$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ $Apple (AAPL.US)$ $Alphabet-C (GOOG.US)$ $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ It is a relief bounce. Still on a downtrend

My choices were intentionally riskier. I hit a couple of wins, but overall, I underperformed and trailed the S&P. And here are the most to blame for that.
$Tilray Brands (TLRY.US)$ TLRY - sold at $10.61. Bought at $43, then $35, then $20, then $15…..
$Alibaba (BABA.US)$ BABA - sold at $130. Bought at $169 and $150
$Baidu (BIDU.US)$ BIDU - sold at $150. Bought at $215 but then sold at $190, only to REBUY at $215 again… and at $200, and $195, and $165, and $140.
I won’t even get into the block projects I put money into, where 11 of 13 have lost money….
So yeah… basically don’t do what I did.
Thank god for TSLA and MRNA!

$SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ $Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ.US)$ $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$
I think the people in power have become addicted to low interest rates because it fuels economic growth and a bull market.
Neither political party wants to be the cause of a market downturn and that’s precisely what we’ll see if interest rates get too high.
I think anything under 3% rates will keep the market humming along. The problem comes when inflation gets too hot and the fed can’t raise rates fast enough. The Fed and people in power have painted themselves into a corner. So because they seem stuck, it appears we’ll continue with this bull run for the foreseeable future.