[Events] What Are Your Biggest Stock Market Regrets?

It's Friday again. I would like to invite you to share your biggest regrets in investing. You will receive Tiger Coins as a prize.Most investors have made mistakes in their careers. It could be that you missed the opportunity to buy shares that you believed in or perhaps you sold them too soon.

It is virtually impossible to make no mistakes. Investing is a process that requires us to make choices, because buying one stock might mean you miss another one. As a result, there may be big wins or spectacular failures.

If you were given the opportunity to change your past, what would you do differently? Do you have any regrets related to investing or the stock market?📢Activity Details

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  • 16th, September - 23th, September

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  • koolgal
    ·2022-09-19
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    Life is too short to live with regrets but to learn from mistakes to be a better investor. 

    Regret is a bitter pill to swallow but hey if we don't learn from mistakes how can we be world class investors?

    My biggest regret is not to seize the opportunity to buy during the heights of Covid 19 pandemic in 2020 when the markets dropped by 30%!   It is when Fear and Panic reigned supreme.   But that is when the greatest opportunity to buy quality stocks at phenomenal discounts comes knocking. 

    So now, I am on the alert for the next Black Swan Event and ready to take action when it happens.   As Warren Buffett loves to say, Be Greedy when the Market is Fearful! 

    @TigerEvents  @TigerStars  @MillionaireTiger  


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  • Omega88
    ·2022-09-16
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    Nice event @TigerEvents !!

    One of my biggest mistakes when I first started investing was based on friend's recommendation instead of doing my own due diligence. Bought some popular stocks like $NIO Inc.(NIO)$ at USD40+ and now it's at almost half the share price.

    Another mistake was buying the dip in China stocks, lol it was a never-ending bottomless dip!! Luckily I was decisive and cut loss early.

    I guess in life there's alway up and down. Most importantly, you must be responsible for your own actions. Win big = treat your family to good meal, lose big = suck thumb and just move on. Invest responsibly without excessive leverage and don't dream about becoming overnight millionaire! Work hard for your career and business, that's the main way to be wealthy!

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  • Soyabean89
    ·2022-09-16
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    My biggest regret is not understanding the impact of mr abalone printing money policy has to current situation before going tech heavy and the news of ether move to POS from POW has to gpu maker.

    Should have stick to my god damned DBS and Big 4 reits [Cry]

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    • Soyabean89Replying tobreAkdaWn
      Mr powell. Chinese call him 鲍威尔 i call him 鲍鱼
      2022-09-18
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    • Soyabean89Replying tobreAkdaWn
      I wonder if  there alot of eth miners in the first place ever since the crypto winter & energy crisis since dec 21. [Thinking]
      2022-09-18
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    • breAkdaWn
      pow to pos. GPU kaput! so electric power surplus, so hopefully electric company reduce our electric bills??
      2022-09-18
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  • RDPD富爸穷爸
    ·2022-09-16
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    My biggest regrets are 1) mixing trading with investing and do not have a proper plan to follow through, 2) failing to identify good vs lousy businesses 3) chasing hype stocks hoping to 5x 10x ... in short gambling 🙈. No, I won't change my past else I never get to learn from my past mistake.
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  • SR050321
    ·2022-09-16
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    My biggest regret bought $JAPFA LTD.(UD2.SI)$ at 0.90+ after that dip to below 0.60, DCA many times coz i thought faster to recover, it is like bottomless pit. I have since cut loss [Grin].
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  • Nayazindagi
    ·2022-09-16
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    In Dec 2021, I bought some of $Merck(MRK)$ stocks about $70+.
    A few days later,the price dips and continue to do so for few months after a lot of bad publicity in the media about the company regarding the failure of its Covid pill was published. I told myself that once the price reaches slightly above my cost price, I will sell off all of it. Finally, I managed to sell it off within a month.

    I should have hold on to it  till date as the current price has skyrocketed & seems to have stabilise. Magically, I don't see any bad news pertaining to the company anymore. My mistake was allowing my  fear overpowering me by reading all those 'noises'.

    From this experience, it has taught me not to allow the media to influence my investment strategy as it may cause a painful diversion. I need to have my own research and knowledge before investing in a stock as this will ensure no matter what happens, the company stock price will rise as it has good economic moats and sound fundamentals.

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    • Ragz
      Good share, er, sharing
      2022-09-17
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    • LMSunshine
      Nice sharing, thanks🤗
      2022-09-16
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  • pekss
    ·2022-09-17
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    Mine is Hyflux’s perp which I had bought for stable income, but the firm filed for bankruptcy, and perp holders are unsecured creditors ranked lower on repayment. I’ve since written off the investment
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    • pekssReplying toeveev
      Could have recovered part of the principal sum despite steep haircut, had the CEO not dragged her feet on several rescue schemes proposed by white knights. 😢
      2022-09-21
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    • eveevReplying topekss
      Many retirees thought that water supply is a strategic asset that the government will protect at all costs. Sigh!
      2022-09-21
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    • pekssReplying toeveev
      Important to size your investment and do not invest more than you can afford to lose
      2022-09-17
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  • StarLuck
    ·2022-09-16
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    Regret brought in $IFAST CORPORATION LTD.(AIY.SI)$ after brought in the counter keeping drop[Facepalm] and regret missed the boat for $SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED(S68.SI)$[LOL]
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    • StarLuckReplying toAqa
      👍
      2022-09-17
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    • HelenJanetReplying toStarLuck
      Thanks 👍[Happy]
      2022-09-16
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    • Aqa
      Like🚀
      2022-09-16
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  • highhand
    ·2022-09-16
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    These are my wishes
    1.Invest in S&P500 & NASDAQ
    2.Non stop DCA into index ETF/funds
    3.Learnt basic technical analysis
    4.Buy fundamentally strong companies
    OK, time to step into my time machine [LOL]
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    • HelenJanetReplying tohighhand
      👍👍[Cool]
      2022-09-17
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    • ___ _Replying tohighhand
      yalor
      2022-09-16
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    • highhand
      Oh where are my regrets? No regrets, everything is a learning experience. If not, we will never learn.
      2022-09-16
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  • DiAngel
    ·2022-09-17
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    My biggest stock regret is $FIRST REAL ESTATE INV TRUST(AW9U.SI)$. My mentor told me to stay away from this stock but i was tempted by its high dividends. i didnt cut loss and still holding it.
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    • DiAngelReplying to___ _
      Thank you 😘
      2022-09-17
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      [Comfort]
      2022-09-17
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    • DiAngelReplying toHelenJanet
      Thanks 💞💞
      2022-09-17
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  • PJoo
    ·2022-09-18
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    My bigeest regret is the assumption that I could beat S&P500 and follow Cathy blindly. Therefore, I learn to place high % in into solid index n stocks like $Berkshire Hathaway(BRK.B)$. Check it out frens @Chummy @MyMelody @Jasmine1205 @Rookie22 @hlw8888
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    • PJooReplying toRookie22
      [Like]
      2022-09-19
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    • HelenJanet
      [Cool]
      2022-09-19
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    • Rookie22
      Lol same
      2022-09-19
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  • Universe宇宙
    ·2022-09-17
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    One of my biggest regret is not joining Tiger Brokers much earlier. If I joined $Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ much earlier, I will be able to buy $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ at cheaper price and get to enjoy zero commission fees, zero platform fees and no minimum trading fees. [Sad] [Cry] @LMSunshine @TigerEvents @TigerStars @TigerPM @Tiger_chat
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  • Karatechop
    ·2022-09-16
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    My biggest regret is buying Lithium exploration stock at the highest price. I spent more money to buy more to average it out, yet I am still making almost 50% loss. I have two choices ie hold onto the stock for few years until there's some gain or sell it at a loss. This is the most painful part deciding what to do...
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    • KaratechopReplying toLMSunshine
      Great observation and sounds perfect.  Will look out for some positive news. Thanks
      2022-09-20
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    • LMSunshine
      If want to sell at a loss, sell after company some positive news. Usually, will jump 10-20% on day 1 of the news. Just sharing my observation of the lithium stocks, not advice🤓 You can observe😉
      2022-09-16
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    • LMSunshine
      I sold 2 lithium stocks at profit, 2 are 5-20% loss but i didnt average down. Will maybe only average down when 30-40% from my cost price as lithium stocks drop 20% is common😅
      2022-09-16
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  • Just Do It
    ·2022-09-16
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    My biggest regrets was during 2009 financial crisis, that time i bought $Las Vegas Sands(LVS)$ at $3, sold at $5 later and feel happy🤣 it shoot up to $20 less than 1 yr. @Tiger_chat @TigerEvents
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  • Dwayne Sheng
    ·2022-09-16
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    One of biggest regret is keep Averaging down for a glove stock because I saw many people made profit from that particular stock... Little did I know that I was actually entering while I should do is to stay away with the receding pandemic [Speechless]
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  • indri
    ·2022-09-19
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    My biggest regret is not having enough conviction before buying a stock, only FOMO. So when the stock goes down I panic, and when the stock goes up, I don't really feel any great satisfaction (because when FOMO, I only put little money towards it) [Cry]

    @kungpao @Gunawanh @wine18 @SakuraSakura @Xian789

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  • AhGong
    ·2022-09-17
    Taking too big positions, Taking too many positions.
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  • Frisbee
    ·2022-09-17
    Emotions. Sometimes selling too early when in green and holding too long when in red
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    • AhGong
      okay
      2022-09-17
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    • deal2deal
      noted
      2022-09-17
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    • luv2trade
      [OK]
      2022-09-17
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  • Shop
    ·2022-09-17
    biggest regret is taking too much risk and taking very high leverage.
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  • nickname168
    ·2022-09-17
    Does not have clear stop loss and take profit points .
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    • Frisbee
      wow
      2022-09-17
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    • luv2trade
      i see
      2022-09-17
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    • deal2deal
      [OK]
      2022-09-17
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