LUNR
Intuitive Machines, Inc. Class A Common Stock
stock NASDAQ

LUNR.
That's it.

LUNR.

LUNR is so obviously bullish

90k into a low cost index fund that covers the whole market and $10k into space technology stocks like RKLB, LUNR, L3Harris, Iridium, FLY, etc.

ASTS & LUNR

ASTS HTZ, RZLV, LUNR calls this week

I wouldn't say it's massive, but LUNR is my greatest example. Back in 2023, I bought 1,600 shares at $3 each because I really believed that the Space Industry will boom besides the trending AI. LUNR hit $5 and I just immediately sold like an idiot, profiting more than $3,000. I felt happy and all and put the money into SPY. Then, as time went by, LUNR was able to hit past $10. Then, it hit $19. Now, it's hovering between $9-$12 until the next mission. If I just held and sold at $19, I would have profited more than $25,000.
And yes, I still hard facepalm myself until now. So pissed that I invested back into LUNR with 1,000 shares at $9. I'm only sticking to 1,000 shares at first. If their next mission succeeds, I'm immediately dumping a massive amount of money into it. If the mission fails again, then obviously I am going to sell all and no longer be interested in LUNR. But it's the one company of the Space Industry that I feel will go 'massive' if its next mission is successful.

I ran it through an LLM. Here's OP's post reformatted for clarity:
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# My Reddit Stock Picks Experiment: A Year in Review
## Background
80% of my portfolio is in the S&P 500, but I wanted to be more aggressive while I'm younger. I knew I could afford to gamble a bit, so in January 2025, I bought 11 of the most-mentioned stocks on various investing subreddits. There were some I didn't invest in for personal reasons, and I didn't put the full 20% into these picks—I still have cash on the sidelines.
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## My January 2025 Picks (11 Stocks)
| Stock | Return |
|-------|--------|
| NVDA | +32% |
| PLTR | +141% |
| ASTS | +241% |
| RKLB | +97% |
| AMD | +80% |
| SMCI | +15% |
| BBAI | +66% |
| AUR | -27% |
| BTC | -4% |
| HIMS | +56% |
| TEM | +124% |
**Average Return: +74.64%**
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## Most-Mentioned Stocks This Year (22 Stocks)
| Stock | Return |
|--------|--------|
| NVDA | +32% |
| PLTR | +141% |
| AMD | +80% |
| TSM | +46% |
| ORCL | +31% |
| ASML | +57% |
| AVGO | +68% |
| VRT | +60% |
| NBIS | +221% |
| CRWV | +120% |
| SOFI | +96% |
| ASTS | +241% |
| RKLB | +97% |
| LUNR | -42% |
| [Redacted] | -84% |
| [Redacted] | -68% |
| IREN | +327% |
| HOOD | +234% |
| BBAI | +66% |
| RDDT | +41% |
| BABA | +86% |
**Average Return: +88.09%**
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## Benchmark Comparison: ETFs & Mag 7
| Investment | Return |
|------------|--------|
| SMH (Semiconductor ETF) | +48.87% |
| SOXX (Semiconductor ETF) | +42.70% |
| DTCR (Data Center ETF) | +28.69% |
| Mag 7 (Average) | +24.87% |
| VOO (S&P 500 ETF) | +17.31% |
| SPY (S&P 500 ETF) | +17.28% |
### Mag 7 Individual Returns
| Stock | Return |
|-----------|--------|
| NVDA | +32% |
| Microsoft | +15% |
| Amazon | +4% |
| Google | +69% |
| Meta | +12% |
| Tesla | +20% |
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## My Takeaways
Although both groups of Reddit picks performed well, the market and Redditors were fearful more often than they were positive. More importantly, **history is not an indicator of future performance**, and as many have been saying for the past few years, we're due for a pullback. That pullback may come today or in five years—no one knows.
The skeptic in me believes that while the trend may continue, you never know:
- Who will continue their growth
- Who will falter
- Who will be the next big thing
- Who will ink big deals
- Who will run out of money
- Whose tech will become superior or inferior
All that to say: **a tech ETF might be safer than choosing the wrong individual stocks**. And the S&P 500 is safer than those.
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*What conclusions do you draw from this?*