For $META, there is at least a potential world where they get sued and and/or age restricted to Hell and back. They are trying to be hyperscaler or something now but they don't have a track record making money outside of advertising.
$MSFT is gonna continue to be $MSFT. That's the argument. Azure is expanding. CoPilot is expanding. No one is vibecoding away Outlook, Active Directory, or Windows.
@MsVeilMoney It appreciated ~25% in a quarter and it was less than 1% of my portfolio.
$MSFT will likely do very well in the future. I don't try to call tops or bottoms. It did me well for the present and I am on to the next one.
@MsVeilMoney One... $AMZN. I sold four shares of $MSFT that I bought around $390. 25% was just too great a return for a few months. I'll be back some day.
$AMZN is my largest single stock.
There is evolutionary science behind why losing feels way worse than winning.
Look up loss aversion, a concept developed by psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky.
Kahneman is also responsible for, "Thinking, Fast and Slow." The best advice I will ever give you is to read that book.
@goooonnney Better question is how many years after graduation____. I'm in my 40's and still in school (doctorate hunting).
Not actually paying for it with a loan but still..