One only needs to point to
the number of parties in Vegas. Parties in the desert. Parties in Hawaii to come to the conclusion that the average iHubber is clueless and in over their heads.
I've never resided on a scam board that didn't have a common dream to have a shareholder party somewhere when their ship cam in.
In all of my investments, where I've made and lost money, sometimes significant amounts, I've never been part of some group hallucination about some shareholder party somewhere.
I doubt 2% of iHubbers are even still investing after a decade let alone beating the S&P
As a side note, I try to make it a rule never to post on stocks I own. It's a bad discipline in that when I'm long a stock and "bashers" come in, fighting, debating, bashers tends to solidify investment theory into investment fact in the mind. I don't marry my investments. If my investments stop making me happy, I sell. I don't want to fight bashers who tell me my stock has a wandering eye, lest I convince myself that my dog of a stock is true blue.
I invest to make money, not win debates. When I start losing money, I sell. I can't spend "potential".
#1). You have money. Other people want it. All of it!
#2). You want easy money. So does everybody else. They'll get it, too....yours! (and all of it!)
#3). You tell yourself you're smart. You won't lose your money. Fact: Other people are smarter,
