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TSLA to 1000

>>13418279
a reasonable mix of low fee mutual funds is no different from an index fund.
indexes aren't magic, they are still based on decisions of what companies to put in the index.

>>13418289
the whole point is that as a beginner you SHOULD somewhat blindly invest. think about a horse running a race with blinders on to keep its focus on the goal.
if you take the blinders off, you might panic and sell off at the bottom. happened to some boomers in 08.
If you put money in slowly but surely, and don't take it out (especially when the market is down), that is 100% the most successful strategy a beginner can have.

>>13418246
>The stock market is a bell curve. If you make money, you are taking that money from someone, and if you lose money, someone has taken money from you. That's how the entire market works.
This isn't really the best way to think about it, as another poster pointed out. There is some truth about grabbing the fruits of growth, but an analogy about taking money from other people is wrong and harmful towards having a clear view about investing

>>13091865
careful buying options after a VIX spike
basically when volatility is higher options will cost more, the shorter term the option is, the higher the volatility premium.
if you think the particular instrument that you are buying an option on will continue to be as volatile or more volatile, then buying the contract makes sense.
but if things settle down after today (price movement slows) you could lose money on the contract just because of the high premium, even if you are correct about direction.

I don't have any specific info on REPH or what the implied volatility has been on calls throughout the past few days.

much love, good luck. if you don't know too much about calls just buy a cheap one and watch the price, but mainly just buy shares. If you're in University there should be a super easy 300-level math class where you learn options and black-scholes stuff