TSLA Reddit Mentions | ChartExchange

***TLDR:***
SPY: 1Y, 3Y, 5Y, 10Y Returns
15%, **84%**, **89%, 311%**
The below mentioned stocks equally weighted returns 1Y, 3Y, 5Y, 10Y
13%, **95%**, **127%, 910%**
Im pretty new to these subs and I am shocked at the "Only Broad indexes" approach broadly (pun intended) preached here. **Yes, long term, a good amount of your money should be in broad indexes.. or a significant enough number of diversified single stocks,** im not arguing against that. But every time someone here mentions buying a single stock or asking for idea the whole thread piles on like its a mistake unless you work in wall street, not mentioning the upside.
Im not talking about some 50M market cap biotech with one drug or the meme RKLB or ASTS stocks and definitely not talking about options or leverage, I dont invest in such speculative names as well prior to showing real revenue and reasonable valuations. To kinda show my point I put together a sekection **10 blue chip vs the S&P over 1, 3, 5 and 10 years** and look at the results above, I didnt fix it retro to prove my point, my first picks proved my point.
The tickers are: AAPL, META, GOOG, AMZN, MSFT, GS, V, TSLA, NVO, LLY
so leading tech, finance and healthcare companies which would have been market leaders and generally considered blue chip also 10 years ago, nothing too speculative, maybe TSLA is the only outlier, but I didnt put NVDA in there on purpose as that would not be fair (no one could predict AI 10 years ago) and I didnt pick only the biggest winners as well per segment..
At the end of the day, excellent businesses over time, without crazy speculation is exactly what the big dogs do, you **DO need the ability to hold on and at least basic knowledge about valuations and such, not having that would be the only reasons why I may agree some people should go index only, if you cant commit to hold and withstand volatility.**
people like to mention that most fund managers dont beat the S&P over time, that might be true, but theres also a reason, Institutions generally limit their volatility and will not be as aggressive as some retail investors plus, even if you dont beat the index it doesnt mean that your single stocks portfolio will lose by a lot to the index, well worth the upside IMO.
Single stocks are how many people can really change their financial situation in a short time. Indexes are great, but they cant do the same thing (SMH the last 2 years being an outlier :) ). Think about any one who put 10K in SNDK or NBIS 12-24 months ago (and held enough).
Challenge me :) Not financial advice.