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99Hi,
I'm a 20 year old guy and kind of new to the world of investing. I mainly hold ETF's, but i do have some stocks as well.
One of them is $PLUG (-0.82%) and i want to know your opinion on it. Im currently on a 70% loss and its on one of its lowest points of all time. Should i buy more or hold? I don't see selling as an option.
Thanks in advance
Am at $PLUG (-0.82%) only -5%. Liquidate position at 0% or perhaps possible to hold at +10%?
Hello everyone,
I would also like to introduce myself and my portfolio briefly and concisely.
I've been a silent reader for a few months now. Now it's time to reveal a bit about myself.
About me:
My name is Sebastian, I'm 30 years old and I live in Bavaria. I live with my girlfriend in a house I inherited from my parents. I work in the business world as a mechanical engineer.
I can't say exactly when I started investing. I probably started about 4-5 years ago by participating in share bonus programs through my work. Otherwise, my investments have been steadily increasing since the coronavirus era. I was mainly triggered by Finfluencer. There are good and bad things about that. Good: I started investing. Bad: I bought a lot of things stupidly/blindly. I'm now trying to straighten that out and no longer follow such people.
Monthly savings rate approx. 2.5 to 3.0 k€.
I am not fully invested. I have and will continue to have a good cash position.
About the portfolio:
The aim is to create a healthy mix of growth, dividends (growth) and a stable, healthy basis. The dividends also serve somewhat as a "bonus".
As mentioned above, I have (or had) some stocks in my portfolio that I was/am not satisfied with and which I have therefore recently cleaned out and reallocated the freed-up capital. The reorganization process is still ongoing. Roughly speaking, I would generally like to have fewer individual stocks in my portfolio and will shift the weighting to ETFs.
About the individual stocks in the portfolio:
- $IUIT (+0.05%) This is a pillar of my portfolio. It runs with a monthly savings plan for €1000. The idea behind it is an ETF that gives me a good return and ideally outperforms "world ETFs". Sure, it's an ETF from one sector, but I think that's fine. The savings plan will continue to run.
- $HMWO (+0.07%) Also a pillar of my portfolio. Runs with a monthly savings plan for €1000. My selected "World ETF". Savings plan will continue to run.
- $XAIX (-0.45%) I am unsure about this. Also a sector ETF. Runs with a savings plan of €250 per month. Also technology-heavy. I'm thinking about cashing it out to compensate for the losses and to take profits from the current tech hype.
- $SHL (-0.18%) Largest single share position. Created through the share program mentioned above. 250€ monthly savings installment. The shares are sold selectively as soon as all the conditions of the program have been met and I have received maximum bonuses. I then switch directly to other stocks so that the SHL position does not become too large.
- $KO (+0.03%) It has recently become a pillar of my portfolio. Dividend growth, acceptable share price growth, few fluctuations. I like it. Will not be expanded for the time being.
- $MCD (-0.03%) See CoCa Cola. Has recently become a pillar of my portfolio. Dividend growth, acceptable share price growth, few fluctuations. I like it. I also see the share as strong in the real estate sector. Falling interest rates could trigger another good move here. Will not be expanded for the time being.
- $GOOGL (+0.87%) difficult. It has performed well, but is now considering realizing profits. Through my ETFs. I already have this stock indirectly in my portfolio. However, I have deliberately increased the weighting of this individual stock in my portfolio. Rather than buying more, I would rather take profits. However, I would add to it again after a correction.
- $MC (+1.61%) To be further expanded. Target 10k in the portfolio. I used the last small price slide as an additional purchase. Long-term investment. Will be bought at the next opportunity.
- $AMZN (+0.26%) See Google. I already have this stock indirectly in my portfolio. However, I have deliberately increased the weighting of this individual stock in my portfolio. Rather than buying more, more profit-taking. However, I would add to it again after a correction.
- $JNJ (-0.31%) To be further expanded. Target 10k in the portfolio. Dividend growth, acceptable share price growth, few fluctuations. I like it.
- $PG (-0.32%) Recently added to the portfolio. This stock should give the portfolio further stability. Target of €10k in the portfolio.
- $V (-0.03%) Recently added to the portfolio. This value should give the portfolio further stability. Target of €10k in the portfolio.
- $NKE (-0.21%) Difficult position. The recent dip was hard. Outlook also not good, if not bad. As things stand, I would like to sell this share. But I am reluctant to sell with a loss of just under € 1k. I will probably hold on for a while and then decide objectively. I had invested a little here after the dip in order to take advantage of a potential countermovement. I could have saved myself the trouble...
- $BLK and $TROW (-0.66%) same segment. I would like to decide on a share here and then expand it into a pillar of my portfolio. But which of the two...?
- $SBUX (-0.3%) Doesn't really fit into the portfolio anymore. The outlook isn't great either. I will probably sell it at +-0€ and shift the capital into a position to be expanded.
- $MPW (-1.15%) Legacy and memorial! Will continue untouched for now.
Of course, there have also been some failures so far, some of which have depressed performance considerably.
Any examples?
$YSN (+5.44%) : -36,80%
$PLUG (-0.82%) : -61,58%
$PYPL (-0.33%) : -14.68% (good luck for bad luck...)
$NKE (-0.21%) and $MPW (-1.15%) can probably be counted as well.
That's it. It has become a smaller wall of text. Sorry for that.
Feel free to give me feedback on my thoughts and the portfolio.
Have a nice weekend everyone!
What do you think $PLUG (-0.82%) finally make the turn around ?
I would like to see it happen so that we have other alternatives.
Especially when it comes to trucks and construction machinery, but the production of green hydrogen is so expensive that, in my opinion, only electric or synthetic fuels are an option, as with cars.
The hydrogen we have will probably be needed by industry.
After reading along for quite a while now, I wanted to share my progress with you and perhaps get some feedback and a few opinions.
With the execution of the savings plans today, my main portfolio (I still have about 3/4 of the sum parked with BitPanda, but I think the interface sucks and therefore don't track it with GQ) has slipped over the 10k mark for the first time.
I'm very happy about that because it was quite a long way to get there. From various bad decisions ($PLUG (-0.82%)
$SLI (-1.31%) ) to consistently miserable entry points (during Corona AFTER the prices picked up again, Crypto in the middle of the last ATH,...) everything was actually there.
At the beginning of the year, I then decided to build up a dividend portfolio, had invested heavily in
$O (-0.32%) and $BATS (+0.3%) and immediately questioned everything again. In particular, what I actually wanted to achieve with the portfolio.
Looking at the performance of various World ETFs and the S&P500, I (hopefully) finally decided not to reinvent the wheel and stick to what works.
I then rebuilt my portfolio to its current state.
The two ETFs form the basis, supplemented by the $XDEM (+0.11%)
Various individual stocks fly around it.
$UBER (+0.21%) and $NU (+0.7%) are the last remnants from the beginnings two and a half years ago. I bought the rest relatively recently. As my aim here is to beat my benchmark ((YTD Performance World ETF + YTD Performance S&P500)/2), I sit down once a month and enter everything in a spreadsheet. I look at the monthly performance, the annual performance and the YTD performance. If an individual share is below my benchmark for two out of three values, I put it under observation. If this remains the case for three months in a row, I sort it out. I am curious to see where the journey will take me. Currently on the hit list are $8002 (-0.74%) and $MELI (+0.38%)
I would be delighted to hear from anyone who is doing something similar and how things are going.
Finally, the framework in which I am traveling: I am 31 years old and moved from Kiel to Vienna last year, where I am currently working as an intern to finally finish my studies. My savings rate is currently 750€ per month (250€ crypto, 500€ individual stocks and ETF) and I save all the positions in my portfolio with a savings plan. The savings rate is quite new and has fluctuated a lot in the past.
Thanks to everyone who has read this far and thank you for your feedback and suggestions.
Have a nice evening. :)
Hello Community,
I (28 years old) am currently somehow dissatisfied with my portfolio and hope to get some ideas/tips from you.
My investment period is long term (10-15 years) and the basis is the MSCI World + in the future the STOXX 600 will be added. The portfolio is currently tech and USA-heavy, but as I think tech will determine the future and the companies are active worldwide, I would have rated this as "ok to good" or is this rather overweighted?
What would a good roadmap look like?
I would keep the following positions keep:
$IWDA (+0.06%) MSCI World
$NVDA (-0.16%) Nvidia
$EXSA (+0.26%) STOXX 600
$MSFT (-0.11%) Microsoft
$META (-0.16%) Meta
I am unsure about the following positions unsure:
$O (-0.32%) Realty Income
$WM (-0.08%) Waste management
$AMD (-0.15%) AMD
$SBUX (-0.3%) Starbucks
$MUV2 (+0.24%) Munich RE
$PLUG (-0.82%) Plug Power - Realize losses or continue to hold?
I would close:
$DWS (+0.41%) DWS Group - currently Ex traded. Sell at +-0
Have a nice weekend and thank you! :-)
Plug Power is currently looking pretty burnt out and doubts are justified as to whether the company will ever become a dominant player in the hydrogen economy, particularly in the highly competitive electrolysis plants and fuel cell systems.
Nevertheless, it might be worth keeping a close eye on how the management deploys the newly raised money. The ability to offer everything from a single source still has potential.
Plug Power also seemed to be doing a lot of things right by not limiting itself to the role of plant manufacturer and system supplier, but also aiming for recurring revenues from the sale of hydrogen. The 1.6 billion US dollars that the company raised from the Korean SK Group at the beginning of 2021 supported the assumption that Plug could emerge as the leader in the race for market leadership in the hydrogen economy.
But it was not to be. Electrolysis systems are not yet mature and efficient enough to be rolled out worldwide on a large scale. Market development is faltering and most car manufacturers have given up on the hydrogen car. Even in the heavy-duty sector, doubts are growing because battery technology is making faster progress.
For industrial users, on the other hand, the whole thing is still too expensive. Without demand, there will be no mass production of systems and infrastructure. Without mass production of systems and infrastructure, there is no cost efficiency. Plug Power wants to be a force that breaks this vicious circle. To do this, the company needs fresh money. The management now wants to raise this from the capital market. However, 1 billion US dollars means a massive dilution, which is why many shareholders have once again run for the hills.
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