Stages of investing short-term speculative stage investors

Short-term speculative stage investors are driving turnover in EV stocks, with Tesla rebounding 9% in two weeks due to better-than-expected delivery forecasts. Investors bailed on Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) after the company's recent first-quarter update. Meta didn't report disappointing numbers; its revenue and earnings looked great. Instead, the company's projection of higher expenses due to AI and metaverse investments and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's focus in the earnings call on these current money-losing initiatives caused the sell-off. This is not the end goal for all startups. However, if you have raised money through each of the preceding stages, going public is an option to expand further. All of the investors who have traded their money for equity until this point will ideally recoup their investment along with additional profit. Some investors may retain their shares, but don't be surprised if many of them sell their stock at the beginning to reap the rewards of getting in early. After the IPO, stock options for a growing company can be leveraged to attract top talent and the increased access to capital can provide resources to push the momentum of your business forward. Once you are on the NASDAQ, just remember to stop calling yourself a startup, you are in the big leagues now. At the diversification stage, bond-equity balanced funds rose 2.5% over 30 days as risk parity strategies adjusted to softer inflation data and moderating rate hike expectations.