Three rules for riding the waves of the stock market 😎🌊

Jabari Holloway
Fin Tea
Published in
2 min readMay 24, 2024

In almost every instance, new retail investors lose money because they let fear & greed affect their investing decisions

But you don’t have to let panic selling & FOMO wreck your account

Three rules for keeping calm, partying on, and riding the waves of the stock market:

  1. Don’t sell a stock at an All Time Low. If you haven’t cut your losses (like you should!) on a stock that’s become a sinking ship, don’t sell it. Hold it. The exceptions to this rule are: A. If you need the money or B. if the company is going out of business
  2. Don’t buy a stock at an All Time High. The rollacoaster drops after it chugs up the track (most of the time). Sell here (if you need the money) or hold
  3. Be careful about IPOs. Many an IPO has sold off from glorious heights to back-breaking prices (Ehem! Alibaba. Ehem! Bumble.). Don’t buy the hype. Instead, let the dust settle and *buy the value*

Next time your favorite stock tanks or some random news person (wearing a suit with all the confidence & rizz) screams “BitCoin is going to $100k!” you can rest easy by riding the waves in style 😎🌊

In the wise words of Warren Buffet: “Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.”

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Jabari Holloway
Fin Tea
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