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Anyone playing with their "fun money" on today's drop?

Anyone playing with their "fun money" on today's drop?

wcschenk
wcschenk 239 XP · · 1 reply

I am pretty vanilla overall….index investing with a value tilt mostly….. 50% VOO/SP500 funds in 401k, 25% QQ (Nasdaq… large-cap growth), 8% VOE (mid-cap value), 4% VEU (International EX US, USD hedged, 3% Gold ETF (GLDM) 10% "fun investing money"….aka…." scratch the itch bucket" aka….my little anchor lol.

Been having a little fun with my "fun investing money" portion after the big drops today. Sold down some conservative equity position (not 100% sold off). I sold some VOE and GLDM (gold), a little FSLR (First Solar)….and risked up with tech/chips…..picked up NVDA, TSM, EWY (South Korean ETF…that country makes a lot of RAM for the world), and a little QQQ with what I had left over.

Anyone else make any playful bets today?

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Christine4Freedom

Christine4Freedom

213 XP

2 days ago

Ill probably buy more VTI! My version of play money was reserving my 2025 roth ira for investing through the whole year this year. Certainly didnt work with the year's overallincrease market wide, but it kept things a little fun in my boring middle

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