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by YZF 214 days ago
And certainly don't buy individual stocks because of FOMO or day trading or some wishful thinking.

I pretty much only invest in indices except for rare small fun picks where I'm ok with losing. But over the years there were certainly times where this was a too conservative stance. My small bets have outperformed my conservative portion - by a lot. That said, those times were I am confident in those bets are rare, like a few times a decade.