On April 18, 2025, I opened a stock account for the first time and tried buying stocks.
It was about two weeks after Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment, and it happened to be the time when my fixed deposit matured and I had extra money.
My first stocks were Hynix, Kakao, and KODEX200.
Over the course of a year, Samsung Electronics, Doosan Enerbility, Hive, Hanwha Solutions, Alteo Genetics, Celltrion, LG Chem, Naver, S&P500 ETF, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, ... and so on (wow, there are so many when I list them all lol)
From all this buying and selling, the lesson I learned is: "Greed leads to losses."
For example, when silver prices skyrocketed, I jumped into silver futures and took a massive loss.
I also got hit hard during the Alteo Genetics incident.. ㅠㅠ
I thankfully avoided Samchundang... I almost bought it on impulse...
Fortunately, my initial stocks performed well, so overall I'm in a profitable position.
But reflecting on this, almost all the stocks I was greedy about ended up with forced selloffs at a loss.
The conclusion is: abandon greed, judge the value of companies, examine their performance, pay attention to macroeconomic trends, and proceed slowly.
There is no get-rich-quick scheme!
