You always explain things with such a calm voice Michael compared to some other Pokémon UA-camrs that scream or shout etc. That's one of the reasons I like coming back to your video's. So keep on going mate.
If you started Pokemon investing in 2019 and put in $5k on Sun and Moon booster boxes. $1k in each of Team Up, Unbroken Bonds, Unified minds, hidden fates and Cosmic eclipse...Team up would be $35k profit and the rest $10k-$12k profit each. So over $75k in just 5 years. For reference you could have EASILY bought team up in early 2020 for $70-$80 on sale at most places
Please don't mention the set ill never have in the biggest bubble known since the tulip bubble of Holland I want to open all the team up. Just got a bb of cosmic for 850 usd
At the moment I’m working out the grading game. Buying singels that flip x3 at least in a psa10. Started at €200 with €250 grading costs. The net worth is now €1000, so I 2x my money. Sold all the cards, bought 20 new cards, grading costs now €500, if the return is solid, the net worth will be 3k+. Trying to go to 10k in a year time.
Love the video mate. One thing I try to remember, and it’s something that has been mentioned in your previous videos, is that Pokemon investing for me will only make up a small percentage ( 5-10%) of my total investment portfolio. I only started collecting and investing in sealed product earlier this year so I’m not actually at 5% yet but that is my intention. In this context, getting to a value of $100,000 is an amount which, if I do reach it, will take a long time and will come from the growth of the value of the product rather than my limited investment which I try to put in each month. Another point to mention is that I try not to get too hung up on comparing to other investors / collectors. The typical ‘comparison is the thief of joy’ sentiment applies here as there will always be someone with a bigger investment position or a better collection. Particularly compared to my position as I’ve only been at this for 8 months or so.
Jeez, I have a long way to go, only just started collecting a couple of months back. (‘It’s gone up $20 this week”- that’s me now 😂) thanks for the info 🥃
Good point but that's for all collectibles. 13% for eBay plus shipping (though not always), Facebook market place is possible but could be sketchy, card shows are a good idea but then you're likely bargaining and getting 80-90% Fair market value. Point being there are always some type of "fee" to experience.
The thing is, if there are people gaining that much money, that means that there should be some people losing value out there. Either now, in a week or in a year that's difficult to predict
I love all the numbers. The risk is that scaling can also spin down. Invest 40k you haven’t got - hit a dip - can’t pay your rent - eviction and a cold winter pushing a shopping cart round the streets with what used to be 40k of product 😂😂😂
Good video mate! That old adage, "gotta have money to make money!" it translates to Pokemon too. I often refer to it (and it's very similar) as the Snowball Affect, the bigger the ball the more snow it picks up, in other words, the more cash you invest the more cash you make!
I feel like when you get into the hundreds of thousands of dollars for modern product, storage starts to become a serious concern. On top of that insurance for theft/fire/flood. Unless you are stupid rich, that amount of money/volume becomes way too much risk for growing serious retirement wealth. My honest opinion is invest in Pokémon if you enjoy it, but if you find yourself starting to have life changing money tied up in sealed product, move that money over to another investment that can’t literally go up in flames. Rudy is also an anomaly. He hoards sealed TCGs as leverage against his current business model (he can continue his patreon if his distribution decided to get rid of him). The dude is also stupid rich.
Like any market, it has peaks and valleys. Sell high, buy low. You need to study the market and understand when to sell and when to buy. Timing is everything. If you're in it for the long haul, you'll do just fine. If you're trying to cut corners and flip quick for profit, you're more likely to take an L. Slow and steady wins the race.
Well there are 2 TYPES of seller you can be. 1) you can sell as you go. So eventually it becomes a daily/weekly thing to list on eBay, list on TCG, package boxes and visit the post office, but you will also need to be good and replenishing your inventory or 2) you just keep buying and buying and one day, cash everything out to one entity and BE OK with taking 65-70% if it means you get to dump 100K worth of products to someone with no work, and still make enough gains to where you’re happy, and I can almost guarantee you there is a big whale or shop that can easily do that for you since they have the volume to turn that over quicker than you can.
Well, if you're smart, you'd sell some. Keep some. Consignment services, Facebook, ebay, tcgplayer. Maybe sell a few cheap cards under market price for the 5 stars. If you can figure out sells then maybe don't invest.
Haha, this is the pokenomics version of those finance videos I’ve seen. Well done! I thought it was entertaining to contextualize this in Pokémon boxes 😊
couldnt agree more, took me 2-3 years to 0-100k my collection, this summer i was at 110k, and not even 5 months later, im at 170k, insanely easy, still getting crushed by my cryptos tho XD
Pokemon exploding, Hurricanes imploding 🏏 Since using the Shiny app a few months ago I’ve noticed gains of around 2K to 3K per month, it’s preforming better than my precious metals. Top video mate👍
Well.. my only concern is the demand.. hopefully Pokémon as a company continues to brainwash wash them kids so.. in the future they become adult like us with bad addiction and ripping packs. Hoarding and collecting.. So then we can sell our bags at a 1000x to them before we die. cough cough
They been at it almost 3 decades , thats almost 3 generations keep coming back every now and then. Not to mention, Japan is very keen at seeding anime and its lifestyle into a young mind and continues to do so in various forms of marketing and products plugging to trail that lifestyle throughout your lifetime. Be it games, foods, cultures,…
There is no risk to modern with xray machines. There is almost no risk from xray machines in vintage. If you dont have 1st edition base set or ex era packs, you should never even think about an xray machine risk.
@TheTpips what do you mean there is no risk? Like they can't see the cards? Or they can't damage the cards? I'm not worried about card damage. I'm thinking they look in the booster box, see no chase cards and then your package is worthless
@axelhoogland9442 the only way kt makes sense to do this is with vintage packs with significant value. I mean there is no risk that any pack worth under 300 dollars will have an cray machine used. No modern packs, ever. Also just ask yourself how many xray machines are gonna be doing this, and how many people are gonna have access. Don't believe what you see on UA-cam or media. Its all just hype. Xraying packs is not a real issue.
@axelhoogland9442 there are plenty of scams out there. Xraying packs is not one that will ever effect you unless you're buying packs worth over a significant amount of money, and those guys won't xray the packs. They would just weigh them. Weighable packs are everything up to breakpoint.
In an alternate universe the big TCG is Sesame St. TCG and Big Bird is the SIR chase and youre making videos talking about elmo and cookie monster cards 🪐
You always explain things with such a calm voice Michael compared to some other Pokémon UA-camrs that scream or shout etc. That's one of the reasons I like coming back to your video's. So keep on going mate.
Michael brings a level of maturity and logic to a market that is kinda batshit crazy. Rock on, Michael! 🤙🏻
If you started Pokemon investing in 2019 and put in $5k on Sun and Moon booster boxes. $1k in each of Team Up, Unbroken Bonds, Unified minds, hidden fates and Cosmic eclipse...Team up would be $35k profit and the rest $10k-$12k profit each. So over $75k in just 5 years.
For reference you could have EASILY bought team up in early 2020 for $70-$80 on sale at most places
Please don't mention the set ill never have in the biggest bubble known since the tulip bubble of Holland
I want to open all the team up. Just got a bb of cosmic for 850 usd
The kind of guy who loves moving the decimal point one place to the right.
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At the moment I’m working out the grading game.
Buying singels that flip x3 at least in a psa10. Started at €200 with €250 grading costs. The net worth is now €1000, so I 2x my money. Sold all the cards, bought 20 new cards, grading costs now €500, if the return is solid, the net worth will be 3k+. Trying to go to 10k in a year time.
Love the video mate.
One thing I try to remember, and it’s something that has been mentioned in your previous videos, is that Pokemon investing for me will only make up a small percentage ( 5-10%) of my total investment portfolio.
I only started collecting and investing in sealed product earlier this year so I’m not actually at 5% yet but that is my intention.
In this context, getting to a value of $100,000 is an amount which, if I do reach it, will take a long time and will come from the growth of the value of the product rather than my limited investment which I try to put in each month.
Another point to mention is that I try not to get too hung up on comparing to other investors / collectors. The typical ‘comparison is the thief of joy’ sentiment applies here as there will always be someone with a bigger investment position or a better collection. Particularly compared to my position as I’ve only been at this for 8 months or so.
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Absolutely
Very well said mate!
Jeez, I have a long way to go, only just started collecting a couple of months back. (‘It’s gone up $20 this week”- that’s me now 😂) thanks for the info 🥃
We will appreciate the exponential growth once we offload our 5 boxes of Paradox Rift 😂
Appreciate your hard work!
Do not forget the costs of storing 400 boxes of each set, shipping fees and commissions.
Good point but that's for all collectibles. 13% for eBay plus shipping (though not always), Facebook market place is possible but could be sketchy, card shows are a good idea but then you're likely bargaining and getting 80-90% Fair market value. Point being there are always some type of "fee" to experience.
Most investors own a home and dont need to pay for additional storage.
That would be millions of dollars. Where did you learn to math
Well fusion is up to 300 so that will take care of those fees your talking about
The thing is, if there are people gaining that much money, that means that there should be some people losing value out there. Either now, in a week or in a year that's difficult to predict
Such a good video. Rly brought a new perspective to me
I love all the numbers.
The risk is that scaling can also spin down.
Invest 40k you haven’t got - hit a dip - can’t pay your rent - eviction and a cold winter pushing a shopping cart round the streets with what used to be 40k of product 😂😂😂
Good video mate! That old adage, "gotta have money to make money!" it translates to Pokemon too. I often refer to it (and it's very similar) as the Snowball Affect, the bigger the ball the more snow it picks up, in other words, the more cash you invest the more cash you make!
I love your chill vibes.
I feel like when you get into the hundreds of thousands of dollars for modern product, storage starts to become a serious concern. On top of that insurance for theft/fire/flood.
Unless you are stupid rich, that amount of money/volume becomes way too much risk for growing serious retirement wealth.
My honest opinion is invest in Pokémon if you enjoy it, but if you find yourself starting to have life changing money tied up in sealed product, move that money over to another investment that can’t literally go up in flames.
Rudy is also an anomaly. He hoards sealed TCGs as leverage against his current business model (he can continue his patreon if his distribution decided to get rid of him). The dude is also stupid rich.
The only problem is how can you sell all of them without a good seller profile, or consistent market.
Like any market, it has peaks and valleys. Sell high, buy low. You need to study the market and understand when to sell and when to buy. Timing is everything. If you're in it for the long haul, you'll do just fine. If you're trying to cut corners and flip quick for profit, you're more likely to take an L. Slow and steady wins the race.
Well there are 2 TYPES of seller you can be. 1) you can sell as you go. So eventually it becomes a daily/weekly thing to list on eBay, list on TCG, package boxes and visit the post office, but you will also need to be good and replenishing your inventory or 2) you just keep buying and buying and one day, cash everything out to one entity and BE OK with taking 65-70% if it means you get to dump 100K worth of products to someone with no work, and still make enough gains to where you’re happy, and I can almost guarantee you there is a big whale or shop that can easily do that for you since they have the volume to turn that over quicker than you can.
Well, if you're smart, you'd sell some. Keep some. Consignment services, Facebook, ebay, tcgplayer. Maybe sell a few cheap cards under market price for the 5 stars. If you can figure out sells then maybe don't invest.
Haha, this is the pokenomics version of those finance videos I’ve seen. Well done! I thought it was entertaining to contextualize this in Pokémon boxes 😊
100k is sick, but I get the idea. Hopefully we get 100k+ pokemon portfolio one day :P
Hit 200k today. I'm really grateful for all the knowledge and nuggets you had thrown my way over the last months. Started with 14k in March 2024
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brother?
The first part was believable. You shouldn’t have added the second part.
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Dont count unrealized gains brother. Sell your shit then tell us you have 200k in cash
Andddddddd
It's gone
It's all gone
Aye aye! First for once 😅
Love the videos man!
Legend! I get more fun from pokemon investing and gold, as I can touch it, feel it, marvel at it's beauty and watch it go Up..then down..then up lol
How the heck did you embed that Greninja
Mate, it's the most fun investment by far!
couldnt agree more, took me 2-3 years to 0-100k my collection, this summer i was at 110k, and not even 5 months later, im at 170k, insanely easy, still getting crushed by my cryptos tho XD
With the market we’re in right now, everyone should have experienced some gains over the past few years
I’m pretty sure Rudy owns CGC.
Damn how you got over $100k in Pokemon cards! I'd insure that shit over $100k
You don’t realize how quickly it adds up
$5k in late 2019/early 2020 on just team up booster boxes (could easily be bought for $70-$80 on sale in Feb 2020) would be $150k today.
@@stevegaspar Insane! Good point... Out of curiosity, would you insure it?
@@danield707 depends on what insurance you have for say your home and contents already. But generally anything over $40k IMO is worth insuring
@@danield707 Absolutely
Albert Einstein once said "Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world".
Lenin once said ‘Charizard is the opium of the people’
Pokemon exploding, Hurricanes imploding 🏏
Since using the Shiny app a few months ago I’ve noticed gains of around 2K to 3K per month, it’s preforming better than my precious metals.
Top video mate👍
That's awesome! And yeah, Hurricanes are no where, like usual mate 🥺😅
People who have made a lot of money in anything most likely had big capital to begin with.
Spot on 🐶 👍
Well.. my only concern is the demand.. hopefully Pokémon as a company continues to brainwash wash them kids so.. in the future they become adult like us with bad addiction and ripping packs. Hoarding and collecting..
So then we can sell our bags at a 1000x to them before we die.
cough cough
They been at it almost 3 decades , thats almost 3 generations keep coming back every now and then. Not to mention, Japan is very keen at seeding anime and its lifestyle into a young mind and continues to do so in various forms of marketing and products plugging to trail that lifestyle throughout your lifetime. Be it games, foods, cultures,…
Just because you have grown doesn't mean you're an adult.
Shiny is cool!
Hope so
Do you have 100k invested in Pokemon?
Lol if an ETB hits bitcoin prices then thats would say alot about our economy
Have you looked into the X-ray machines? Seems like a big risk to sealed? Do you have a video about that?
There is no risk to modern with xray machines.
There is almost no risk from xray machines in vintage.
If you dont have 1st edition base set or ex era packs, you should never even think about an xray machine risk.
@TheTpips what do you mean there is no risk? Like they can't see the cards?
Or they can't damage the cards?
I'm not worried about card damage.
I'm thinking they look in the booster box, see no chase cards and then your package is worthless
@axelhoogland9442 the only way kt makes sense to do this is with vintage packs with significant value. I mean there is no risk that any pack worth under 300 dollars will have an cray machine used. No modern packs, ever.
Also just ask yourself how many xray machines are gonna be doing this, and how many people are gonna have access. Don't believe what you see on UA-cam or media. Its all just hype. Xraying packs is not a real issue.
@axelhoogland9442 there are plenty of scams out there. Xraying packs is not one that will ever effect you unless you're buying packs worth over a significant amount of money, and those guys won't xray the packs. They would just weigh them. Weighable packs are everything up to breakpoint.
@@axelhoogland9442 i would recommend just buying some packs and having fun.
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In an alternate universe the big TCG is Sesame St. TCG and Big Bird is the SIR chase and youre making videos talking about elmo and cookie monster cards 🪐