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Michael S Proud
@mommasmoney108
Hey y'all!! So I was scrolling through different posts and in came across a post asking if anyone within the public platform adjusts their investment accounts due to dips/ losses due to the violent nature of the stock market, so it got me thinking about my account here and I felt compelled to write what I did following this.. please keep in mind this is not financial advice this __💥_is not_💥_ a solid full proof financial plan at all so _💥_💥_do not__💥_ follow anything I've written here as a way to get out of whatever financial mishaps any of you may or may not have.. I've written what I did because it's honesty, I'm hoping the younger individuals will learn from any of my experiences that I've included this.. DO NOT ACCEPT THIS AS FINANCIAL ADVICE IT'S NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL ADVISOR..I just like to chill and talk with y'all ❤️ I've found out in past situations that I'm more of a long term investor with very little room for the more aggressive,profitable investing. I'm not into my grandmother's type of investing i.e. CD's or anything else that would only pay you $5 in 20 years on a $20 purchase of a CD or any other no risk safe investments. Honestly I don't make any adjustments at the moment and I'm thinking maybe I start doing that. I do keep track of the dips the information I track is how much of a dip that day how much I lost at the start of the dip how much I lost in total at close for the day and how long had the dip lasted and the reason I do this is because unfortunately I'm not flush with cash my liquidity assets amount to a total of $0.00 and the reason for this is because I'm called and identified as the type of person who has/or does their living by the seat of my pants so whatever flows or doesn't flow for that day I'll adjust accordingly. I'm other words if I'm presented with a major delima or emergency situation that will require money then I'm totally just done for I'm outta the race. I mention this for the younger individuals. The reasoning for the tracking of my dips and any other losses I incur is simple, I replenish all my dips and losses once a month so every 30 days I'll put back what I lost through the market volatility such as Putin invading Ukraine I didn't buy the dips or replenish daily that's just crazy plus that a cost I cannot do. But monthly because there's a limit to the loss you'll replenish plus it's giving me something to do that works my brain. You see I'm disabled due to two different breaks to my neck which has left me incapable of driving ever again plus I've other non visual disabilities that render me unable to work. So yes I'm very limited to what I can or can't do so I'll replenish my losses every 30 days and I invest every 30 days, I'm learning how to day trade which I refer to as short sided investing so I'll do this 3 times a week twice a month. I know it seems very detailed and structured I guess it is or isn't I dunno but the thing here is that I've implemented these steps for my investment accounts by myself and these are the things I've been taught by my mother and my aunt actually I wasn't taught any of the actions I've mentioned here. I learned these things from what I was take l taught by my family as a kid. The point is I do adjust my investment accounts just not on a scale that Elon Musk might do. So if there is any of ya on here that are in my shoes or in a more debilitating situation and you feel like quitting will be a better option well think about this. The situation you were in before is much better now due to the obvious fact you're investing money you thought you didn't have or thought you couldn't do this because you're not rich or well off enough to trade like Bill Gates, Elon Musk or the power players just stop..I had a great life I had saved $40,000.00 within the first 10-15 years of a 20 year career as a professional heavy haul truck driver. It was just 4.5 years ago I gave my mom all of that money I saved except for $1,500.00 , my landlord sold the place I called home for the past 5.5 years and the new owners have given everyone X amount of reasonable time to vacate the premises as they Wana remodel. But I'm not equipped financially to do such a thing. My step son lost his dad 1.3 years ago, my girl lost her sister in same time frame, i lost my dad, our loyal family dog just died 2 days ago, someone hack my email or whatever they did but they sent the police department to my house cuz they publicly wrote I was gonna burn down a school in my neighborhood so yes I'm ina bad few situations I don't say this for pity or expect anything I've wrote all this, talked about all this because I've been reading and hearing negative stories about individuals who have thrown in the towel on their entire life..I love this platform I definitely love the people in this platform It's the only time I'm comfortable the only time I feel I'm learning in a positive way plus I'm making a better future for myself, my kids.. y'all allow me to talk and for that I'm grateful. This was written due to the fact that there are individuals in my situation who have had it meshed into their minds ( brain washing actually) that they can't have a better life and they can't do a darn thing about it cuz they're limited. Well I'm here to say not true.. I will be living proof hopefully in about 5 years or so.. I'll shut up now. I apologize for the length of this I wrote this for the ones who think they shouldn't, they can't, they're stuck where they're at.. PEACE OUT!! #FIGHTBACK #DONTSETTLE #YOUR TERMS #URLIFE #BOSSUP #LIKEABOSS
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