Stocks Down! Trading 212 Portfolio Update!

[@MitchShoesmith]

What a weeks it has been! Tesla earnings were poor, but the future was conveyed in an optimistic fashion resulting in the the stock jumping 11% yesterday, Meta on the other hand is down 12.5% as at writing today due to splurging too much on AI which will likely effect future profitability. Wild couple of days for the portfolio, but how are your portfolios doing? Also, Trading 212 are still offering 1 FREE share valued up to £100 and 1% cash back on all new ISA accounts opened using this link before 30th April: trading212.com/promocodes/MITCH (Capital At Risk. Terms and Conditions Apply)

[@jerrycampbell-ut9yf]

I feel investors should be focusing on under-the-radar stocks, and considering the current rollercoaster nature of the stock market, Because 35% of my $270k portfolio comprises of plummeting stocks which were once revered and i don't know where to go here out of devastation.

[@Peterl4290]

Safest approach i feel to tackle it is to diversify investments. By spreading investments across different asset classes, like bonds, real estate, and international stocks, they can reduce the impact of a market meltdown. its important to seek the guidance of an expert.

[@larrypaul-cw9nk]

A lot of folks downplay the role of advlsors until being burnt by their own emotions. I remember couple summers back, after my lengthy divorce, I needed a good boost to help my business stay afloat, hence I researched for licensed advisors and came across someone of utmost qualifications. She's helped grow my reserve notwithstanding inflation, from $$275k to $850K...

[@sabastinenoah]

This is definitely considerable! think you could suggest any professional/advisors i can get on the phone with? I'm in dire need of proper portfolio allocation.

[@larrypaul-cw9nk]

Annette Christine Conte is her name. She is regarded as a genius in her area and works for Empower Financial Services. She’s quite known in her field, look-her up.

[@sabastinenoah]

I just googled her and I'm really impressed with her credentials; I reached out to her since l need all the assistance l can get. I just scheduled a caII.

[@LeahLewis-ny9iu]

The recent activity in the IPO market is quite notable.

[@WhitneyRoss-dj4rf]

Her amenity sound promising. I've encountered mislaying recently and could benefit from her executive guidance to navigate through these opposition.

[@LeahLewis-ny9iu]

You could easily goggle search her name she we’ll know in the industry, I did that myself.

[@EricaWaters-lr6zw]

Well, there are a few out there who know what they are doing. I tried a few in the past years, but I’ve been with DESIREE RUTH HOFFMAN for the last five years or so, and her returns have been pretty much amazing.

[@AnneFrances-uh9mt]

I often hear people talking about the profits they make from investing in Bitcoin and Forex. As someone new to this, how can I begin?

[@CollinsMitchells]

Rosie's strategy stands out as the most effective among other experts. Many others are not dependable.

[@DanielleSylvia-yu8en]

Sounds familiar, i have heard her name on several occasions.. and both her success stories in the wall street journal!!

[@XimenaArya]

My friend has been talking about Rosie, and I'm thinking of giving her a chance to see what she can accomplish in the market.

[@0ceanneMya]

Rosie excels in market analysis. Her signals are accurate.

[@AnneFrances-uh9mt]

I believe I've come across mention of this woman Rosie before. How can someone get in touch with her?

[@JackShirley]

I invest in VUSA through Trading212, am I better off opening a vanguard account to invest directly or is it the ultimately the same? if you've explained this in another video, feel free to link me. Thanks!

[@MitchShoesmith]

Really good question, you’re actually better off on Trading 212 as you don’t have to pay Vanguards account fee. To invest in the actual fund the OCF is the same regardless of platform

[@JackShirley]

@@MitchShoesmith great, thanks!

[@peteethell]

Excellent video. Love seeing the portfolio. I’ve bought more VUSA too

[@ryman351]

Mitch, when one company in your pie loses a more significant amount than others over a day/week etc, do you use the rebalance option on 212 to buy and sell to keep the %s the same? What’s your advice on this?

[@David-lj6dq]

What is a good option to run alongside my Lifestrategy 60 ? I already have x 2 cash isa's in different banks from different tax years.

[@Sozzi924]

Why you not invest VWRP ? 60% based usa anyway

[@25spudicini]

Excellent stuff as always, Mitch. Thoughts on the Plug Power trend atm?

[@MitchShoesmith]

As an alternative to EVs? Or the stock more specifically?

[@25spudicini]

@@MitchShoesmith in general!

[@lifeofranco]

Hi how much difference is there between investing directly into VUSA from vanguard vs training 212 VUSA (ISA account)?

[@MitchShoesmith]

Hey, you just don’t have to pay Vanguards account fee, other than that to invest in the actual fund it’s the same.

[@lifeofranco]

@@MitchShoesmith so it’s actually better to invest in VUSA in 212 rather than vanguard it self?

[@jaymax4579]

Hi Mitch! Do you recommend/use any savings accounts with 5% interest? Im in the UK and I am now putting aside funds into VUSA, but just wondering what you do with cash you want to put aside and save for other future expenses that are not shares in 212 thanks😊

[@MitchShoesmith]

Hey Jay, I’m currently using the Chase Easy Access Savings account which pays 4.1% interest for the bulk of my cash savings ☺️

[@MitchShoesmith]

Although T212 are launching a cash ISA paying 5.2% soon I’ve been reliably told!

[@S-2623]

Moneybox is better at 5% interest.

[@OfficialTargetFinance]

Yessssss. Finally the Average price 😁😁

[@MitchShoesmith]

I remembered this month! I must admit I did nearly forget again though 😂

[@AJ-br8om]

New to investing, have done lots of research, wondering if you had/have an advisor when starting out. I'm struggling to decide what to invest in with low capital. I am sticking to buy limits. However, getting tired off checking my phone everyday. I have cash to deploy but not sure whether to dollar-cost-average. Or go bullish on my stocks that i believe in. Any advice from anyone would be much appreciated

[@snowballinvesting3475]

Great update - bring on more pain as I'm ready to buy!

[@MitchShoesmith]

Great stuff! I’m with you dude!

[@user-freetopg]

Hey. What's your opinion on 3x leverage like 3USL ( 3x S&P500) for long/short term. Could you maybe do a vid on pros n cons?

[@MitchShoesmith]

Hey, just a personal view but I wouldn’t touch anything that’s leveraged

[@user-freetopg]

@@MitchShoesmith interesting. Can I ask how so? Only cause most of my investments is in S&P500 3x leverage and now I'm worried 🤣

[@StockArrombado]

Man, I want to know everything about your camera and microphone set up

[@MitchShoesmith]

Canon M50 & Shure SM7B mic 👌🏼

[@tyeng1295]

It’s a complete waste of time adding arbitrary ‘Price Targets’ from ‘Analysts’ No-one, not Warren Buffet or Jimmy Buffett, knows if a stock is going up down or in circles. They just slap 20% on the existing price and try and convince people they have a clue what they’re doing.

[@DanTheStripe]

Love the Wolf of Wall Street quote and I use it myself often when I'm talking about stocks

[@iCozzh]

11:23 aged well🤣

[@PBayee34]

Great , opened my 1st stocks & shares isa on April 6th, put the max 20k in, was great to see it lose £700 in the 1st week !

[@MitchShoesmith]

Come back to it this time next year and hopefully it’s a different story!

[@dysaster4521]

thats the story of my life, I buy a company and it plunges

[@MitchShoesmith]

@@dysaster4521 what company did you invest in?

[@dysaster4521]

@@MitchShoesmith PFE and LGEN those are the only 2 companies I have, I also have some gold etfs and VUSA etfs (all 4 have dropped)

[@jammerr23]

I did the same, you just gotta step checking it and hold :)

[@AngelMark-mk5sv]

I had initially planned to retire at 62, work part-time, and save money, but the impact of high prices on various goods and services has significantly disrupted my retirement plan. I'm worried about whether those who experienced the 2008 financial crisis had it easier than I currently am. The volatility of the stock market is a concern as my income has decreased, and I fear that I won't be able to contribute as much as before, potentially jeopardizing my retirement savings.

[@HermanBekkink]

The increasing prices have impacted my plan to retire at 62, work part-time, and save for the future. I'm concerned about whether those who navigated the 2008 financial crisis had an easier time than I am currently experiencing. The combination of stock market volatility and a decrease in income is causing anxiety about whether I'll have sufficient funds for retirement.

[@louiscook5921]

How come you chose not to invest in Microsoft or Alphabet? Big players in AI

[@MitchShoesmith]

I’ve got exposure through the S&P500 👌🏼

[@BillY-tw8xc]

These two companies are unstoppable. They'll be 10 trillion dollar companies in the not too distant future

[@jakeplant1783]

@@BillY-tw8xc alphabet with dividends starting too. Could be a great dividend growth stock over the coming years

[@McFlashh]

⁠@@BillY-tw8xcYeah. Nvidia maybe too, with its dominance in AI, but not on par with those two.

[@MARTINA-gc3tq]

Did you watch the Newsroom series when Olivia Munn playing Sloan Sabbith, explain beautifully what is the “greater fool” …….

[@ploppy193]

Was that your Lotus? 🤨

[@MitchShoesmith]

Yes ☺️

[@chris4466]

Whats the point of investing in apple, meta, tesla etc when you already invest in the s&p500 which they are included?

[@MitchShoesmith]

Because I wanted to have 100% of the exposure to individual stocks I’ve chosen (and therefore the performance) than c5% exposure as part of a bigger weighted index

[@McFlashh]

No Nvidia?

[@MitchShoesmith]

Not on an individual basis, I’ve got exposure through the S&P500 ETF though👌🏼

[@xarislef7457]

What is s&p500 (Dist) ?

[@BillY-tw8xc]

They pay dividends, they don't reinvest (acc) for you.

[@MitchShoesmith]

What Billy said 👆🏼

[@xarislef7457]

@@BillY-tw8xc thank you very much!

[@MarcMcLean1]

@@MitchShoesmith Hi there! I remember from a separate video you demonstrating how VUAG technically provided greater returns than VUSA over time though the former’s snowballing effect of compounding dividends. Does this difference still manifest itself with a UK T212 ISA?

[@MitchShoesmith]

@@MarcMcLean1 hiya, yes it would 👌🏼

[@d4lekdude791]

Buying companies in the top ten highest market caps market exposes you to way more risk thank simply holding S&P500, with less value than the risk would allow. You’re better off allotting your individual stock holdings to lower cap stocks with much more room to grow. There’s no point holding Amazon, Apple, and Meta when they make up about 5% each of the S&P - you’re better off getting more Whole market ETFs to mitigate risk

[@piotrzielinski5954]

thank you

[@boyasaka]

I just bought £5000 worth of tesla share just before the bell on friday

[@caracal9458]

You seem to have a lot of hype stocks, good luck but I think your ETFs are what will save you in the main, Tesla, AMD, Nvidea esp are going to be expensive lessons but good to learn them early when your total is not huge.

[@boyasaka]

Tesla.imo.is now.a good time to buy So is amd Amd hasn't even arrived at the AI party yet But give it a couple of years

[@MultiMarty25]

Tech stocks fall like a stone when bearish thats why i avoid them.What goes high must go low.

[@jmcooney2000]

Great video cheers! Buy buy buy 👍👍

[@MitchShoesmith]

Thanks man, with you all the way 💪🏼

[@MellisaAdam]

Market is down still, I've been looking up strategies and apparently both bull and bear market condition provides equal avenue to accrue massive gains, I mean I've heard of people making up to $300k during this crash and I'd like to know how.

[@KimberHart]

The current market might give opportunities to maximize profit within a short term, but in order to execute such strategy , you must be a skilled practitioner

[@HarryWalter77]

I'm sure the idea of a coach might sound generic or controversial to a few but based on firsthand encounter, I can say for certain their skillsets are topnotch, I've raised over $400k from an initially stagnant reserve of $150K all within 14months

[@iangreenstreet1407]

Not really investing- just gambling on short term movements

[@MitchShoesmith]

I only invest for the long term…

[@qta55mf53]

lmao what?! How is this gambling xD

[@ThePeteW]

I would be concerned if i had your portfolio. Firstly all tech sector. Great now. But who knows. Looking at the S+P investment. Seems you hokd about 14k. Apple is about (from memory) 6% of that i.e. about £800. But you have a side holding of £8k. Thats a big bet on Apple. Id put it to you, which companies who were the biggest 10-20 years ago are still big now? Not many. If you xan keep backing winning conpanies/sectoresz you are laughing. But is this possible? And with hindsight, Meta after earnings jad a 15% haircut.

[@MitchShoesmith]

Yeah totally get that, it’s one of the reasons I’m building a bigger pot in the S&P500 which is more diversification for the portfolio. Right now I’m about 50/50 split between individual holdings and the S&P500

[@Lyzaaarnew]

Pure tech portfolio, you’re about to be steam rolled flat 😂 lucky you have very low entry points

[@mrg8537]

Meta down almost 11% today

[@MitchShoesmith]

I know, portfolio got slammed after Zuck just spoke about how he’s going to spend loads of money lol

[@VegasMilgauss]

I’ve sold my position in the S&P as it’s tanked this month and bought in to the ftse 100 as it’s at all time highs. I know it’s not about timing the market but these seem high iq moves 👌

[@TT-dg8kw]

So you sold when your shares tanked...and bought when certain stocks were at all time highs...and you think thats high IQ...?

[@StrangeGuy-jl7cl]

not sure moving from an etf that consistently grows to one that has been consistently flat is 'high IQ'. The ftse 100 'gain' is just due to the weak pound

[@VegasMilgauss]

Love the haters taking the mick…. Only doing what seems right after all who wants to hold stock that’s down? No, I want winners. 🎉

[@TT-dg8kw]

​@VegasMilgauss nobody likes a stock thats down, but nobody should be buying a stock at its record highs

[@StrangeGuy-jl7cl]

@@VegasMilgauss just trying to help you avoid losing money as it seems you're acting in the very short term and may need to do a bit more research on the ups and downs of the stock market

[@Chewman30]

My investment has gone from 20% to 3%😢 it’s just a good job that I only use the money that I can afford to lose!

[@MultiMarty25]

Avoid apple,google , Amazon,sp 500 etc there at an all time high and there definitely gonna fall hard .