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Wenn du HIER nicht verkaufst, verlierst du ALLES !
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Key ideas on when to sell / take profits
- Selling is the hardest part of investing and can materially change outcomes (e.g., “300% return” vs “50% gain”), with “just a few weeks” making the difference.
- Core rule: sell if the investment has become “worse than at the time of purchase.”
- If that condition is true, the speaker advises selling decisively: “without ifs, ands, or buts.”
- Small misses can still lead to big declines:
- Even if reported results are only slightly worse than expected (example: 3% worse),
- stocks may still drop roughly ~30% to 50%.
- Takeaway: valuation/expectations often matter more than “small misses.”
Method / framework implied (step-by-step logic)
- Classify positions
- Core positions: “top-notch” businesses with consistent earnings/growth and strong competitive advantage
- Intended for long-term holding
- Even add on crashes
- Non-core / higher-risk positions: bought for momentum, low valuation, or cyclical/AI themes
- Reviewed more actively and sold sooner
- Core positions: “top-notch” businesses with consistent earnings/growth and strong competitive advantage
- Compare current fundamentals/valuation vs. purchase
- If fundamentals/quality have degraded vs what you bought: sell immediately
- If valuation has become far too high: take profits
- Use targeted profit-taking
- Sell parts of non-core positions when valuation stretches or the “numbers” worsen.
- Prefer rebalancing over “sell out of panic.”
- Hold rules for core positions
- Core holdings should generally be held through major drawdowns unless something “serious” changes.
- Emphasis on long horizons like 10+ years.
Examples and explicit recommendations/cautions
- Nike (2022 purchase) — NKE
- Bought during the 2022 crash
- Later quarterly results were described as “terrible”
- Sold with a gain of ~15%
- Caution: if they hadn’t sold when the stock was around $100, they “would have lost ~60%.”
- Interactive Brokers (IBKR)
- Bought during last year’s crash
- Sold “a few weeks ago” with profit of over 85%, when the price was around $84
- Valuation shift:
- At purchase: P/E ~23
- Now: P/E close to 35
- Logic: the stock “no longer had a fair valuation” despite continued price increases
Macro / timing guidance (next 12 months focus)
- Near-term environment
- Returns this year are characterized as poor except for AI semiconductors.
- Expectation: “the tide will soon turn”—software could rise while some AI semiconductor stocks fall sharply.
- Interest rates & inflation
- Watch US interest rates and US inflation.
- Mechanism described: when rates are lowered (or expected to be), money rotates from defensive to growth.
- Claim: chances of rates stabilizing next year are high, supported by falling inflation.
- Oil is mentioned as a driver (wording is unclear), with the idea that falling oil could reduce pressures/cost dynamics (as framed in the transcript).
- Election / timing thesis
- Advises: wait for US midterm elections for most investments.
- Adds a statistical claim about 2027:
- “Third year of the US presidency,” directly after midterms
- Expected pattern: a strong increase followed by a correction, possibly a sharper drop
- Timing emphasis in 2027:
- Cites 2023: strong rise after midterms through July, decline into October, then rise again
- Suggests August and September are “reliable” bad months → consider taking profits beforehand
Crypto guidance
- No cryptocurrency selling this year
- Rationale: accumulation is more important
- Crypto is described as “crashier,” followed by a strong recovery
- If you bought this year but don’t want to hold longer:
- take initial profits next year
- The speaker’s personal stance suggests they likely hold Bitcoin longer.
- Bitcoin is explicitly mentioned; no specific altcoins are named.
Sector / style implications
- AI infrastructure / AI semiconductor stocks
- Strong warning: they are “currently very dangerous”
- Plan: sell some AI infrastructure positions this year and take profits rather than waiting for a possible ~50% crash
- Software companies
- Expected to benefit when AI stocks fall
- The speaker wouldn’t sell software unless prices rise “too sharply.”
Tickers / assets / instruments mentioned
- Google (Alphabet)
- Microsoft
- Meta
- Amazon
- Nike (NKE) (ticker not stated, but company is)
- Interactive Brokers (IBKR) (ticker not stated, but company is)
- ASML
- Bitcoin
(Also referenced: AI semiconductors / AI infrastructure, software, “defensive” vs “growth,” momentum, low valuation, cyclical theory.)
Key numbers explicitly cited
- Illustrative return framing: 300% vs 50%
- Drawdown expectation: can fall ~30% to 50% even with only ~3% worse results vs expectations
- Nike (2022 example)
- Sold with ~15% gain
- Reference price around $100
- If not sold: potential loss ~60%
- Interactive Brokers (IBKR)
- Sold with >85% profit
- Reference sale price around $84
- P/E: ~23 at purchase to ~35 now
- Timing references
- Focus on the next 12 months
- US midterm elections as a pivotal point
- 2027 as statistically notable
- Concern focused around August/September, with reference to July and October dynamics from 2023
Disclosures / disclaimers
- Explicit: “I am not a financial advisor.”
- Explicit: “this is not financial advice.”
- Encourages viewers to do their own research.
Presenters / sources
- No other presenters or external sources are named in the subtitles.
- The speaker references their own actions and a “second channel,” but no additional person/company is presented beyond the assets listed.
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