Re:$130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours
by UncleMeat on Monday January 24, 2022 @10:22AM
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Money is fungible. There is no rational difference between "continue to hold X BTC that I already own" and "buy X BTC today when I currently own 0 BTC."
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Re:$130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours
by Demiurge on Monday January 24, 2022 @10:49AM
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There is a logical difference between making a decision that some time is a right time to make a decision and making a decision that you don't have enough confidence in either decision.
Re:$130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours
by smaryjerry on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:43AM
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Holding is not lack of confidence in a decision. Holding is exactly the same confidence as a buy. It’s always interest to see analysts recommendations go between sell, hold, and buy to me because like the one who initially posted, I believe a hold is the same as a buy. The effect on your return between a hold and a buy is the exact same for those dollars. It would be illogical to say you would hold a stock at a price but would not buy a stock at the same price. Every time you are not selling it should be based on the same factors as if you were buying. Indecision just results in an uninformed decision, it doesn’t make your past decision right.
Re:$130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours
by wruza on Monday January 24, 2022 @01:19PM
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Technically two other commenters here have a point, I think. It depends on your bankroll and investment strategies. But it's so personal that no one (especially random analysts who don't even know you exist) could really advise to HODL and make sense. That's a nitpick, though insightful one, to be fair. But in in-vacuum analysis it's either BUY or SELL. No one knows your portfolio to tell more, so everyone assumes that your money from a corresponding risk category just sits idle.
Re:$130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours
by immibis on Monday January 24, 2022 @12:36PM
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Incorrect. You should not put all of your money into a single investment, according to Kelly. BUY means "the amount of this you should have according to Kelly's criterion has increased", HODL means it is unchanged.