2021 Is in the Record Books: A Year of Memes, Crypto, and Stock All-Time Highs.

Barrons2021-12-30

The year 2021 has been a grueling one, maybe even more grueling than 2020. Gauging the economic fallout from new coronavirus variants—first Delta and now Omicron, a surge in inflation, and a wave of ...

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Jeromelim
2021-12-31
Jeromelim
Ok
LimLS
2021-12-31
LimLS
2021 shows to be a volatile year yet enriching year. Those who bought index are well rewarded. Those who bought individual stocks, some made gains, but also many make huge losses of 30-50% or more. Some hyped up companies shows gains at the start but follow by more than 50% from their high. 2022 will most likely be equally difficult. Buy index if one do not have the skill or luck to pick stocks. It's safer that way.
- lemonadey:
  Retail investors are lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Good luck
- RubyPulitzer:
  The valuation of large-cap companies in the United States is not low now. I feel that the risks in 2022 are greater than the opportunities.
- RodBeard:
  Thank you for sharing! Good luck. Large-cap companies are safe choices indeed.
MichT
2021-12-31
MichT
What a great year 2021…wish everyone a healthy and prosperous 2022
Gaga71
2021-12-31
Gaga71
A good year and a better 2022!
Kelistine
2021-12-31
Kelistine
Awesome
Gladys8jk
2021-12-31
Gladys8jk
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Good luck"},{"id":7144145,"gmtCreate":1640931635153,"gmtModify":1663239342946,"authorId":9000000000000405,"author":{"id":9000000000000405,"authorId":9000000000000405,"name":"RubyPulitzer","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/82edc4968feb7c0c481f5ad38d9a498b","vip":8,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":692822318,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"The valuation of large-cap companies in the United States is not low now. I feel that the risks in 2022 are greater than the opportunities.","text":"The valuation of large-cap companies in the United States is not low now. I feel that the risks in 2022 are greater than the opportunities.","html":"The valuation of large-cap companies in the United States is not low now. I feel that the risks in 2022 are greater than the opportunities."},{"id":7144148,"gmtCreate":1640931746376,"gmtModify":1663239340354,"authorId":9000000000000408,"author":{"id":9000000000000408,"authorId":9000000000000408,"name":"RodBeard","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/af002b44e35ebf40cafbbaf194de9c06","vip":8,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":692822318,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Thank you for sharing! Good luck.  Large-cap companies are safe choices indeed.","text":"Thank you for sharing! Good luck.  Large-cap companies are safe choices indeed.","html":"Thank you for sharing! Good luck.  Large-cap companies are safe choices indeed."}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":9003152290,"gmtCreate":1640913866494,"gmtModify":1676533554131,"author":{"id":"4101198001266260","authorId":"4101198001266260","name":"MichT","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/77f87c46e06ac2aee91bc63f1a527221","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"What a great year 2021…wish everyone a healthy and&nbsp;prosperous 2022","listText":"What a great year 2021…wish everyone a healthy and&nbsp;prosperous 2022","text":"What a great year 2021…wish everyone a healthy and prosperous 2022","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9003152290","repostId":1125254281,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9003122943,"gmtCreate":1640912921562,"gmtModify":1676533553909,"author":{"id":"3579082097230100","authorId":"3579082097230100","name":"Gaga71","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/02afa88b95dc30f4a60767c18f9e2f39","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"A good year and a better 2022!","listText":"A good year and a better 2022!","text":"A good year and a better 2022!","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9003122943","repostId":1125254281,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9003182390,"gmtCreate":1640910331425,"gmtModify":1676533553303,"author":{"id":"4092048605458070","authorId":"4092048605458070","name":"Kelistine","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/403983898bdf57dc02c9ba07eef81cd1","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a3dee1aa3a3a3c1814833a4d3f8a5669","crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"htmlText":"Awesome&nbsp;","listText":"Awesome&nbsp;","text":"Awesome","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9003182390","repostId":1125254281,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9003183902,"gmtCreate":1640909671093,"gmtModify":1676533553196,"author":{"id":"4094787128284850","authorId":"4094787128284850","name":"Gladys8jk","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/789bbf473867763cd44be080e269826d","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9003183902","repostId":1125254281,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":313,"commentSize":51,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.24.2","shortVersion":"4.24.2","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/1125254281"}