Originally Posted by
scambo1
IMO, stocks are a waste these days. Sector stocks generally move with each other. However, there are certainly winners and losers with sectors. Personally, I'm a 3xETF investor. When you invest with etf's, you see market manipulation for what it is. When you invest in stocks, you are just manipulated.
I have a different take on that. I use an investment method (Snider Method) that mostly uses individual stocks and options. I don't feel manipulated at all. In fact quite the opposite... Knowing that there is a real person on the other side of every transaction, I often marvel at how much they lose while I haven't lost (or been manipulated) on a single trade in 6 1/2 years.
I agree with you about ETF's, though. If I wasn't doing what I'm doing, I would be doing ETF's.