>>60840356
buying individual stocks is not retarded, however you need to set up some rules for yourself to follow or else you'll buy high and sell low, go all-in on a bad trade, and blow up your account
here's some example rules for you to follow:
>don't buy more than $2k of any stock
>everything you buy has to be held for at least five years before you can sell it
>only sell stocks that have underperformed the S&P 500's total return; keep holding the winners
>wait for a stock to be close to its 52-week-high before selling
>only invest in companies with positive earnings and growing revenue
read the book "Thinking, Fast and Slow" if you want to understand why your monkey brain is retarded and therefore why you need to follow rules like this if you want to succeed at investing in individual stocks
t. outperformed the S&P for ten years following these rules
