It's strange times. Big question: What will the US Congress do with stimulus that's keeping the economy afloat? Will Republicans support working poor people? Many big tech names report on Thursday; it's like the Superbowl. These tech giants have reasonable valuations rooted in reality, so he has no problem with the price run-up of Amazon, Apple, Google, etc. However, Tesla and Shopify share prices are entirely speculative; maybe he'd buy Shopify at a third of the current price.

Stop losses You tell your broker to sell a stock when it falls to a certain price, useful for traders and speculators but not long-term investors. If you like a stock at $125, you should like it more at $110 and not sell it or even buy more. He never uses stop losses and doesn't recommend them to long-term investors.

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