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Comment by matte_black | Hacker News Reader

Shit, this is really going to hurt my portfolio. A lot of other tech stocks are down as well.

Did you just buy it yesterday? It’s still way up for the last few months.

I actually bought it quite sometime ago, but that means I have a lot of shares, and the more shares you have the more small movements in price start to add up to real money.

Right now I’m down several thousands of dollars on NFLX, which could have easily been a few international vacations. It’s not the first time or last time stuff like this happens, but everything was rallying so nicely the past few days it’s a shame to see that get back tracked. And of course, other tech stocks are down with it which also adds to the pain.

Stocks are volatile. But if you're investing for the long term it doesn't matter.

Just stick your money in Vanguard index funds and forget about it apart from rebalancing once a year.

I took that advice several years ago when I started investing, but a big mistake I made was choosing a value fund instead of growth fund. Could have got so much more.

You can't predict the market but I think they still have some growth ahead of them and that their shares will still rise. They won't rally and grow as much as they have forever but I don't think the market has softened up for them yet. I'm going to buy while they are a little down.

I do think they will grow but now I’m planning when my actual exit will be. I think I’ll give it another year or two before pulling out and realizing the gains.

Thanks for letting us know

You might be making a joke, but much of the stock market is driven by herd mentality.

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