RE: Another Fool likes us26 Oct 2021 23:09
People said "I would be hesitant at buying BTC when over $1,000" and this hesitancy stays, and will always stay, and the number just goes up and up and up- sure, big drops along the way but facts are facts. Joe public take up is there(was massive in the early days- remember all the facebook/social media ads?), but now more and more institutional investment coming in now on crypto, and this will only increase with more regulation.
PMs are bad performing stocks once established- just look at CEY and others (admittedly there will always be some good ones, POLY) but overall outperformed hugely by other industry equities, esp tech. CEY poor for 5 years, even when you add in divis. Plus a divi is always at risk, PMs are trading stocks, but not quite as risky at crypto- but I would add I spread my cryptos on the one I believe in, same as gold stocks- and don't go single source.
Just because gold has been around for 1,000s of years and people will always like bling, doesn't mean it's a great investment or hedge, the evidence is plain to see. The next big tech thing that shows signs of MASSIVE expansion capability globally will always attract, most established global things just don't have this.
Why do I continue to hold CEY? I trade it less now as am waiting for "jump news" be it Sukari recovery acceleration / takeover as I believe the price is low and worth the gamble. I trade it around US data points where gold price most likely to move to sell to avoid a drop and and buy back at reverse. Sometimes to skim profit when I think a drop is coming after a rise. Sometimes I get it wrong, but am not afraid to buy in again at higher than my sell price if my indicators warrant it.
At the moment I don't like to be out for long, as at this SP, takeover can happen from those in the know if Sukari is once again accelerating, and will push up the volume to over 500k again.
I will continue to hold cryptos, and if I lose the lot, I've already covered my original investment 3fold(some would say lucky, but I went with what was not established and had the potential of massive global expansion).
I hold other equity investments and property - diversification is key.
Obviously, the biggest gains are always in the most risky, which is why I only have a very small % of my portfolio in crypto, but for me, has proved worth the risk, and continues to be so. I've not increased my investment in crypto as it is the highest risk- but it's value has most certainly increased massively.