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Perilous Market Speculation and Correspondence

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Perilous Market Speculation and Correspondence

Perilous Market Speculation and Correspondence

Lucas Necessary

Reading Time: 5 minutesWe are entering a time of novel uncertainty. If the economy survives, the below stock and ETF picks may provide gains approaching Amazon in the period of 1998-2018. Some of these will surely be failures, of course. The first section are long-term picks that I believe could be most valuable over a period of 5-20 years. The second section are riskier bets with shorter term speculation, though still relatively long….

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Recent Market Activity

Recent Market Activity

Lucas Necessary

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI divested around 80% of my market holdings in mid 2019 as I felt that market internals were flimsy. While I had no “one real worry,” I was concerned that any one unforeseen event could precipitate a rapid decline in valuations. For the past few weeks, I’ve been making quick trades from the recent bottom. I have a separate brokerage in which I’ve invested long-term, and I’m currently in the…

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