Coca-Cola as a business is worth $265b, an estimated $97b of that is for the brand name alone, so it's clearly a major asset for the company. But doesn't register as a tangible asset in the numbers you posted, making the numbers not reflect the actual value of the business. My business largely trades from a licensing agreement, rather than a brand I own. So in my case, your tangible asset only valuation would work, but on the majority of major companies it wouldn't accurately reflect the value of a company or its share price.
All depends what you mean by 'stocks and shares' when you are discussing / comparing to crypto. Meaning for example individual stocks and specific groups of stocks, or 'stocks & shares' in general? Absolutely massive difference. Following the whole market, or even for example the whole US or Developed World market by indexing with a long term perspective is likely to be far, far removed from 'gambling' (albeit nothing in life is certain except death & taxes, so someone once said).
The only real celebrity indorsement of crypto I have really seen is Musk with Dodge. It's not hard to stay away from meme coins.
I’ve made a few bob out of crypto. My son a fair few bob more. If you’re older get guidance from a youngster who understands, it’s what they’re there for.
A myth, in reality, Coca-Cola’s value actually increased by $1.3b between Ronaldo moving the bottles and the close of trading on the NYSE that day.
Bitcoin/crypto has been quite boring lately. It has ranged from $28.5k to $31.8k since mid June. But it's a good time to buy. We're only about 8 months off the halvening.
Here is the experimental portfolio I set up. Currently 25% down because both alt coins have taken a battering. I still expect to be 8-10 up by August 2025.
Not a criticism, just an observation, Casual, but your reward/risk seems out of line. You've risked 25% of your initial investment to hopefully make 10%, right? You could have put your initial investment in a 5% interest savings account for the two year investment horizon and had zero risk or loss and most importantly, stress. Losing 25% of an investment is huge - if you bought a house for £300k and it lost 75k of it's value, you'd be angry, but have a home still. It would seem if you're trading a liquid volatile market such as the cryptocurrencies you list, you'd have a tighter stop, say around 5%, and then at least have the opportunity to get back in if it falls further, as it has... Perhaps you see different and that's what makes a market.
I expect Bitcoin to do 500%, Ethereum about 700%. The alts coins I expect to between 1000% and 2000%.
