Wow. What a f’ing terrible week. Good grief. ?♂️?♂️?♂️?♂️?♂️ Remember when I wrote that in my “Reasons Why I Invest in Individual Stocks” post and noted that investing can be a humbling process? Yeah, this was definitely a week that humbled me and made me rethink my entire portfolio strategy. After weeks of huge market […]
Continue ReadingSprout Social’s $SPT Q4 2020 Earnings Recap
As a former Sprout Social employee who still owns the majority of his shares, I figure it’s important to review every earnings report to see if I believe the company is still on the right track or if I should re-allocate those investment dollars elsewhere. Yesterday, Sprout Social ($SPT) announced their Q4 ’20 earnings report […]
Continue ReadingFiverr’s $FVRR Q4 2020 Earnings Recap
How was Fiverr’s Q4 2020 Earnings? I thought Fiverr had a great Q4 earnings report. There was a lot to like as they continue to benefit from the gig economy and the secular trends in freelancer hiring. Here’s the key stats: Q4 Revenue was up 89.4% to $55.9 M and finished the year at $189.5 […]
Continue ReadingWhen to Sell or Trim a Stock Position
When it comes to investing in stocks, I frequently get the question, “When do you sell a stock?” In today’s article, I’m going to review my process on how to decide when to sell or trim a stock. I’ll be using Fastly ($FSLY) as a case study in this whole process. First, a little context […]
Continue ReadingStock Market Recap: Week of Feb. 14 – 20, 2021
What Happened in the Market (and the World) This Week? S&P 500 return this week: -0.71%S&P 500 return YTD: 4.23% This was a pretty volatile week. Tech stocks got hit pretty hard early in the week but finished on a good note. Wednesday was a total bloodbath, red everywhere. The economic data that came in […]
Continue Reading3 Reasons Why You Should Buy & Invest in Bitcoin
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of bitcoin and you’ve probably pondered even ever so briefly at one point or another, “Should I buy some bitcoin?” I personally think it might at least be worth another consideration and I’ll give you 5 reasons why, but before I give you my reasons, […]
Continue Reading5 Reasons Why I Invest in Individual Stocks and Why You Should Too
I like investing in individual stocks. It’s fun, it’s interesting, I learn a lot doing it and most of all, it helps provide for my family and my future retirement. Now don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with just investing in a low-cost index fund and most people already do to some degree if […]
Continue Reading101 Guide to the FIRE Movement and How to Achieve FIRE
This article is going to be about the FIRE movement, what it is and the basics on how to achieve FIRE. Since there are already a lot of articles written about FIRE, I will focus on providing high level definitions and then providing my own insights and perspectives on it. What is the FIRE Movement? […]
Continue ReadingStock Market Recap: Week of Feb. 7 – 13, 2021
What Happened in the Market (and the World) This Week? S&P 500 return this week: 1.23%S&P 500 return YTD: 4.94% The market just keeps going up. It’s incredible how much positive momentum there is right now given the low interest rate environment and the Fed printing money plus $1.9 T in stimulus up for grabs. […]
Continue ReadingMore Q4 Earnings Recaps: Chegg, Alteryx, Corsair, Yeti, DataDog, Cloudflare
There were a number of notable earnings this week. I was not one of the lucky ones that had invested in Hubspot ($HUBS) or Zillow ($Z) that saw some huge share price gains this week after their earnings release. In fact, only one company that I own was up after their earnings release: Monday:Chegg ($CHGG) […]
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