why is silver riskier?

I thought ppl said silver is like the younger brother to gold?

Yes, I only invest in Malaysian stocks as a retail investor.

For foreign stocks, I rely on Fundsupermart and Stashaway.

Otherwise, I don't have the time to analyse or monitor all the stocks.

During this crisis, I did like what I did in the 2015/16 oil plunge, change of govt and trade war - I sell part of my portfolio when trailing stops of 25% are hit and "circle the wagons" around my remaining, core stocks.

Only when the dust settles, I'll start buying.

This has worked for me in the past ... but this crisis is worst and volatility far greater than past meltdown. Furthermore, my portfolio has been weaken by the many crisis in the past 5 years,especially the prolonged weakness of Bursa.

Btw I'm shopping for a personal loan so I'll have extra funds when the time comes, lol.

It has more price volatility. If u like that, u can also consider GDX ETF.. Gold miners. Im not into these.

How do you guys deal with the stock and horror of having a significant part of your net worth destroyed? The recent years have been difficult.

Don't be afraid to cut loss early.
I mainly invest in ETFs so I can sleep well because the chances of 100+ companies going bankrupt is slim.
If you're invested in only a few companies, good luck!

My 2 cents’ view:

1. Don’t buy stocks with ‘scared’ money. ‘Scared’ money means buying stocks with margin accounts, borrowed money or money that you need to use within the next 3 to 4 years. This will affect our emotion or judgment in selling the stocks when the market is down.

2. Have an emergency fund of at least 3 to 6 months before even thinking of investing in stocks.

3. Know yourself - are you a speculator, trader or investor?

4. Have a MOS (margin of safety) when buying stocks. This means buying stocks at a discount and companies which are fundamentally strong. Easier said than done!

5. Change our mindset. Equate buying stocks with buying goods when there is a fire sale. One bottle of Carlsberg beer selling for RM5? Buy! iPhone X selling for RM500? Buy! Brand new BMW 3 series selling for RM50K? Buy!

I thought the definition of scared money is an investor who is afraid of buying the dip because they're afraid it will drop further. Hence, they miss the opportunity and before they know it, the bear market is over.

just curious, where does the volatility come from? speculation?

KLSE operating tomorrow ?

definitely essential. haha

meaning, bursa is closed from 18/03 until 31/03?

Bursa still open bro, get ready for limit down tmr

after tomorrow also open?

Yes.. Even gold has a lot of speculation, but silver is like penny stock to "blue chip" Gold.

Yeap, check the news, is mentioned there

Stocks, 16-3-2020

Brazil: -14%
US (Dow): -13%
Canada: -9.8%
Turkey: -8.1%
India: -8%
Spain: -7.9%
Italy: -6.1%
France: -5.7%
Germany: -5.2%
Saudi: -5.2%
UK: -4%
Netherlands: -3.7%

yay! can stay at home do second job as trader

Yikes! Maybe my understanding is wrong.

I use the phrase "scared money" in the general casino term, i.e. referring to the money that a player cannot afford to lose.

Officially in capital loss territory for my portfolio as at 2016 - 2020 investing period.

Last round of buying at bursa 1.5k level secure this position lol