A good company can continuously use incremental capital to obtain a high rate of return in an extended period. On the contrary, a bad company will require a continuous large amount of capital investment but has a low rate of return. How to judge the subsequent rate of return of the purchasing company?
Buffett said that 2 points are essential:
1. Buy the company that you know
It can predict future cash flow, do the right thing in the ability circle, and avoid major mistakes.
2. Ensure sufficient margin of safety
Good companies that meet the conditions must be bought in heavy positions because few good companies exist. $Berkshire Hathaway-A (BRK.A.US)$  $Berkshire Hathaway-B (BRK.B.US)$ 
The industries and companies that Buffett likes almost certainly still have a competitive advantage in the next 10 or 20 years, and the environment is unlikely to undergo significant changes. $AMC Entertainment (AMC.US)$ 
For example, for a blue-chip such as  $Apple (AAPL.US)$ , if you take a stop loss and do a long-term trend in a large cycle, it will not be stopped until now. From the end of 2008 to now, it has been a trend of rising lows. Even the market with four circuit breakers at the beginning of 2020 not stop. This is the so-called large-period broad stop loss and does not hinder long-term investment.
There is also a survivor's in addition to non-stop loss and payback. Sometimes you see a trader using a specific high-risk method and earning wealthy profits in a year, and the profit margin far exceeds Buffett.
Is it possible? 
Of course possible;
Can it be replicated? 
It may not be possible;
Can it last? 
Of course not;
Otherwise, the top master in the market would not be Buffett.
Don't be messed up by all sorts of large profit orders and information pushes of various stocks. Under the iceberg, more large loss orders unreleased. If you always maintain fully leveraged transactions and do not protect the profits you have already made, you will soon return to the market in most cases. $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$  $Lucid Group (LCID.US)$  $NIO Inc (NIO.US)$ 
Trading requires a high degree of self-discipline, persistence, and hard work. It's not that you make money in trading; it's that you have to do these to make money.

Hoping for Santa Claus Rally next week! 🎅🏼
Santa Claus Christmas tree 🎄
Santa Claus is distributing gifts 🎁
$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ 
$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ 
$Meta Platforms (FB.US)$ 
$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ 
$Apple (AAPL.US)$ 
$Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ 
$Palantir (PLTR.US)$

$Alibaba (BABA.US)$
for all you guys who are currently nervous about baba price dropping, do not worry yet. As of now, technicals are showing a divergence of volume and share price. creating new lows but volume is decreasing. This are signs of weakening selling and price is about to do a technical rebound. So do not worry yet on the price.
But after the technical rebound, the price is almost certain to touch 129. However I do foresee an incoming overall reversal of trend as based on large scale chart, there is also a stronger buying volume compared to selling despite the price creating new lows after new lows.
This are all divergence of price and volume and whoever knows what I am talking about will be able to validate what I just shared.
However, only time will tell whether I am right or wrong.
As always, trade safe & invest wise!

Semiconductors, automobiles and the potential for tie-ups between the two industries took the spotlight in the tech sector with seemingly everyone from $Apple (AAPL.US)$ to $Qualcomm (QCOM.US)$ getting behind the wheel this week.
Let's start with $Apple (AAPL.US)$ which said...Absolutely nothing. But, reports that the company has developed a semiconductor "breakthrough", and will produce a fully autonomous electric car within four year were enough to send just about everyone wondering what companies might benefit from Apple putting a so-called "iCar" on the road.
Other chip companies involved into automotive industry actually did have a lot to say during the week. One of those was $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$, which got a big boost on Wall Street following its better-than-expected earnings report. Nvidia (NVDA) also said it was still pushing ahead with efforts to acquire British chip-technology company Arm Holdings despite more governmental inquiries into the proposed $40 billion acquisition.
$Qualcomm (QCOM.US)$ wouldn't be outdone, as it said it secured a deal to provide its chip technology to BMW for a new generation of the automakers self-driving cars. Qualcomm Chief Executive Cristiano Amon also touted the company's automotive plans as part of its efforts to diversity into new industries for its chip products.
If that wasn't enough, $General Motors (GM.US)$ also said it was working with Qualcomm and other chipmakers to supply semiconductors for its vehicles in an effort to get around chip industry supply shortages.
Back to Apple for a moment. Chief Executive Tim Cook said Apple employees should plan on returning to the office, at least part time, on February 1. Apple also started up a new service program that will let consumers perform their own repairs on some Apple products.
Streaming TV companies weren't being quiet this week, either. $Netflix (NFLX.US)$ unveiled a new website where it will show its top-rated TV shows and movies every week.
$Disney (DIS.US)$ said it is raising the price of its Hulu Live TV service by $5 to $69.99 a month, but will include ESPN+ and Disney+ as part of the streaming package.
$Roku Inc (ROKU.US)$ took a hit after analyst Michael Nathanson cut his rating on the company's stock to sell due to slower advertising growth on the Roku Channel. There were also reports that Roku is developing more than 50 original shows for the Roku Channel.
After a bidding war between some of the largest TV broadcasters and streamers, $Comcast (CMCSA.US)$managed to renew its deal to carry games of the English Premier League for another six years.
For people who use $Uber Technologies (UBER.US)$ a lot, the ride-sharing leader unveiled its new Uber One program where, for a monthly or annual fee, subscribers can get discounts on ride and free food and grocery delivery from Uber Eats.

$Futu Holdings Ltd (FUTU.US)$ $UP Fintech (TIGR.US)$
Ladies and gentlemen, it is your friendly neighbourhood 股神 again.
After much debate and discussion on both fundamental and technical analysis, as well as brokerage and security laws with my fellow investment friends, we have collectively came to the same conclusion - these 2 stocks have indeed reached rock bottom and can only rise from here.
Some conclusions:
1. China is easing up on its regulatory grip. Refer to recent news and Biden-Xi virtual meeting discussion.
2. The fear of regulation has already been priced into both stocks.
3. 2 Possible regulatory outcomes:
A) Both companies be slapped with a fine, comply with regulations and funding limits for mainland customers onto the platforms will be imposed. (Most likely)
B) The worse that can happen is a complete ban - no new mainland customers can be acquired, but existing customers with funds already overseas is out of grip. Also, savvy investors will still be able to transfer their money overseas via various means.
To conclude, we expect both stocks to rise soon, with TIGR going up much more. We welcome you to join us on board of this train.
有危机，才有商机。
Have fun investing. Cheers!!

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Thanks $Futu Holdings Ltd (FUTU.US)$ MooMoo for coming out with new merchandise rewards.
Hopefully, we can also see the bunny and the life-sized elephant as mention in here.
Also, there is an Elephant event 'Gold Coin Madness!' happening right now, and end on 8 December 2021.
Once again, thank you $Futu Holdings Ltd (FUTU.US)$ MooMoo.

The Barbell strategy is coined by Nassim Taleb. He is a Lebanese-American statistician, investor and writer and is well known for the term “Black Swan”. It refers to unexpected events at a large magnitude, such as Covid19.
The barbell investment strategy advocates pairing two distinctly different portfolio of investment assets – distributing between the two extremes with almost nothing in the middle. 
One portfolio (85-90%) holds extremely safe investments, while the other aggressive portfolio (10-15%) holds highly speculative or leveraged investments. 
The conservative portfolio should hold asset that can at least beat the inflation.
Depending if you are in the Wealth Accumulation stage or Wealth Preservation stage of your life, you can tweak the two portfolio accordingly.
Wealth Accumulation Stage:
The objective is to grow your wealth beyond this $1m windfall.
I would have 85% in the conservative portfolio.
Instead of low risk asset such as cash or short term deposit, I would allocate more into blue chip technology stocks such as
$Amazon (AMZN.US)$ 
$Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ 
$Meta Platforms (FB.US)$ 
$Apple (AAPL.US)$ 
A portion of it will go into etf such as $Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO.US)$.
I would also allocate 10% of the conservative portfolio to strong growth stock such as $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ 
For the remaining 15% in the Highly aggressive portfolio, 10% will be in $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ , 5% in crypto such as $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ and $Ethereum (ETH.CC)$ 1% can even go into meme stock coins such as a Moomoo coin suggested by @Mars Mooo or $Dogecoin (DOGE.CC)$ .
This is how the allocation will look like:
Wealth Preservation Stage:
The objective is to protect this $1m.
I would take a more conservative approach and keep some money as cash. The rest of the allocation will be very similar to the weakth accumulation stage, using a barbell strategy.
The conservative portfolio will be 90% and the aggressive one is 10%.
Quoting @NANA123" There is no best, only the most suitable “ strategy.
How you deploy the $1m totally depends on:
* Your risk appetite
* Your life stage
* Your investing style
* Your objective
I believe that using a barbell strategy can help me to meet the 4 points mentioned. The allocation % can be reviewed and adjusted annually if required. Most importantly, it should help me to sleep soundly at night.
Now…the question is….how should i get this $1m windfall?
Any ideas guys?
@Investing with moomoo @HopeAlways @GratefulPanda @Syuee @Tupack H Mcsnacks

I have moved some of my capital into $Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ.US)$ for my Tech stock play
$Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO.US)$ continues to be my biggest position as the market goes erect after Fed chair Powell announces that interest rates remain low for a forseeable time. more money goes back into the market and we all go green!