I held a bunch of stocks that I sold in 2018 because my new fund manager at Fidelity convinced me I was taking too much risk both in my regular stocks and my IRA. I had a bunch of stocks like SQ, and some that are WAY up now. I was feeling a bit mad at her so last Friday I pulled out old emails on what I sold at, and did the math on what I would be overall now if I had just kept those stocks instead of letting her sell them all and manage my IRA. The reality is I would only be 5% ahead of her and I had far less risk and headaches so I'm actually not mad. Now I sold stocks in my own account that had I held now would be much higher, but I also had 3 stocks, including ICPT, that are WAY down that I sold because of what she said. I would have more money now but I also know I wouldn't have held them all this way up anyways.
SQ is really amazing they're not the only company that does what they do but they seem to be the one making a killing doing it. That's one I definitely should have held, and MTCH. I've mentioned SHOP before should have never sold that.
I'm kind of loading up money now debating what to buy. I've never really understood TSLA, it seems to trade more on man that's cool than on actual fundamentals but I sure wish I'd bought it 5 years ago.