Re:Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results
by sicp-enjoyer on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @08:42PM
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Obviously one way to hedge risk is to use smaller amounts. His gains on that portion are still greater than if it was parked 100% in VTSAX.
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Re:Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results
by thunky on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @08:57PM
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Only if you care about percentage gains more than dollar amounts.
Depending on how much meta he actually bought, he may have made more money today with the s&p's 0.22% gain that he's made with meta all time.
But meta probably feels like the big winner.
Re:Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results
by sicp-enjoyer on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @08:59PM
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I don't see how that's the case. If he had 95% of portfolio in S&P and the FB he bought was 5%, he still did better in dollar terms than 100% S&P.
Re:Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results
by thunky on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @09:10PM
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We can't know unless we know how much meta he bought and how much s&p he owns (if any).
But 5% is probably much more than anyone should allocate to a single stock.
And just to demonstrate my point, he could have bought 1 share of meta a couple months ago for $100. And he could have $1 million in his 401k.
Re:Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results
by sicp-enjoyer on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @09:54PM
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And that 1 share still outperformed the equivalent amount of S&P.
Re:Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results
by thunky on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:04AM
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Right, but my original point was that no normal person (including OP) dares to take such a risk with a single stock, so in real life there is no "equivalent amount of S&P" in the equation.