Held stocks provide minimal gains. Perhaps a bot to sell calls. Then your main risk is wiping out potential upside as you cry into your pile of realized gains.
High reward, high risk. I have a day job and don't really want to sweat the details. I have over 140% gain on my long term holdings this year alone--with continued investment and on top of compounding from two decades. I'm quite happy as a Boglehead.
That's my approach. I got my quarterly statement in the mail yesterday. Looks like the market must have gone up over the past three months. Not sure what to do with this information since it's not like I'm going to change anything.
I understand where you’re coming from, but there isn’t a incongruity. Individual stock investments are a relatively small part of my overall portfolio.
> The discussion here assumes that you are not trying to beat the market, but instead passively managing individual stocks to create your own "DIY index fund."
