Why Did I Stop Buying ETFs To Go ALL IN On Stocks?

🚀 The Shift from ETFs to Picking Stocks: Discover the reason why I stopped buying ETFs and Index Funds like SPY, VOO, or QQQ to go all in on picking individual stocks like Apple and Microsoft. Don't miss out – watch the analysis and stay ahead in the stock market game! 📈

About The Cash Flow Compounder:

I am not a professional investor and have never claimed to be. I'm an amateur investor sharing my experience of what I have learned. My approach and goal to investing is to buy high-quality long-term investments in world-class businesses that I call "compounders". I view my investments as businesses, not as stocks. I will make mistakes in investment decisions from time to time. Results are not guaranteed. Please do not blindly follow me into any investments, and make sure your portfolio and investments are built around your specific income, risk tolerance, personality, and timeline, and overall circumstances.

[hugovalle]

You didn't mention the fact that the S&P500 has change over time, the top 10 a decade ago and now is completely different, how is an investor supposed to know when a company is done for good? S&P500 is a machine that self-clean.

[quantprogram]

Quality video mate! I see lots of potential in this channel. Keep up the good work and the niche

[MarcioSouza]

The 1% expense ratio is a really weak premise in your argument. $VOO is 0.03%, 33X cheaper

[Geminview]

A lot of good information and graphs to explain which is better and why. Thanks for your time!
Most super investors say: "If you don't know what you're doing, just buy ETFs".
But it's not just the knowledge factor, there's also the time you have to dedicate to study and follow up individual stock.
and there are many other factors as well...

[Sassie-Sassie]

So are you suggesting that we buy stocks we like and just keep them for a long period of time?

[SynaTek]

1% expense ratio for an etf is extremely unrealistic. The S&P500 etf that I'm looking at has a TER of 0.03%. 1% is something an actively managed fund might have. I don't think the TER of 0.03% is a factor one should worry about.

[alexandre]

The average person is better off with an ETF because the average person does not have the time to stay up to date with all the market news, does not have the emotional control to endure the volatility of stock picking, and will likely buy high and sell low. Imagine if you will a normal distribution representing the population's ability to pick stocks. Most of that bell curve will likely lose money stock picking. But not everyone. There are people who stock pick and are great at it, but it requires a different profile than most people, and to some degree, luck.