I am up 21% this year. I thought I was going to have a losing year around June, but have rallied bigly and most of that due to one stonk that if goes as plan will gets me a couple years closer to retirement. Roll the profits into something that pays a big dividend.
Honestly if you hold long enough you will always make money. Stay away from Penny Pharmas which are more likely miss than hit, because they run out of money before approval, or get sucked up cheap by the Big Dogs. Only gamble on 1 or 2 small caps.
Those that usually lose money is the Regards that play options, myself included. I am probably 60% on options, but what I made on $RIVN in the middle of the year has paid for more than what I lost on options this year. I got a long call on $CSCO that is paying bigly, so that should pay for my option gambles next year.
The only President that was shitty with the stock market out of the recent Presidents is Bush Jr.
Clinton was the GOAT but I was not in the stock market then.
There is a stock thread on Sherdog in the War Room, that if you pay attention you can get some stock ideas which can make you money.
Brackis (RIP) and
@HOLA made me some money off their posts. Not all is positive, took $SMSI from a poster there and that was an ass fucking to my wallet. Not really his fault, I researched it, and they had all their eggs if a few baskets and one of the baskets left them.