February 4, 2022
The Week’s Biggest Winner & Loser
Dutch Bros (BROS)
Despite competitor Starbucks (SBUX) (or maybe because of…?), investors remembered that they love caffeinated coffee chains with huge growth potential, causing Dutch Bros (BROS) to leap a whopping +21.59% this week! In a week where nearly every position ended in the green, such a huge pop not only earned BROS the Week’s Biggest Winner spot, but also gave it a Year-To-Date gain of +13.49% where most positions still remain underwater.
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
The past few weeks and months have not been kind to Skyworks Solutions (SWKS). First, Apple (AAPL) announced it would be experimenting making the very chips currently supplied by SWKS, and, then, this week Skyworks missed on its earning report and gave weak guidance. Oof. The nonstop negative news caused SWKS to drop -3.48% in a week where most positions popped, easily “chipping” it into the Week’s Biggest Loser slot.
Portfolio Allocation
Positions
%
Target Position Size
The Speculative Basket
The Speculative Basket is made up of nine (9) positions that cumulatively share two target allocations. While I have more faith in these positions than those in my Speculation in Play portfolio (why they’re in this portfolio), I don’t want a full allocation to any of them.
The current basket members are: Amazon (AMZN), Berkshire-Hathaway (BRK.B), Coinbase (COIN), Dutch Bros (BROS), Rivian (RIVN), Roblox (RBLX), Salesforce (CRM), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Take Two Interactive (TTWO), and Twilio (TWLO).
Current Position Performance
Apple (AAPL)
+905.40%*
1st Buy 4/18/2013 @ $14.17
Current Per-Share: (-$34.65)*
Nvidia (NVDA)
+889.43%*
1st Buy 9/6/2016 @ $15.77
Current Per-Share: (-$22.45)*
Amazon (AMZN)
+786.81%**
1st Buy 2/6/2018 @ $1,382.96
Current Per-Share: $34.77
Tesla (TSLA)
+778.82%*
1st Buy 3/12/2020 @ $111.30
Current Per-Share: (-$93.94)*
Block (SQ)
+667.31%*
1st Buy 8/5/2016 @ $11.10
Current Per-Share: (-$100.30)*
Boeing (BA)
+666.82%*
1st Buy 2/14/2012 @ $79.58
Current Per-Share: (-$192.80)*
Logitech (LOGI)
+662.62%**
1st Buy 11/11/2016 @ $24.20
Current Per-Share: $7.45
Nike (NKE)
+544.08%*
1st Buy 2/14/2012 @ $26.71
Current Per-Share: (-$13.75)*
IDEXX Labs (IDXX)
+478.47%*
1st Buy 7/26/2017 @ $167.29
Current Per-Share: (-$52.18)*
Skyworks (SWKS)
+452.31%*
1st Buy 1/31/2020 @ $113.60
Current Per-Share: (-$57.56)*
Disney (DIS)
+354.98%
1st Buy 2/14/2012 @ $41.70
Current Per-Share: $31.21
Take Two (TTWO)
+348.40%
1st Buy 10/9/2018 @ $128.40
Current Per-Share: $50.23
Salesforce (CRM)
+123.12%
1st Buy 6/11/2018 @ $134.05
Current Per-Share: $98.25
JP Morgan (JPM)
+119.28%
1st Buy 10/26/2017 @ $102.30
Current Per-Share: $69.57
Berkshire (BRK.B)
+72.24%
1st Buy 8/2/2019 @ $199.96
Current Per-Share: $182.87
Dow (DOW)
+68.39%
1st Buy 5/13/2019 @ $53.18
Current Per-Share: $35.99
Twilio (TWLO)
+62.71%
1st Buy 8/8/2019 @ $125.71
Current Per-Share: $118.00
Dutch Bros (BROS)
+42.57%
1st Buy 9/20/2021 @ $42.25
Current Per-Share: $40.50
Canopy (CGC)
+12.16%
1st Buy 5/24/2018 @ $29.53
Current Per-Share: $7.00
Roblox (RLBX)
+4.84%
1st Buy 9/29/2021 @ $77.00
Current Per-Share: $60.80
Coinbase (COIN)
-33.73%
1st Buy 4/14/2021 @ $412.47
Current Per-Share: $293.43
Rivian (RIVN)
-39.01%
1st Buy 11/12/2021 @ $127.00
Current Per-Share: $99.80
* Indicates a position where the capital investment was sold.
Profit % for * positions = Total Profit / Starting Capital Investment
** Indicates a position calculated based on initial investment due to extremely low per-share price (causes ridiculous and inaccurate “gains”)
A negative share price indicates the dollar amount of profit for each share currently held.
This Week’s Moves
“Don’t Just Stand There… Do Nothing!”
Long-term investing can definitely seem tedious when nothing happens for an entire week. Despite virtually the entire of month throwing us deep into Buying Season, the market’s bounce over the course of the past week left me sitting on my hands.
However, on a boring week, I find it worthwhile to reminds myself of one of my favorite investing adages: “Don’t just stand there, do nothing!”
Many investors – particularly new/young investors – will feel compelled to take action when a stock is rallying or selling off, whether that’s chasing up a gain or trying to limit losses. However, after having been involved in the stock market for nearly 25 years, I’ve learned to appreciate that inaction, in itself, is actually an action.
In other words, when the market is raging with volatility like it has the past few weeks, if you don’t know what to do, most of the time the best action is to do nothing at all. Many new investors don’t realize that taking no action is still doing something; there is actually one more move than buying or selling that traders and investors can take – holding.
Right now, the market’s trading above my next sell targets for my positions and below where I can take profits, so, accordingly, my action is to sit pat and hold. If you can’t take the volatile price swings, stop checking your portfolio and do something else. Or, at the very least, don’t just stand there, do nothing.
Have a great week, everyone!
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