BellamySwe
๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ž (๐˜๐˜™๐˜“) ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ. Instead of writing some flashy post to get eyes, Iโ€™m just going to copy my answers to him below. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ: The thing is, after this week I genuinely do think it [the markets] will start to pull back up. Reason being that nothing catastrophic is happening in the markets in general. All the big tech companies have smashed earnings and expectations and thereโ€™s no global issue. $TSM (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd - ADR) , $GOOG (Alphabet) , Microsoft and $AAPL (Apple) are soaring business-wise and are showing positive future outlooks. Also, AI is paying off and they're all doubling down on it which leads me to believe this is just a hiccup and not a cataclysmic drop. ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ž๐: What you think is driving it? ๐Œ๐ž: Institutional investors simply locking profits. Taking cash off the table while itโ€™s there to be had, then they'll buy back in. I think things would be way different if all the big guys [companies] missed expectations, but that's not the case. ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ซ: Nothing in the states around elections not driving any of it? ๐Œ๐ž: I personally don't think so. If anything the upcoming rate cuts are great for all stocks since lending will get cheaper and they can afford to borrow cash from banks to grow. I was more worried that the Fed were not going to cut rates until after the election so that their decision didn't seem politically motivated to do so. That would've also been disastrous. ๐Ÿ‘‰ So there you have it folks. Those are my unfiltered thoughts in a nutshell! ๐Ÿšจ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ: โŒ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  - rebounding markets can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. There is nothing to say that anything will improve in a week. โŒ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ - while the above named companies have been influential in the growth of the indexes over the last 10 months, there are certainly 1000s of other companies with trends affecting stock growth ------------ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. Iโ€™m still very happy with where itโ€™s at. Yes, weโ€™re seeing red days, but nothing compared to $SPY or $QQQ . At the time of writing, theyโ€™re down a whopping -2.35% and -2.65%, whereas my portfolio is down โ€œjustโ€ 1.69%. ๐ŸŒŠ This means that my portfolio is by and large well placed to weather stormy seas. The reason for my portfolioโ€™s drop today is largely due to $NU (Nu Holdings Ltd.) ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, pulling my portfolio with it. ๐Ÿ“ˆ However, I have immense faith in NU and am looking forward to their upcoming earnings report on the 13th of August. ๐Ÿ‘€ What I specifically want to see is how many users theyโ€™ve managed to acquire throughout Mexico and Colombia. If theyโ€™re succeeding there then make no mistake, Latin America will be their playground. ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก. ๐Ÿ‹ NU could be my moby dick, but before I let it sink my ship Iโ€™ll part the line. ๐Ÿค™ So please donโ€™t worry and Iโ€™d be honoured if you continue to ride these waves with me ๐Ÿ„