Probably what I need to do is spend less and get you to give me some advice. Then I can stop day dreaming and do something more productive XD Us500 indexes - even if you buy in yr 2000 - ie 2 dips after, you will still earn money in the long term. Buffet himself said, he regretted not putting more money in index. I'm probably not able to give stock advice yet this year unfortunately. Ai boom + buffet apparently selling apple to buy 5% government bonds. Probably means We might have a huge drop coming. The last time he did that, apparently was just before the internet bubble, he was apparently criticized for losing his magic touch the entire yr before it finally crashed. You better independently verify.