I don’t mean this literally but I do mean more information is not equal to better. Listening to everyone’s opinion on Reddit/x/youtube on given companies is not going to help your investing. I jump on Reddit or X and I see people posting their projections for stocks all the way out to 2030. Or they’re out there trying to create fear about a company based on some headline they read or YouTube video they watched. Usually the real impact of this piece of information is very insignificant or completely negligible to the bottom line of the business. Companies like the motley fool and CNBC make money buy stirring up drama in the market. They make money from clicks and views they don’t make money investing. What you need to pay attention to is what the management team is saying, how well they’ve executed in the past, changes in regulation within that sector, competition in that sector & obviously valuation. Watching YouTube videos or taking stock tips on social media is not due diligence. Reading daily news articles is just going to make you emotional and make you worse overall as an investor. Buying popular stocks might work in the short term and will give you a false sense of confidence and make you think you’re a better investor than you are. But most of the time they’re only moving based on hype. There’s nothing wrong with popular hyped up stocks but you have to build your own conviction or you’ll just get scared out when they get cut in half. Like buffet days the market really is a voting machine in the short term and a weighing machine long term. Stocks will always find themselves back the fair value range eventually. So you absolutely have to have an idea of what a stock is worth and what it’s going to be worth based on guidance. Investing is one thing you can’t half ass, it will never work out long term. Investing based on headlines and social media is not a good strategy long term. You need to get familiar with a company’s numbers and management. Nobody else can do it for you