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Pretty flat...up about $12, 500.....not sure why, because I know the index went down today pretty good...

I do not keep a close eye on my portfolio most of the time....I have other hobbies. Ha!!
I've just started investing.

So it might have been a good way to start.

Throw a bit in across different sectors to see how they perform.

Stay invested in the gainers, get rid of the losers.

I hadn't invested in Tech yet tho but getting interested.

I suspect the tech companies that might do alright even in a downturn are those which provide cheap entertainment and services for people like Google, Amazon & Apple. Like YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon retail.

Stay away from hotels, air travel & real estate. Anything too expensive or non essential. That sound about right?
 

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Look for AC.TO to tumble tomorrow....then buy in when it settles down.
I think I bought a bit but not very much.

I was just trying to gauge to see if it was any good.

So if it fell didn't lose very much.
 

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Just let you know, most of my stocks are down Lex @The Prowler

But in spite of the recent market downturn, some actually went UP.

Tho relatively few I'll post a list of my gainers when I have the time.

It's a bit of a gauge where the economy is headed.
 

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It went up 2.7% today.

I hope you bought at the low.

You can unload it now for a quick profit.

I am always happy with over 2% in a week.
Ya know what jumped today, Lex @The Prowler?!

...Nickel!

I was wonderin' why my Nickel stocks rose today, eh?

Then I read this article:

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One of these projects Carney's pushin' is Ontario:

Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to add at least four mining and energy developments to the government’s major projects list on Thursday, two sources told The Globe and Mail.​

The sources said the list includes the Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas project in B.C., Ontario’s Crawford nickel project, New Brunswick’s Sisson mine and a hydroelectric project in Iqaluit. The sources said the list, which was first reported by the CBC, was subject to change.​

The Globe is not identifying the sources because they were not authorized to disclose the details publicly.

...this stock up .29 cents per share in 1 day, Lex!

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bought it a day before the news leak.

Maybe it has a lot more room to the upside? Whaddya think?

Maybe @Bastard Factory might be interested.

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Canada Nickel Company is proposing the construction, operation, decommissioning and abandonment of an open-pit nickel-cobalt mine and on-site metal mill, located 42 kilometres north of Timmins, Ontario. As proposed, the Crawford Nickel Project would have a mine ore production capacity of 240,000 tonnes per day and a mill ore input capacity of 120,000 tonnes per day. The project would operate for about 41 years
 
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.15 last night after hours... touched .50 this mornings premarket... going over $1 today.

Currently back to .42.............. GET IN
 
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Senile @Joe and @Bastard Factory are awesome at picking stocks that just went up.

Hahahaha!!!
Well Lex @The Prowler I certainly don't pretend to be an expert at stock investing.

At the end of the day I hope to at least BREAK EVEN.

I'm down about -$1,000 or so on an $87,000 TFSA.

That being said...I've noticed the stocks I bought which have done reasonably well despite market drawdowns are:

1. Canadian Financial Stocks such as Bank of Nova Scotia and Power Corporation.
2. Canadian Resource stocks such as Critical Minerals, a few Gold stocks and some of your picks such as CNQ & some oil.
3. Canadian Staple and Food Stocks such as Empire Foods, Tim Hortons, Canadian Utilities, Dollarama, Hydro One
4. ETFs - haven't bought many yet. Just 1 from Royal Bank which isn't going anywhere
5. Money Market - I think I'll get some US and Canadian as I keep hearing that we're headed for a Crash & Recession
6. Tech stocks haven't bought any yet. But I hear Tech is going down.

Got about $15,000 more contribution room which should bring the TFSA up to $100,000+ or so.
Gonna top that off soon.

As a Novice Investor, I'm just trying to keep it balanced, not too risky, but with a bit of risk for the possibility of growth.

Hope to keep up with the pace of inflation so I'll at least break even. ie - if Money is worth 1/2 in the future, then double the size of the portfolio. If Money is worth 1/3, then hope to triple it.

Just tryin' ta stay humble, Prowler.

I've seen people make errors and lose a lot of money on the stock market.

So I don't wanna repeat their mistakes.

Knew someone who invested $100,000 of his own money in Nortel stock, hung on to it for dear life even when it was going down, kept buying and he lost all of his money. He wasn't stupid, as he had a Bachelor of Business administration and was a successful business owner.

Very sad but true story.

I also knew someone who lost his entire fortune - close to $1 million.
He bet on the futures markets.
He ended up selling used cars and living in his parents' basement.
I remember his name was David.
 
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