My Top Investment Ideas For 2024

Beavis Wealth
5 Jan 202422:39

Summary

TLDRThe video discusses the content creator's top stock and market ideas for 2024 across four key areas: non-tech stocks, small cap stocks, Chinese stocks, and fixed income. He argues these areas offer opportunities compared to the major tech stocks that drove markets in 2023. Specific ideas mentioned include Pfizer in pharma, Costco in retail, a Russell 2000 small cap ETF, existing investments in Tencent and Alibaba despite risks, and benchmark US Treasury and high yield corporate bond ETFs. The creator welcomes feedback on his thesis and ideas others are considering for 2024.

Takeaways

  • 😀 The video marks the first one in 2024, after taking some time off over the holidays
  • 👍 Andrew shares 4 areas or pockets of the market he is bullish on for 2024
  • 💡 He believes non-tech sectors like pharmaceuticals and consumer staples could outperform tech
  • 🔎 Small cap stocks that have lagged could see upside if rates fall or sentiment improves
  • 🚩 Andrew acknowledges risks but thinks Chinese stocks are depressed and due for a bounce
  • 💵 With higher yields, fixed income is more viable than in recent years as rates may fall further
  • 📝 Andrew asks viewers to share in comments how many ideas they agree with and why
  • 🙌 He thanks long-time viewers and invites new viewers to subscribe
  • 🔔 The Blossom app launched in the US after success in Canada with 880k users
  • 👍 Andrew is open to video ideas and feedback to improve content

Q & A

  • What is the overall theme of the areas the speaker likes for investing in 2024?

    -The overall investing theme seems to be looking outside of big tech stocks and finding undervalued or beaten down stocks and sectors that could rebound if market sentiment improves in 2024.

  • Why does the speaker say non-tech could be an area to look at in 2024?

    -The speaker says the big tech/FANG stocks have massively outperformed and driven index returns higher recently. So instead of chasing those stocks at current valuations, it may be prudent to look to other beaten down sectors for better future returns.

  • What is the speaker's view on small cap stocks?

    -The speaker sees potential upside in small caps if market sentiment and interest rates improve in 2024. Small caps tend to be more sensitive and have sold off more, so they could rebound strongly if conditions get better.

  • Why does the speaker still like Chinese stocks even after poor recent performance?

    -He views the depressed prices of his Chinese holdings, like Tencent, as good long term businesses selling at attractive valuations now. Sentiment could quickly shift on positive catalysts.

  • What are the speaker's fixed income ideas for 2024?

    -He discusses bond ETFs, like TLT and high yield bonds, paying 5-6% as attractive income sources, especially for older investors. If rates fall, bonds could benefit further.

  • What does the speaker say about individual bonds vs bond ETFs?

    -He says he never buys individual bonds but plays the fixed income space through bond ETFs that give broad exposure for most investors.

  • What changes and areas of focus does the speaker mention for his business?

    -He discusses expanding his financial app Blossom to the US market. And focusing efforts across his YouTube channel, Blossom, his investing academy, and Instagram.

  • What is the speaker's view on diversification and tech concentration risk?

    -He notes the top tech stocks now comprise 30% of the index. So having flexibility as an individual stock picker allows better diversification when tech dominates.

  • Why does the speaker say 2024 could see positive market catalysts?

    -Being an election year, policy decisions tend to aim at propping up the economy and markets. And potential interest rate cuts could also boost sentiment.

  • What feedback does the speaker request on the video?

    -He asks viewers to leave comments on how many of his 4 investment area ideas they agree with, as well as any other ideas they have.

Outlines

00:00

🎥 Introducing the video and goals for 2024

The host introduces themselves, welcomes viewers back to the channel, and wishes them a Happy New Year. They took some time off for the holidays and are excited to be back making videos in 2024. They have set some personal goals around health, fitness, business, and YouTube for the new year.

05:00

👍 Making the case for non-tech stocks in 2024

The host argues that after the huge returns from tech/growth stocks in 2023, investors may want to look at some beaten down non-tech areas for opportunities in 2024. They suggest stocks like Pfizer, Costco, Home Depot, and Visa as ideas, since they have not performed as well recently but offer quality.

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🔬 Exploring small caps as rates potentially fall

The host credits a friend's idea that small cap stocks could be an opportunity if interest rates come down in 2024. Small caps have struggled as rates climbed, but if sentiment improves, they could run. The host suggests playing the theme with an ETF due to inability to pick winners.

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😬 Still bullish on Chinese stocks longer term

The host acknowledges their failed investments in Chinese stocks like Alibaba and Tencent so far, but argues they are good businesses trading at depressed levels, so worth continuing to own. China's economy should grow over the next decade.

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💸 Liking fixed income in a flat/falling rate world

With rates at current levels, bond funds offer good income versus recent history. If expected Fed rate cuts happen, existing bonds funds would benefit from prices rising as new bonds are issued at lower rates. Reasonable to own some.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Tech stocks

Tech stocks refer to stocks of technology companies like Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google. The video mentions how these stocks have massively outperformed the overall market recently. However, the narrator argues that investors should look beyond just tech stocks in 2024 and expand their horizons.

💡Small cap stocks

Small cap stocks are stocks of relatively small or less established companies that have lower market capitalization. The video argues small caps tend to be more volatile but could benefit if interest rates fall in 2024, as they are more sensitive and have higher beta.

💡Flight to safety

Flight to safety refers to investors moving capital out of riskier assets into safer investments in times of market uncertainty. The video mentions this is why small caps underperform when markets get ugly.

💡Election year

2024 is a US presidential election year. The video hints there may be attempts to prop up the economy and markets ahead of the election to gather votes.

💡Fixed income

Fixed income refers to conservative investments like bonds which pay regular, fixed interest payments. With rates higher now, the video argues fixed income seems reasonably attractive.

💡ETF

ETF stands for Exchange Traded Fund, which is a basket of securities like a mutual fund but trades on a stock exchange. The video recommends ETFs to get broad exposure.

💡Bond yields

Bond yields refer to the interest rate or coupon that a bond pays to investors. If yields fall in 2024 as expected, it would benefit existing bond prices.

💡Beta

Beta measures the volatility of a stock compared to the overall market. Higher beta stocks tend to amplify market moves, both up and down. Small caps tend to have higher betas.

💡Tax loss harvesting

Tax loss harvesting refers to selling securities at a loss to offset capital gains taxes. It's why the video says don't factor past losses on Chinese stocks if you still want to own them.

💡Dollar cost averaging

Dollar cost averaging means regularly investing fixed dollar amounts over time into an asset, which helps avoid market timing. The video hints at this idea for risky assets.

Highlights

I have stocks and ETFs that I'm liking, I've identified, four Pockets or four areas of the market, that I'm liking

I personally, can't help but look at the returns that, we saw over the previous year which was, a solid year for the indexes

Every dollar you put, into the S&P you're buying more and more, and more of those whereas as a an, individual stock investor you can have a, little bit more um flexibility

When you look at the S&P, the breakdown essentially of how big of, a portion these um you know, the the the seven, magnificent stocks uh represent it's, getting up there right it's up to like, what is that 30% essentially 25 30%

Small cap, area uh the small cap you know market, value stocks might be a pocket worth, considering

When the tides turn and I'm not, suggesting that I believe you know all, of a sudden 2024 is going to be, phenomenal year that's not what I'm, saying but we have started to hear like, inklings um you know hint at let's say, the potential for some interest rate, Cuts now whether that's going to happen, uh who knows uh we you know I've learned, not to trust these people

2024 is an, election year which is always, interesting years for the market

I would, continue to hold them and there's maybe, a world in which these never realize, because of uh because of all the various, reasons as to why they're priced so low

I just do think think, that um over the next decade um China, will continue to grow India will, continue to grow and you know these two, big big companies in there will actually, uh benefit

I foresee this happening as, well the possibility of this happening, with these Asian stocks is very fast if, there are a catalyst whether it's a you, know a new government or some sort of, positive deal uh with um you know the, two Nations because of how volatile, these these markets are when things, start to run they can run fast

Fixed income you know again when, I talk about fixed income never in my, life have I gone out and bought bought, you know an individual Bond um I just, never have I know it is still possible, but I think it's just very uncommon

If, rates come down as you know some people, are expecting and these new bonds are, being issued at you know lower and lower, rates right all these new bonds are, being issued are now at a 4% yield or 4%, coupon a 3% coupon etc etc my bond, that's paying 5% actually becomes more, attractive

Leave a, comment down below as to, whether you agree whether you disagree, and how many of those you um agree with

Leave down in the comment, section below maybe some areas that I'm, overlooking or areas that might be, attractive maybe it's something like, crypto I don't know not for me um maybe, it's real estate maybe it's REITs um, what areas are you guys liking

Transcripts

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what is going on you guys and welcome

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back to the channel happy New Year

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everybody this video officially marks my

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first video here in 20124 and I'm so

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excited to be back I took a bit of time

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off uh over the holidays to do some

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family dinners and some Christmas uh you

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know stuff nothing too exciting but it

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was a nice nice break a nice little

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recharge of the batteries and I hope you

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guys all had a really fantastic uh break

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yourselves I know going into 2024 I've

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set all these little personal not even

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little set these you know big uh

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personal goals on the health side and um

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you know Fitness development side

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obviously on the business side I'm just

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really really excited for what the new

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year has in store here on YouTube anywh

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who I'm glad that you're uh with us here

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back for another year I got a really

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good topic today we're going to be

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covering the you know my my best or my

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favorite ideas for the upcoming year and

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actually rather than just giving like

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you know a couple stock picks which I

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I'm going to you know talk about here I

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have stocks and ETFs that I'm liking

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I've identified

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four Pockets or four areas of the market

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that I'm liking and I'm going to provide

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the reasoning or justification as to why

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and then I'd love to hear from you guys

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down in the comment section below

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whether you agree or disagree right in

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fact I actually was going to request

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like at the end of the video leave a

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comment uh down below with like a number

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score like do you agree with four out of

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four do you agree with three out of four

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two out of four one out of four I'm

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hoping there's not too many zero out of

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fours cuz that would just be really sad

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if but I'm I'm I'm hoping I'm able to

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point you guys in the right direction at

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least areas that I'm liking um and you

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know these are keep in mind areas for me

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that I'm liking they may not be suitable

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for you but you can make that decision

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uh as we go through but with that said

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let's dive in uh leave a thumbs up if

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you like and uh drop a comment down

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below but area number one that I'm

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liking is

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nonte in 2024 And to clarify you know I

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just want to make sure I'm not like

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misleading anybody I'm not suggesting

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that we go out and short all the you

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know the Fang stocks and all our

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favorite tech stocks far from that in

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fact I still plan to hold some of my

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favorite tech stocks but I personally

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can't help but look at the returns that

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we saw over the previous year which was

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a solid year for the indexes S&P was up

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the NASDAQ I believe returned

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40% when you break that return

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down a huge contributor of that next

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return came from the allstar performance

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from The Magnificent Seven here right

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that's essentially what they're calling

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these grouping of stocks now it's

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essentially the Fang stocks but you know

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there's a couple of inclusions they kind

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of had to be included in these these

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All-Star list the nvidias and Teslas of

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the world just take a look at some of

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these um returns that we saw literally

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over just the past year and no doubt

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these have been massive in propping up

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the um the index return in fact this

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chart that I'm sharing with you guys

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it's a little bit outdated like

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September but like you'll get the point

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S&P top seven stocks have soared more

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than you know x% while everything else

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is basically flat now it didn't like

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finish flat you still you still did have

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good performers but what you know when I

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look at this what this what just like is

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glaring to me

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is rather than you know chasing and you

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know just expecting that these stocks

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are going to continue flying flying

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flying I'm very grateful for you know

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the the great the returns in fact you

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know you guys know meow was a really

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great you know performer for me uh

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obviously been a big holder of alphabet

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and Amazon um apple as well like you

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know as a holder you love to see this

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but if I'm looking for stocks to buy

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into in the new

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year what I'm saying is there might be

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other areas besides Tech that I actually

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would personally prefer in fact one of

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the stocks I've been eyeing very much in

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the pharmaceutical space is fizer um

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fizer if you look at the share

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performance chart it's done pretty much

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the exact opposite of um you know these

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Fang stocks or the Magnificent Seven

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it's been going down down down it's been

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an area that I've been liking one that

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may be worth throwing on your radar

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another idea that you may want to look

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into is something like a Costco right

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Costco's just been steady steady steady

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but this is obviously in the food

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retailing space um Home Depot uh Lowe's

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you know two stocks that just are always

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on the radar great quality companies you

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know Home Depot I know is down a decent

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amount um Visa I'm just trying to

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suggestions to you guys that are non-te

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because what happens is that a lot of

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investors especially the new ones they

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get drawn in and they get sucked in to

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what has recently done well again it's

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not to say that they won't do well going

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forward and for another year they very

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well may but personally for me I'm I am

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expanding my you know my Horizon of what

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I'm looking at Beyond there because my

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philosophy is I always like to buy

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stocks that are essentially you know you

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know beaten down more so than chasing a

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a stock that's done really well

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one thing too that just is like worth

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mentioning is when you look at the S&P

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the breakdown essentially of how big of

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a portion these um you know seven

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magnificent stocks uh represent it's

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getting up there right it's up to like

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what is that 30% essentially 25 30% and

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I believe this is slightly outdated as

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well this is one of those things where

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when you are an individual stock

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investor like one of the questions I

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always get is like individual stocks or

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ETFs and you know in many cases ETFs for

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so many people is the right way to go

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but of the pros I believe of being an

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individual stock investor is that you

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now have like flexibility in times like

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these to be a little more calculated

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with where you deploy if you are

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strictly an S&P 500 investor you know

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every time you invest in the S&P due to

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the nature of this index the fact that

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it's Market weighted and it essentially

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rewards these you know as these

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companies grow larger and larger and

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grow in market

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value one may argue getting in a price

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range that is let's say overextended

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let's just say well every dollar you put

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into the S&P you're buying more and more

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and more of those whereas as a an

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individual stock investor you can have a

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little bit more um flexibility right so

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anyways that's just a fun point I

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thought something to consider I'm still

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going to own my tech stocks I'm still

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going to gladly hold them but might just

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be a something something to consider

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right is an outside non-te exposure in

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2024 number two which is actually kind

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of a buildoff off that and I actually

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want to credit and Shout out one of my

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good friends um Joseph hog I don't know

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if you guys follow him he's from the

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states so I don't blame me if you don't

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but someone I've known for years and

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years and years on YouTube actually made

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a post over um on Blossom and as a big

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big news alert for those watching who

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aren't Canadian Blossom is now

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officially live in the US so as of two

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days ago we've had a huge uh launch and

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undertaking expanding to you know all of

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North America well Joseph Hogan made a a

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phenomenal post here um on the app

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basically talking about this and in

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particular the fact that the small cap

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area uh the small cap you know market

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value stocks might be a pocket worth

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considering and actually prior to this

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post for the past six maybe eight months

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this has been kind of Brewing on my mind

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as well and this is coming from somebody

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who has never really put a good

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allocation towards small caps it's just

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never been on my radar never been

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something I've cared for and possibly

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you know a flaw on my end because I do I

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think it's a very fair argument if

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you're looking at your over all asset Pi

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or asset allocation to have an

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allocation to small caps just in general

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let's say during all Market you know

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environments let's say it's 5% maybe 10%

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if you're a little more um aggressive

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and okay with the

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volatility assuming you can handle the

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ups and down the small caps in general

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it's actually not a terrible um asset to

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hold by any stretch of the imagination I

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remember actually looking at a bunch of

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andex charts over the past number of

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years that I'm always surprised at how

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well the small cap indexes do over a

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long periods of time it's just of course

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a much more bumpier ride anywh who um

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why this is an area that I think is of

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interest is you're essentially playing

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you know the interest rate cycle and

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you're playing into these uh you know

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the the higher beta

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stocks as we know over the past you know

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couple of years it's been really really

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challenging for let's say more like

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sensitive stocks right if a stock has a

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higher beta meaning it essentially more

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volatile you're going to see this a lot

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with the smaller cap stocks maybe the

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less established stocks uh more riskier

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stocks I guess you could call it as

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interest rates climbed and climbed and

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climbed and the environment got uglier

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and uglier coming out of covid and

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inflation is high etc

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etc these stocks took a big big big um

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beating right a lot of the small cap

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meme stocks that you may hold a lot of

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the penny stocks uh it's just been a

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very challenging year for past couple

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years honestly for these companies and

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that's completely logical because if you

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understand like the concept of you know

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flight to flight to Quality flight to

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safety those terms are really

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interchangeable what happens when the

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environment and the macro environment

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gets uglier and uglier and interest

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rates go higher and higher it's more

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expensive to borrow and more expensive

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to operate as a business and things just

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get

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ugly a it's extremely challenging for

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these companies that aren't as

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financially sound like a lot of times

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these smaller companies don't have

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billions of billions of dollars in

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reserves like a like a birkshire or like

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like an apple or for example or Google

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they're often like operationally way

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more sensitive to that and secondarily

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as an investor these are the stocks that

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get hit first when the markets do take a

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turn for the worst right I've given this

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example before but if you have like

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$100,000 in your portfolio and you need

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to access some and you have you know a

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stable Bank stock that you plan to hold

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for your future retirement and you have

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more of like a fun aggressive small cap

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stock and you have a feeling or you

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start seeing the market start to take a

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turn for the worse you're going to pull

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from from this um smaller cap stock like

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they are just more sensitive that's just

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the fact of the matter um that's very

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logical and then when you have millions

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and millions of investors doing that

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there's a reason that these stocks you

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know do drop harder when you know times

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are ugly they are higher beta stocks

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meaning they're more volatile more

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sensitive to the moves in the market

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well when the tides turn and I'm not

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suggesting that I believe you know all

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of a sudden 2024 is going to be

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phenomenal year that's not what I'm

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saying but we have started to hear like

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inklings um you know hint at let's say

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the potential for some interest rate

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Cuts now whether that's going to happen

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uh who knows uh we you know I've learned

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not to trust these people but um

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certainly when those cuts come and let's

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say the the sentiment in the market

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tends to you know pick back up I would

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say another thing that's very much worth

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keeping in mind is that 2024 is an

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election year which is always

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interesting years for the market but uh

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you you tend to believe that you know

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whoever's you know wanting to gather all

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the votes uh for the election you know

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they're gonna do what they can to

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like you know prop things up and make

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things a little bit like less gloomy

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You' think right um there are a couple

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like potential catalysts in the new year

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that could work in favor uh for just the

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broader Market in general and if that is

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the case um when that tide starts to

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turn it is a very fair argument to

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argument to be made that being in a

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higher beta stock or small cap stocks

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which actually move you know let's say

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double or triple to what the market

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would typically do well of course you're

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actually going to participate on more

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upside right so a very very very fair

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consideration there in my opinion like

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how I would go about this personally is

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I don't feel comfortable in my abilities

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to go out and research like small cap

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stocks in fact pretty much every small

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cap stock I feel I've ever bought in um

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has not worked out for me and I'm sure

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you guys can probably think a couple on

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the channel over the years of you know

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these fun Flyers stocks that you that I

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try buying and they just end up sucking

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um it's different when you're investing

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in let's say like a you know an

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established Blue Chip you know well I

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have a system and I have a process and

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the resources and tools to help me come

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to like an informed decision with a

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small cap stock I'm just not as

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confident in my skills right there's

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usually not as much data out there like

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in terms of financial history you got to

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approach them differently I'm saying for

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me I wouldn't be going out and picking a

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bunch individually but maybe could play

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this entire field in aggregate by buying

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let's say an ETF um that

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tracks uh a small cap Index right maybe

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something like a Russell 2000 uh index

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you can do some research on um on what

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would be maybe a suitable option for you

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but I think that's again possibly very

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fair consideration I'm hopefully I'm

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hopefully two for two right now and

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again keep in mind I'd love to hear your

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what you're thinking down below if you

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guys agree or disagree but um moving on

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to number

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three this is one that I know you you

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guys aren't going to agree with and like

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rightfully so fairly so um this is

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probably my first one well hopefully the

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first one you guys don't like but I am

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thinking um Chinese market the Chinese

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market is due and I know that I've been

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saying this now for two and a half years

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essentially and I've been burned by this

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you know if you guys as well were you

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know went out and bought into these

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Chinese stocks we've all been burned uh

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my portfolio if you look at essentially

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you know what's been dragging it down it

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is my and 10cent uh positions that I was

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so optimistic for and so you know

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bullish on and I if you recall like back

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when I bought my town house um and I

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sold off my TFA Etc I like made these I

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bumped these stocks up taking a big big

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bet on this market and clearly like you

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know big lesson for me is like you know

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I swung for the fences and then it ended

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up uh striking out right big time it

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sucks that

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said maybe I'm just being stubborn but

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I'm not ready to to throw in the towel

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just yet and uh without a doubt there

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has been more negative news even just in

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the past week um with more government

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intervention I know there was a another

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regulation that came in regarding

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regarding video games right um and the

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sale of uh uh monetization on video

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games obviously a big negative for 10

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cent one of my stocks which is huge in

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the video game

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Space these risks are all still there uh

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the government risks is still there is

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there risk of um you know War which we

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keep hearing about more and more and

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more Invasion yeah yeah yeah that don't

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always be there and again I look at

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everything for me I'm willing to take

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those uh risks on a positive note we

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have seen like Huawei the the you know

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the phone company they actually just

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reported very positive numbers Alibaba

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has been buying back shares and they're

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going to be buying back shares as a

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long-term investor this is typically a

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very positive sign to me when I see you

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know the company willing to take their

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capital and buy back their

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shares the question I asked myself and I

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asked myself this with any investment

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but especially these you know two in my

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portfolio is like stripping out

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everything that's happened in the past

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right like let's just forget what's

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happened uh you know in the past year

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two years in my performance at these

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levels are these something that I would

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want to buy is it a company that I would

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want to hold the only reason you

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wouldn't do this is if you could do tax

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loss harvesting and then you actually do

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need to factor in your losses but I I

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don't I hold these in my tfsa so I can't

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but I asked myself would I want to own

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these shares at these levels today and

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for me personally

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the answer is yes therefore I will

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continue to hold them and there's maybe

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a world in which these never realize

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because of uh because of all the various

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reasons as to why they're priced so low

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I think these are actually very very big

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and um promising businesses and again

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I'm extremely bullish long term over the

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next decade on uh China as an economy

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obviously they're going through a slump

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right now like as with any economy they

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go through their good times and bad

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times certainly a lot of stuff to worry

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about there but I just do think think

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that um over the next decade um China

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will continue to grow India will

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continue to grow and you know these two

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big big companies in there will actually

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uh benefit you know there's like it's

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very similar to if if you you know were

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following meta over the past like year

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and a bit right I remember the sentiment

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around meta was extremely negative when

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people were talking about how the stock

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is dead and how they're blowing all this

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money on the metaverse and whatnot and

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it feels like in just like a snap of

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your fingers like very very fast that

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sentiment flipped and all of a sudden

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they're up you know 200% 150% 200% right

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like that seemed to have happened

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overnight I foresee this happening as

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well the possibility of this happening

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with these Asian stocks is very fast if

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there are a catalyst whether it's a you

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know a new government or some sort of

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positive deal uh with um you know the

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two Nations because of how volatile

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these these markets are when things

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start to run they can run fast and I

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just think think these levels they're at

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uh depressed levels uh personally that

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are worth considering so again you don't

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have to agree in fact fairly disagree

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down in the comment section below you

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can let me know because you guys have

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been right on this one uh not me but um

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any who last number four um last pocket

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of of area that I like fixed income okay

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uh and fixed income you know again when

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I talk about fixed income never in my

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life have I gone out and bought bought

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you know an individual Bond um I just

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never have I know it is still possible

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but I think it's just very uncommon what

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I'm talking about here is more so uh

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probably playing it through an ETF in my

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portfolio right now I own two Bond ETFs

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so uh a high yield bond fund so

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xhy as well as TLT and I think you know

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TLT is actually done quite well up about

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20% xhy is you know I don't think up too

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much up 5% keep in mind these are

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excluding dividends right these are

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actually just the share you know the

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share price going up for a bond fund

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obviously with the rates you know where

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they are today that just flat out makes

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um you know these these bond funds more

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attractive right they're just a more

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viable investment than they were you

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know 3 four years ago when they were

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paying like 1 and a half% 2% and you can

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go buy a dividend that's going to pay

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you more well now for a lot of investors

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especially those in their Middle Ages if

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you're getting a little bit older to

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take a a safer or more conservative

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asset like this and pull in a a

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relatively secure rate rate like this to

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me it's a very very long iCal thing to

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do as well um on the topic of of

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interest rates and again we hinted on

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earlier that there's the possibility of

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rates you know coming down potentially

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up to three Cuts next year who

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knows the fixed income Market that that

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would in theory be a positive for the uh

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bond market and for the fixing for for

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our bond Holdings if the rates came down

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and essentially the logic behind that is

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you know let's assume I can go out and

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buy a bond you know today right and this

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bond is paying me like a 5% coupon or a

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5% interest rate let's just say maybe

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it's six let's just say five well if

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rates come down as you know some people

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are expecting and these new bonds are

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being issued at you know lower and lower

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rates right all these new bonds are

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being issued are now at a 4% yield or 4%

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coupon a 3% coupon etc etc my bond

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that's paying 5% actually becomes more

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attractive it actually ends up you know

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trading at a premium right because the

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price of the bond varies as well there's

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like an inverse

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uh correlation right when interest rates

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go down the price of all these existing

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bonds go up so there's a fair argument

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if you believe that is the case to hold

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these and again it's not like we have to

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count on this what I'm saying is there's

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already a strong Baseline and I guess

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more so the question to ask yourself is

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from these levels do you think it's more

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likely interest rates go up or more

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likely they go down and maybe they stay

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flat who knows but in my opinion there's

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probably more of a chance of them

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staying flat SL you know trickling down

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which would be uh favorable for these

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types of Investments so like I said I

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mean those are just like four areas that

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I'm liking for me and I'll ask for you

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now of those four you know now that I've

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kind of explained as the reasoning as to

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why leave a comment down below as to

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whether you agree whether you disagree

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and how many of those you um agree with

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I'm hoping we get some like solid threes

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out of fours uh fours out of fours I

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totally understand if no one wants to uh

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like uh be stubborn on this Chinese

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holing with me that's totally fair um

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but like I said hopefully not too many

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ones or twos out of fours that's just

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what I've been liking right and do

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please do leave down in the comment

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section below maybe some areas that I'm

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overlooking or areas that might be

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attractive maybe it's something like

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crypto I don't know not for me um maybe

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it's real estate maybe it's REITs um

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what areas are you guys liking leave a

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comment down below so our other viewers

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do give it a thumbs up it's been a while

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since I filmed the video it just feels

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so like uh I feel Rusty you know I feel

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I feel Rusty which means I got to get

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back into the r rhythm of doing this

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more and I'm very excited to do so I

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have actually a bunch of video ideas for

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