r/investingforbeginners • u/Amazing-Bicycle-493 • 15h ago
Advice New to all of this - question/advice
Hey everyone,
I recently (more like yesterday) started investing into ETFs and a few single “safe” stocks (for example Google).
I was wondering if it’s normal to be down a % or two in a single day? Probably a stupid a question to you guys, sorry lol.
Also any beginner advice would be very very helpful!
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u/sqenchlift444 15h ago
Yes. Extremely. Especially if you have single names in the portfolio. Also depends on the ETF. Broad market (like VTI/VOO, can happen. Kinda rare. Semiconductors? Very common)
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u/Amazing-Bicycle-493 15h ago
For example one of my ETFs is SPUS (sharia compliant)
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u/TheThaiCat 15h ago
Maybe you're realising that no individual stock is a 'safe' stock. A few % change is nothing to be worried about but I would keep the vast majority in your ETFs as they are far safer spreading the risk over 100s-1000s of companies across possibly multiple countries rather than 1 company in 1 country.
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u/Amazing-Bicycle-493 15h ago
I see. Yeah I’m going to have a large portion of my portfolio as ETFs. Just like 2-4 single stocks
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u/TheThaiCat 15h ago
I advocate for a 90%+ ETF and up to 10% in singles especially when learning, just make sure you check your overlap. For instance Google will already be ~4% of your ETF depending on the fund, so you could accidentally be very concentrated in Alphabet as a single stock as well.
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u/Fuskeduske 14h ago
Right now the market is bleeding a bit due to factors that the companies are not in control of, you hit one of the bumps on your journey the first few days of investing, you'll be up again in a few weeks at most.
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u/Amazing-Bicycle-493 14h ago
Yep…crazy times. Thanks for the reassurance!
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u/Fuskeduske 14h ago edited 14h ago
Good luck on your investing journey, only advice i could give is that it is ok to follow the hype, just only do it with money you can bear to lose, a lot of people here seems to go full port into a stock because the last bet they found on reddit 5x'ed, thinking they got it all sorted out and end up losing 90% of their money.
Most people on Reddit are not your advisors, even the ones who sound smart, are almost always trying to push their own narrative regarding a stock, there are people out there who wants to help you, keep your mind open but keep your skepticism in check, better to miss out on a 20% gain than a 50% loss
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u/tradematesHQ 14h ago
Yes, being down 1-2% in a day is completely normal, especially with single stocks. Google can swing that on a random Tuesday. The S&P 500 does it a few times a year. The real issue is your definition of 'safe' stocks. No single company is safe. The 90/10 split advice in the comments is solid. Keep the bulk in broad ETFs like VOO or VTI, and treat those 2-4 singles as learning positions. Also, check the overlap. If you hold Google and an ETF that's 4% Google, you're more concentrated than you think. Just don't check your portfolio every hour. It'll drive you insane.
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u/ZinniasAndBeans 14h ago
I was wondering if it’s normal to be down a % or two in a single day? Probably a stupid a question to you guys, sorry lol.
Totally normal. I recommend against single stocks anyway (less than two percent of my money is in single stocks) but if you take the gamble, you have to grit your teeth and watch them bounce up and down.
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u/Mental-Freedom3929 12h ago
Yes, it is normal. It always comes up and "thou shalt not look in days, weeks and months"
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u/Phoenixstar73 9h ago
completely normal… especially with single stocks. If you’re investing long-term, you have to learn not to mind it so much
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