So for the last two weeks, GameStop has been crazy. It went from $2 to $480 and within a week, and went back down to $63. So you can imagine what a roller coaster it has been. And I have been browsing on wall street bets, and I see a lot of people posting their losses. Some people lost $700,000. Some people lost half of their earnings, and some people will post that. GameStop is still not over yet. And that there's still an opportunity for the stock to rebound. So 96.4%. So if you haven't subscribed yet it is free and you can always change your mind in the future. And this month I'm looking to help 20 professionals without a financial background to master investing and target 30% a year. So they will be more details at the end of the video. Now, when it comes to investing, there are two main approaches.

The first one is value investing, where you make a decision based on facts, based on financials and based on the business performance of the company. And this is the boring old Warren buffet way. And that's who I am as well. And I'm a value investor. Now, on the other hand, you get momentum trader. So these are the people that chase after a trend, a fad, they invest into penny stocks and hopefully that there's just one stock that will make them so rich that they don't need to work anymore. They'll pay for their tuition and it would retire. And these kind of stocks are available. And I have met people that invest in one stock and made so much money, which basically allows them to retire within just a couple of months. And when you think about that, it's almost like winning the lottery, right? And that's exactly why it is so enticing because when people jump into these momentum stocks, it's like playing a game of hot potato that you expect.

There's always a bigger fool that will buy your stock at a higher price. And this works very well. And you will make a lot of money until the momentum runs out. And for GameStop, it is a perfect example because it went up like crazy within the last couple of weeks. And it dropped from four 80 down to $60 within a single week. So you can imagine the roller coaster that you must have gone through. If you're investing at a hundred, 200, 300 or even $400. And when I'm on wall street, that's I see people losing 700 K. I see people losing half of their portfolio in a short amount of time. I see people holding positions that are at three, $400. And this is really the main reason why I don't invest in hype stocks and why I'm a value investor when the hype runs out and you're looking for a reason to hold onto the position, you will realize that there's no support to your decision making your support was other people are jumping in.

So I want to jump in and make a quick buck. So what happens if the momentum dies, then you're stuck by investing at a stock at a high price. And this is really because for GameStop, the business has been dying. The turnaround hasn't really happened yet. The company is not exactly making a lot of money. So you can imagine the stock price should be going down. And if you study fundamental analysis and study their financial statements, that's probably the conclusion that you will come to. And when you lose such a large amounts of money and GameStop, you will become traumatized and you'll lose your confidence when it comes to investing. Because you think that investing doesn't work and you can lose a lot of your money. And it feels like gambling to you. These are symptoms that you're making investment decision based on gut feeling and not based on cold, hard facts.

And this represents an opportunity for you to fundamentally change the way you invest in the market, because how do you justify yourself to put in another 50 K into the market next time? Just because someone else is also jumping into the stock, you become really scared. And if you only lost a little bit of money for GameStop and not as great, and you've probably learned your lesson the easy way, if you lost a lot of money and you become traumatized and you're unable to make your next investment, there is a lasting impact on your investing journey, your plan to retire early, and also your ability to make a sound decision going forward. Because after making a large loss, one of our emotional response is to try to make it back as soon as possible. And the next thing you would do is to try to take on another risky trade, which may lead to further losses.

Now, the third category of people is really people who got lucky and made money from these hump and dump high momentum stocks, because you have made money from these puppet dumb at high momentum stocks. It makes you feel invincible. It makes you feel very powerful because you invest it in such a high risk opportunity and you got away with it. And these are the people that I worry the most because the next time when you're about to invest in the market, again, what are you going to do? You're going to think to yourself that I can invest in a penny stock and make a ton of money. So why do I need you to bother investing in blue chip companies, not as safe? Why do you want me to bother waiting for a discounted price to get into a stock? What I can just participate in these pup and up, why do I need to buy a stock like Google and Amazon, not as like a thousand dollars where I can just buy a $1 stock and watch it go to $10 and 10 times my account.

It is this reward that you get from successfully exiting a penny stock, which can become the fuse for bigger losses down the line. So if you have incurred losses on GME and you feel really bad about yourself and you can't really sleep, then I think you can exit. Now, of course, if you go to wall street beds, they'll tell you to have diamond hands to hold onto it, no matter what, but if you look at the fundamentals, as of right now, GME, doesn't really support such a high price, and it will be five to 10 years before stock price fully recovered. So if you're a traumatized because of the losses and you can't sleep, then it's probably a good idea to exit your position. But if you feel really comfortable and you want to hold on to GME for a long period of time, because you think that business will actually turn around and they're moved to go to e-commerce, it's great.

Then perhaps you can hold onto it. But as of right now, the business does not support this level of stock price. So then you will be in danger by holding onto the stock, but this will be an important decision you make. And the next time when it comes to investing is probably a good idea to invest in something safer, something less volatile. So then you have more predictable gains adhere as a good rule of thumb for you. The higher the gain you're aiming for the more unpredictable it is. So if you want a predictable gain, it wouldn't be something like a thousand percent within a couple of weeks. In my experience, if you are looking for around 10% from the markets that is fairly reasonable using stocks. And if you're looking to use a more of that strategy that I think 20 to 30% is fairly reasonable.

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