Share market seems to be up today - although when the value of your shares has hit rock bottom up is pretty much all that’s left! Although my worst performer is just sitting there with it’s 87% loss, it’s not even worth the cost of selling at this point. I might be able to recoup enough for a sandwich, as long as it’s a cheap one from the lunch truck and nothing fancy.
I had some fun with penny stocks that dissolved. Legit no idea what happened. Only a few hundred, but I could have used it for plenty of other more enjoyable things.
I think if the company winds up you just lose the money. I also had one company that did a buy-back of small parcels of shares which you had to opt out of if you wanted to keep the shares. Another was bought out by an overseas company - which was actually nice, I made a 50% profit in just over 12 months. I wish I’d bought more than $200 worth of that one!
I’ve been learning a lot about how the market works, but I definitely prefer funds than individual stocks. But buying a few stocks for $200 has taught me a lot about how everything works. I lost a lot of the value almost straight away, but I have gained most of the losses back over the last couple of years - if things continue as they are I look like I might actually start to make a profit longer term, so things are not as bad as they looked initially.
Seems like I was on a similar trajectory. Penny stocks seemed like a bit of fun, but it definitely an all-consuming learning curve and bit of a circle jerk in some of forums I was reading. I lacked a bit of patience when I was first interested in it. I’m not much a gambler, so EFTs have been a pretty safe bet.
I decided to dip the toes into ETFs last December, using the Superhero app. Mix of Aussie and US, i just add money to my account any month i have any left over to do so, ill put some in savings and some into the ETF account. Probably looking at about 10% increase across the board when i hit the 1 year mark which has been nice. Your worst performer reminds me of much of my crypto, not worth the hassle of trading or withdrawing out!!
Cried for like the first 1.5 hours of my work day. Awesome.
😞 is calling it a day and going home sick viable?
Sadly would have made the situation worse. Gah.
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Sending you a nice warm hug 🫂
Thank you <3
Oh no. 😔
so many gentle hugs
Thank you <3
How are you doing now? I hope the day managed to be a bit kinder to you after this morning. Please feel free to vent in here if you think it might help.
Thanks. It’s tough because I know that I really just need to get a new job. I’m not cut out for this one and that’s okay, but I keep fighting it which is just detrimental to myself.
Everytime 😭
Yup 😒
Such a lovely day, I think I’ll spend much of it working in the little garden. 🙂🌹🌲
Little peace accords between species this morning. Someone hangs out a seed mix that’s the neighbourhood buffet breakfast
Fun fact: Rainbow Lorikeets can live for 30 years!
Multicultural Melbourne ♥
I heard what I can only assume was an ibis warbling, sort of like a magpie, coming out of the cemetery lake colony this morning.
Omg that is an amazing photo!! The one male house sparrow being eyed off by the lorikeet 😂
I love pigeons, legit my favourite bird. I just love their shape, their cute coos, and how funny they look when the males try to dance for the females.
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I planned on a nice relaxing day today but the man is here and it’s hard to relax with the energizer bunny hopping around asking if there’s anything I’d like him to do. Yes, go outside and don’t come back for a really long time. I know that’s mean and I know I’m lucky but he’s been bopping around since 8 am and I’m tired watching him now.
I completely understand. ‘What can I do to help?’… sit there and pretend you’re not here because I’ve got stuff to do.
Yessss! That’s pretty much what happens. I say to him “I love you and I love having you here but I’m gonna pretend you’re not here because you’re messing up my system”. 😂
Tell him the dog needs a walk. That’s what I did last night!
He already has.
send him over here, we got lawns that need mowin’ and our resident ADHD is off taking his referral diagnosis to a gp to refer him a psychologist who can approve his referral and refer him back to a GP to prescribe meds
Make him do the cooking and clean up.
Teach him to use the vacuum cleaner … he’ll find something to do real quick.
He already went to do that and I said no. He’s currently outside cleaning the fan.
Possums scrambling at top speed along the fence… they sound like a herd of elephants
Busy busy day tomorrow 🙂🙂🙂 , will have to make a list
Staying up laaaaate because fuck it, why not? I’m and adult, I’m allowed to relax with no commitments tomorrow!
In fact… I’m going to have chocolate ice cream.
Oh that reminds me. The pigeon babies left the nest. both seemed to survive ok. But before I could trim the damn hedges another pigeon moved in and laid some eggs. Damn things are like tribbles.
A dude just got on the train with a 6 pack of beer and a huge pizza. Tempted to offer a trade for an iPhone 13, the smell is incredible!!
Train issues. Catch an uber. Driver gets out at every traffic light to stretch.
Interesting.
People are strange.
Car version of stopping at every station.
Car seat doesn’t fit/badly adjusted. Back issues consequent on that.
Before Uber we used to have real taxi drivers that had those roller bead things hanging on their seats
Someone is eating corn on the cob above Thornbury - Marge style rain falling.
Nothing out here south of you so far, but the humidity is definitely building up.
Second big thing done for the week, finishing up at one job. While I know it was the best choice for everyone there is certainly a feeling of sadness/loss. I’m going to try walk some of it off and let it flow through.
After uni tomorrow my next biggest things for the week are (a) ramping up the rental search, (b) massive cleaning on weekend
