NAPs/Best Pick for investing 2021. Closed or lock this thread please.

Retireby40

I'm using this site a lot for investment news and information and trying to learn as much as possible by getting info from people who have been in the game and know more than me.

So what I'm asking is for is your best one to watch for 2021. It doesn't have to limit it to just doing well this year but something that over the next year or two is on your watch list or buy list and why?

Obvious or obscure are all good.

DireEmblem

If you have a NAP for at least 8 hours, ideally over night, you should feel fully refreshed and ready to go for the next day.

eskbanker

Not knowing what OP meant by "NAPs for investing", I searched for potential acronyms and found one to be 'No Acronyms Please', oh the irony....

Retireby40

NAP means best pick. Something that has a degree of confidence or certainty about it. You would have gauged that from reading what I wrote.

Its used a lot in racing and gambling predictions.

At least you guys have learned something new. Everydays a school day they do say.

bowlhead99

eskbanker said:

Not knowing what OP meant by "NAPs for investing", I searched for potential acronyms and found one to be 'No Acronyms Please', oh the irony....

It's used in racing for a tip that has a high certainty of winning. Comes from the old card game Napoleon where you pick trumps and have to declare how many tricks you could win - a 'nap' being where you win all five tricks; you wouldn't go for a nap if you weren't confident. 

Though the OP is asking about 'one to watch' and what things are on the 'watch list':
 
- some people will have things on their watch list (as opposed to a buy list) because they are waiting for some news, event or financial results to decide that it is worthy of investment;

- others will have something on their watch list because they believe it's currently overvalued but would be willing to invest if the price falls sufficiently;

- others would have something on their watch list because they like the idea of investing in it but don't have any cash available and they consider it a less reliable or lucrative opportunity than all the other things they are invested in so would be unwilling to sell any of their good investments to generate cash to buy it at the moment. 

It can be an expensive mistake to invest off other people's watch lists. The first two categories above would be things where the person running the list is not convinced that he wants it. It would probably be better to invest in what he is actually willing to invest in right now. The third category is something that the person does like the idea of  (and is convinced that he generally wants it) but does not prefer it to the things he already owns, which he wants to keep. So again if you were making an investment today it would probably be better to invest in what he is invested in right now, rather than what he watches.

eskbanker

Retireby40 said:

NAP means best pick. Something that has a degree of confidence or certainty about it. You would have gauged that from reading what I wrote.

Its used a lot in racing and gambling predictions.

At least you guys have learned something new. Everydays a school day they do say.

Perhaps your lesson for the day should be how to use capitalisation correctly then, i.e. if you're referring to a standard noun then use 'naps' (or 'Naps for investing' if starting a sentence or title) but the styling of 'NAPs' implies an abbreviation or acronym.

Thrugelmir

Rather than the one to watch. I'd work on the basis of what you should avoid. That in itself should help overall returns. Becareful not to overpay for assets.

There's plenty of opportunties to access "renewables" without paying a premium. Going to be a continual stream of fund raising to finance the enormous spend that lies ahead. 

Retireby40

eskbanker said:

Retireby40 said:

NAP means best pick. Something that has a degree of confidence or certainty about it. You would have gauged that from reading what I wrote.

Its used a lot in racing and gambling predictions.

At least you guys have learned something new. Everydays a school day they do say.

Perhaps your lesson for the day should be how to use capitalisation correctly then, i.e. if you're referring to a standard noun then use 'naps' (or 'Naps for investing' if starting a sentence or title) but the styling of 'NAPs' implies an abbreviation or acronym.

So you have nothing to contribute to the thread? Maybe if you followed racing or betting you would see that it is often used in capitals. That's not your fault but its ignorant to start talking crap if you don't know what it even means. Its also a term used a lot in stocks forums. 

Now just because you didn't understand the term doesn't mean you should start telling people how to write. Even if it wasn't in capitals you clearly wouldn't have understood. Type it into Google and you will see half the things relating to it are as NAP.

So if you have nothing to add probably best clearing of and trolling another thread.

csgohan4

Retireby40 said:

eskbanker said:

Retireby40 said:

NAP means best pick. Something that has a degree of confidence or certainty about it. You would have gauged that from reading what I wrote.

Its used a lot in racing and gambling predictions.

At least you guys have learned something new. Everydays a school day they do say.

Perhaps your lesson for the day should be how to use capitalisation correctly then, i.e. if you're referring to a standard noun then use 'naps' (or 'Naps for investing' if starting a sentence or title) but the styling of 'NAPs' implies an abbreviation or acronym.

So you have nothing to contribute to the thread? Maybe if you followed racing or betting you would see that it is often used in capitals. That's not your fault but its ignorant to start talking crap if you don't know what it even means. Its also a term used a lot in stocks forums. 

Now just because you didn't understand the term doesn't mean you should start telling people how to write. Even if it wasn't in capitals you clearly wouldn't have understood. Type it into Google and you will see half the things relating to it are as NAP.

So if you have nothing to add probably best clearing of and trolling another thread.

Op you have been given good advice, esp by Bowelhead, going all in on someone else's watch list is ill advised. 

NO shame in putting it in a global index tracker while you get your head around investing. 

Monevator is a good resource and I started from there.

But to go investing in individual stocks straight off the bat, do you want to sleep at night? The investment could tank 20% over night. 

Long term investments are for 5-10 years, if you want a return in 1-2 years you will need accept more risk. 

You need to have strategy for investing, there is no such thing as risk free and it will depend on your risk appetite

Investing is not like betting at the horses. NAP is not commonly used on here. If you are not careful, you can and will lose money. Do your own research and take the gain with the pain

BananaRepublic

Retireby40 said:

eskbanker said:

Retireby40 said:

NAP means best pick. Something that has a degree of confidence or certainty about it. You would have gauged that from reading what I wrote.

Its used a lot in racing and gambling predictions.

At least you guys have learned something new. Everydays a school day they do say.

Perhaps your lesson for the day should be how to use capitalisation correctly then, i.e. if you're referring to a standard noun then use 'naps' (or 'Naps for investing' if starting a sentence or title) but the styling of 'NAPs' implies an abbreviation or acronym.

So you have nothing to contribute to the thread? Maybe if you followed racing or betting you would see that it is often used in capitals. That's not your fault but its ignorant to start talking crap if you don't know what it even means. Its also a term used a lot in stocks forums. 

Now just because you didn't understand the term doesn't mean you should start telling people how to write. Even if it wasn't in capitals you clearly wouldn't have understood. Type it into Google and you will see half the things relating to it are as NAP.

So if you have nothing to add probably best clearing of and trolling another thread.

You said: "At least you guys have learned something new. Everydays a school day they do say. "

Correcting your poor grammar is not trolling. Perhaps you should practice what you preach, and learn from others?

Retireby40

BananaRepublic said:

Retireby40 said:

eskbanker said:

Retireby40 said:

NAP means best pick. Something that has a degree of confidence or certainty about it. You would have gauged that from reading what I wrote.

Its used a lot in racing and gambling predictions.

At least you guys have learned something new. Everydays a school day they do say.

Perhaps your lesson for the day should be how to use capitalisation correctly then, i.e. if you're referring to a standard noun then use 'naps' (or 'Naps for investing' if starting a sentence or title) but the styling of 'NAPs' implies an abbreviation or acronym.

So you have nothing to contribute to the thread? Maybe if you followed racing or betting you would see that it is often used in capitals. That's not your fault but its ignorant to start talking crap if you don't know what it even means. Its also a term used a lot in stocks forums. 

Now just because you didn't understand the term doesn't mean you should start telling people how to write. Even if it wasn't in capitals you clearly wouldn't have understood. Type it into Google and you will see half the things relating to it are as NAP.

So if you have nothing to add probably best clearing of and trolling another thread.

You said: "At least you guys have learned something new. Everydays a school day they do say. "

Correcting your poor grammar is not trolling. Perhaps you should practice what you preach, and learn from others?

There's nothing wrong with using it as NAP.

Go and search "nap of the day" into Google and tell me if you see numerous posts with NAP. If so feel free to drop me an apology. There's nothing wrong with NAP. If you don't understand it that's on you. Not me.