Paliim (@Paliim) on getquin

2Yr·

Opinion for $GCLX

Hey guys,

I have about 20% of my portfolio invested in the global clean energy ETF.

This has recently corrected strongly. There are also many small growth stocks and the market is currently punishing them. There are also many hydrogen hype stocks. I am therefore considering selling the ETF and focusing more on the profitable top dogs in the clean energy sector. So instead of the ETF only 4-5 shares. I was thinking of Vestas for wind, Solaredge for battery/solar, maybe Tesla for e car and maybe Scatec or something like that. Possibly Varta. What do you guys think about the plan and which stocks are most interesting? Thanks a lot!

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Cassius@DS0711

2Yr

I honestly don't understand your approach. You go into an ETF to be broadly positioned, so far so good. The market is now correcting and you want to sell. Either you have not dealt with it long enough or you are not convinced of your decision. Now the prices are favorable to buy and you want to sell. Either you made a mistake at the beginning and were not convinced of your investment or you are now making the mistake of limiting yourself to 4 stocks instead of being broadly diversified. Honestly don't understand your thought process. Why did you invest in the ETF in the first place?

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Tom@tom_finance

2Yr

Not my sector at all - no idea about it, I tend to be more with ETFs in such sectors - the smaller stocks already correlate more with the large ones mMn

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HB@HB

2Yr

So I see a very clear problem here (correct me if I misunderstood): you think you can beat a relatively broadly diversified ETF by focusing on individual stocks. But your suggested stocks are 10 times more risky than the ETF you want to sell because of -20%. Stocks like Tesla are certainly as volatile, if not more, than the ETF. That is, they could make just at the current time gladly times -50%. What then? Do you want to sell them again and switch back to the "safe" ETF? Now again in general to the green tech industry: I am absolutely not a friend of. Billions are poured into this sector, and yet these companies don't make a profit (Siemens Gamesa is a good example). I would rather bet on conventional stocks that are trying to implement the green transformation. Another sector that I find much more interesting is recycling/waste management. There my favorites: Tomra/Waste Management.

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FinFit@FinFit

2Yr

The ETF has benefited from the hype and is still far too expensive after the correction, or rather the companies in it. The chance to beat the ETF with the individual stocks mentioned is also quite manageable. Why does it always have to be the overpriced hype stocks?

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