Wow, September was a roller coaster of a month. It started not so good, then went crazy for a few weeks and then ended on a doozy. At one point, I hit 55% YTD, and then in the last few days of the month, gave back a lot of those gains, finishing the month just […]
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August 2021 Portfolio Recap & Some Earnings Notes
August was a tremendous month. My portfolio was up 14% for the month and hit an all-time high for the year with a YTD return of 40.62%! It seems Fed’s easy monetary policies combined with Jerome Powell’s solid navigation of a tapering timeline to mitigate a “taper tantrum” has enabled growth stocks to continue to […]
Continue ReadingJuly 2021 Month End & Some Earnings Recaps
Another solid month for the portfolio as we start moving into earnings season. I made a few changes to my portfolio that I will detail towards the end of this post, but basically, I am continuing to consolidate my portfolio to higher conviction companies and investing less in speculative plays. After reviewing some realized losses […]
Continue ReadingJune 2021 Month End Portfolio Recap
I started my February update with Wow. What a f’ing terrible week. Good grief. *facepalm* I suppose I’ll start my June update with: What an amazing June comeback! ??? Investing in growth stocks and concentrating your entire brokerage portfolio to 20-30 core positions that aren’t terribly diversified is not for the faint of heart. After […]
Continue ReadingJune 2021 Mid-Month Update
General Update It’s been a few months since my last update. Quite frankly, I got tired of the market’s volatility and needed some time away from following the market too closely since I knew from previous experience that this would be the best way to prevent myself from making any emotional decisions I would likely […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 2021 Month End Portfolio Recap
What a crazy month. GameStop has been the talk of the week and for good reason. GameStop’s ($GME) stock price has literally 80x’d in the past year and has increased 17x year-to-date. I must admit my good fortune, where I got in around $12 back in October after listening to a Motley Fool podcast about […]
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