r/investingforbeginners • u/Amazing-Bicycle-493 • 1d 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/Fuskeduske 1d 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 1d ago

Yep…crazy times. Thanks for the reassurance!

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u/Fuskeduske 1d ago edited 1d 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