Why I am buying SOFI

$SOFI is expected to post earnings of $0.04 for the current quarter. It's a +100% change YoY.

Current fiscal year estimate $0.12 is a +133% change YoY.

For next fiscal year, concensus earnings estimates is $0.29. Its a +144% change from what its expected to report a year ago.

Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones 🎁🎄✨️

Santa came in style this year.

$NIO unveils its Firefly model to compete with BMWs Mini and Mercedes' Smart.

Cost is around $20.5k and will hit the market mid 2025.

Nio also launched its flagship ET9 a smart electric executive sedan.

Average target price for the EV company is $6.67 which has a 47.7% upside.

Top REITS by market cap ranked by dividend yield:

🛰️$CCI 6.90%
🎰$VICI 6.02%
🏪$O 6%
🏬$SPG 4.89%
🗄️$PSA 4.03%
🛰️$PLD 3.72%
🛰️$AMT 3.53%
💿$DLR 2.73%
🛰️$EQIX 1.84%

$NIO shares are up 14.5% after Chunese government said that fiscal policy will be moderately loose.

Chinese government is aiming to boost domestic demand.

A good source for getting ideas on what stocks to buy and hold for long term is by looking at top 10 holdings of ETFs.

There is an ETF for everything so find the one that suits you.

$10.000 investment in the following companies give you annual dividend income of:

📱 $AAPL pays $42

🏬 $WMT pays $90

🥤 $KO pays $303

🏬 $TGT pays $339

🚬 $PM pays $406

🛰️ $VZ pays $611

🛰️ $ARCC pays $867

What is your preference?

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$SCHD portfolio allocation as of today.

What changed this month.

Cisco claims top spot, while Altria and UPS are new additions in the top 10.

Chevron moves to 5th place, while the largest increas was for Bristol Myers. Amgen and Coca - Cola drop out of the top 10.

Teach your kids the merits of investing.

They will thank you for the rest of their lives.

HIMS is showing progress last quarters.

Some people keep buying at all costs while others avoid.

What's your take?

Target had bad Q3 earnings, leading to around 17% decline in share price since then.

My return on the stock is +20% excluding dividends.

Time in the markets, people.

McDonald's is not in the food business.

It is one of the biggest owners of property worldwide leasing that property to franchise owners.

Rental income in 2023 was $9.8 billion.

Google might be forced to ditch Chrome.

The market's reaction was fairly neutral on the news.

Let's see what happens.

Nio price was down nearly 4.5% pre market. Now it's +1%.

Car sales +12% YoY but revenue down 4%.

Projected vehicles sales in Q4 72k-75K. Increase of 44%-50% YoY.

Macquarie downgraded to neutral with price $4.80.

$NIO expects to expand to 35 countries in 2025 which will boost sales.

Questions for traders (Trying to learn)

1) When you set entry and exit points, do you analyse last 2-3 months, 6 months or any other period to decide?

2) Trades have to be 1 day trades or do you hold for longer.

Dividend Aristocrats in Healthcare and their yield.

$ABBV AbbVie 3.95%
$KVUE Kenvue 3.46%
$JNJ Johnson & Johnson 3.2%
$MDT Medtronics 3.2%
$ABT Abbott Laboratories 1.87%
$BDX Becton 1.86%
$CAH Cardinal Health 1.68%
$WST West Pharmaceutical 0.27%

Palantir is down 7%.

Portfolio is up by 0.5%.

I am tired and need some sleep.

GN 😴

We often post about how much you need to invest to retire a millionaire.

Forget that. Invest as much as you can and the number you achieve by retirement is way higher than if you didn't invest.