in it but was like "itll never catch on" so brushed it off 
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.- cbalain
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Too much in LSPD, averaging down even more without recovery in sight
- Stevewithalaptop
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If I remember correctly PS or xbox announced they would be using AMD and I rode it up to $4 and sold lol.notenoughsleep wrote: ↑ Same here. Was going to throw in $5k just for fun, but chickened outHaving said that, even if I went in I probably would have sold at $4 haha
Also AT.TO. Bought about 10k shares for about $1.00 and sold at $1.40...then it spiked to $30.
Lets be real if it wasn't $4 it would have been $5 or $6 or $7 etc. Never in a million years would I have guessed crypto + a world wide pandemic would cause whole industry to skyrocket.
- BananaHunter
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Hindsight bias at work here. It's easy to look back and say that should have been obvious. I've never been an impulsive investor. I tend to lay out all the facts and numbers I think are relevant before I make a decision. So in that sense...absolutely none. Only regret perhaps is there were a couple years where I let cash idle for too long when they could have done something for me. I was too busy on other stuff in life and absolutely did not pay attention.
- exrcoupe
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Not paying attention enough to TSLA when I already had conviction about the company in 2017. Jumped in at the start of 2020, but that's my biggest regret not getting in earlier, but yeah I didn't pay enough attention to it.
- faken
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buying PSFE
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- admiralackbar
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Do you post anything else than things you regret not doing? Seems to be a theme.
As I stated several times in this forum. I mined about1500 BTC around 2011 when the first mining pools came out which I thought I was smart for selling at $5 (it had fallen to almost nothing the weeks before). No way I would have kept it all the way to tens of millions but still stings a bit to think about.
Why you need to move on from things and stop analyzing the past, only thing that results from that is paralysis from analysis.
As I stated several times in this forum. I mined about1500 BTC around 2011 when the first mining pools came out which I thought I was smart for selling at $5 (it had fallen to almost nothing the weeks before). No way I would have kept it all the way to tens of millions but still stings a bit to think about.
Why you need to move on from things and stop analyzing the past, only thing that results from that is paralysis from analysis.
- cheapshopper
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Nothing, I dont buy stocks. Telsa, AMD, or something like Bitcoin (i know, i know, it is not a stock).
I only buy index ETF, it wont make me rich, but i just not smart enough to pick individual investment. So i just decided to ride with the market.
Boring!
I only buy index ETF, it wont make me rich, but i just not smart enough to pick individual investment. So i just decided to ride with the market.
Boring!
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Bright side of RFD: Often find good deal
Dark side of RFD: Tons of stuff that I don't need but still got them because of RFD
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Bright side of RFD: Often find good deal
Dark side of RFD: Tons of stuff that I don't need but still got them because of RFD
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- charliebrown
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Average down below $3
With the benefit of hindsight (2020-now)
- not averaging down on more names like BTE, ERF, MEG etc
- selling names like BTE when i got back to breakeven (~$2?) or MEG and ARX below $10
- closing a CNQ call spread that I learned about as a strategy on RFD when CNQ was only $35 usd
Looking further back:
- basically any tech name where I thought the valuations were nuts when TSLA was around $400 pre-split
- anyone remember when HCG was suffering from a bank run? Could only afford 300 shares but Mr Buffet really helped with that one
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- reps001
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Sold SHOP in 2019, debate AMD and MU, chose the wrong one. 
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I've been waiting for $2. I don't have that much in it.. but I've been waiting for $2 haha..
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- MoneyHypeMike
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Not starting investing earlier
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- ryanoneal
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Not jumping into the investing game, and learning sooner.
- cloak
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That's a good reason not to have invested and not to regret not doing it. In my opinion, investing for the longterm is having set criteria and sticking to them unless you learn something that is new and has a track record of working. Starting a series of "investing in something I can't evaluate" can work but is not a solid foundation for longterm investing.Chance7652 wrote: ↑ MongoDB stands out for me
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