A lot of Redditors hate the Reddit IPO | Reddit warned us that its users were a risk factor, and boy do they sound excited about shorting its stock.::Reddit seems like a likely candidate for a meme stock. But the actual reaction suggests that r/WallStreetBets isn’t going to send the stock to the moon.
Yeah, never give anyone the ability to completely manage your brokerage account. Most investment brokers are just gambling addicts that get to spend other people’s money. If they are telling you they can get you returns much greater than index funds or a decent ETF…they aren’t telling you of the potential risk.
My advise to younger people is just to take advantage of any tax mitigation like a IRA or 401k, invest in index funds, and most importantly …don’t look at it too much.
People tend to panic when they see a long term investment dip below their original purchasing price, but it’s important to realize that losses aren’t realized until you sell. The market will fluctuate, but the likelihood of a company recovering at some point in the next 20 years is pretty high. Just be patient and don’t buy overspeculated stock.