August 5, 2022

Get Irked - Investments in Play - August 5, 2022

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The Week’s Biggest Winner & Loser

Coinbase (COIN)

If you buy a stock, the worst it can do is go to zero. If you short a stock, the worst it can do is go to infinity. In Coinbase’s (COIN) case, it was the latter, as the significant short position in the stock had to cover like mad when news broke that Blackrock Investing Group (BLK) has partnered with COIN to offer institutional investors a way to buy Bitcoin. The resulting short squeeze caused Coinbase to pop an astound +47.79% in a single week, easily earning it the spot of the Week’s Biggest Winner by a very, very wide margin!

Zoetis (ZTS)

Zoetis (ZTS), the pet medical play, reported a slightly disappointing quarter, and, in this market, that’s all it takes to get slammed. ZTS dropped -4.35% into the week’s end, causing the beleaguered pet play to go into the weekend as the Week’s Biggest Loser.

Portfolio Allocation

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Positions

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Target Position Size

Get Irked - Investments in Play - Current Holdings - August 5, 2022

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Portfolio Breakdown

Get Irked - Year-to-Date Performance - Investments in Play vs. Speculation in Play - 2022 Year-to-Date Performance

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Year-to-Date Performance

The “Baskets”

The Investments in Play portfolio contains a number of groups of stocks called “baskets.” I use baskets when I want exposure to a certain sector, but I want to use more than one stock to get that exposure without giving each individual stock an allocation.

In this portfolio, there is the Financials Basket which includes stocks that provide the portfolio with exposure to the financial sector which includes money-center banks, credit card companies, and investment management firms.

The Pets Basket includes the two leaders in pet health, long-time holding IDEXX Labs (IDXX) and newcomer Zoetis (ZTS). Both are considered “Best-in-Breed” (pun intended) for different reasons which is why I’m holding both of them instead of just picking one or over the other.

Additionally, there are two speculative baskets in the portfolio: Old-Spec and New-Spec.

Companies in the Old-Spec basket are ones with long track records where I want to have some exposure in the portfolio but I’m not confident enough to give each a full allocation.

New-Spec companies are typically stocks either new on the scene or representing a fairly new approach or sector, where, like Old-Spec, I want exposure but I don’t want a full allocation of any individual company.

Current Position Performance

Apple (AAPL)

+878.26%*

1st Buy 4/18/2013 @ $14.17
Current Per-Share: (-$40.85)*

Tesla (TSLA)

+735.22%*

1st Buy 3/12/2020 @ $111.30
Current Per-Share: (-$78.43)*

Nvidia (NVDA)

+717.35%*

1st Buy 9/6/2016 @ $15.77
Current Per-Share:  (-$5.75)*

Block (SQ)

+603.04%*

1st Buy 8/5/2016 @ $11.10
Current Per-Share: (-$71.45)*

Boeing (BA)

+601.92%*

1st Buy 2/14/2012 @ $79.58
Current Per-Share: (-$148.35)*

Nike (NKE)

+437.18%*

1st Buy 2/14/2012 @ $26.71
Current Per-Share: (-$6.08)*

Skyworks (SWKS)

+388.53%*

1st Buy 1/31/2020 @ $113.60
Current Per-Share: (-$33.65)*

IDEXX Labs (IDXX)

+380.20%*

1st Buy 7/26/2017 @ $167.29
Current Per-Share: (-$39.57)*

Logitech (LOGI)

+359.13%

1st Buy 11/11/2016 @ $24.20
Current Per-Share: $12.70

Disney (DIS)

+188.58%

1st Buy 2/14/2012 @ $41.70
Current Per-Share: $36.95

Amazon (AMZN)

+137.64%

1st Buy 2/6/2018 @ $69.15
Current Per-Share: $59.25

Meta (META)

+71.64%*

1st Buy 9/16/2017 @ $128.58
Current Per-Share: -($64.60)*

Take Two (TTWO)

+68.20%

1st Buy 10/9/2018 @ $128.40
Current Per-Share: $75.60

Salesforce (CRM)

+65.73%

1st Buy 6/11/2018 @ $134.05
Current Per-Share: $114.75

Berkshire (BRK.B)

+59.71%

1st Buy 8/2/2019 @ $199.96
Current Per-Share: $182.87

Dow (DOW)

+54.37%

1st Buy 5/13/2019 @ $53.18
Current Per-Share: $33.35

JP Morgan (JPM)

+52.12%

1st Buy 10/26/2017 @ $102.30
Current Per-Share: $76.10

Dutch Bros (BROS)

+18.52%

1st Buy 9/20/2021 @ $42.25
Current Per-Share: $37.25

Visa (V)

+13.42%

1st Buy 5/9/2022 @ $194.00
Current Per-Share: $190.33

Zoetis (ZTS)

+10.83%

1st Buy 6/13/2022 @ $157.55
Current Per-Share: $157.55

Morgan Stan (MS)

+7.33%

1st Buy 4/25/2022 @ $83.50
Current Per-Share: $80.25

Roblox (RLBX)

+6.93%

1st Buy 9/29/2021 @ $77.00
Current Per-Share: $46.05

Schwab (SCHW)

-5.11%

1st Buy 4/18/2022 @ $76.30
Current Per-Share: $73.04

Twilio (TWLO)

-27.23%

1st Buy 8/8/2019 @ $125.71
Current Per-Share: $116.70

Rivian (RIVN)

-39.95%

1st Buy 11/12/2021 @ $127.00
Current Per-Share: $59.40

Canopy (CGC)

-51.94%

1st Buy 5/24/2018 @ $29.53
Current Per-Share: $5.62

Coinbase (COIN)

-56.18%

1st Buy 4/14/2021 @ $412.47
Current Per-Share: $212.34

* Indicates a position where the capital investment was sold.
Profit % for * positions = Total Profit / Starting Capital Investment

A negative share price indicates the dollar amount of profit for each share currently held.

This Week’s Moves

Dutch Bros (BROS): Profit-Taking

The bull rally on Wednesday carried Dutch Bros (BROS) through my next profit-taking target with a sell that filled at $43.49. The sale only reduced my per-share cost -1.19% from $37.70 to $37.25, but served the more important purpose of locking in an astronomical +89.33% gain selling half the shares I bought for $22.97 less than three months ago on May 12.

From here, my next sell target is $61.85, just under a past point of resistance, and my next buy target is $25.35, right at a key Fibonacci Retracement level and above a past point of brief support on BROS’ run up from its $20.05 all-time low.

BROS closed the week at $44.15, up +1.52% from where I took profits on Wednesday.

Roblox (RBLX): Profit-Taking

Roblox (RBLX) continued last week’s rally through Monday and into Tuesday this week, triggering my next sell order on Tuesday morning at $46.90, right before the stock touched its 150-Day Moving Average and retreated.

It might seem strange that I took profits when the sale only lowered my per-share cost -0.11% from $46.10 to $46.05, however, the key discipline at play here was taking profits on some of the shares I bought at $26.23 back on May 9 – locking in a whopping +78.80% gain in less than three months!

By freeing up that capital, I am able to raise my next buy target to $25.65, above a key point of support on RBLX’s way up from its $21.65 bottom earlier this year. My next sell target is much higher from here at $73.05, below a point of resistance from its last rally earlier in 2022.

RBLX closed the week at $49.24, up +4.99% from where I took profits on Tuesday.

Want Further Clarification?

As always, if you have questions about any of my positions or have positions of your own that you’re curious about – feel free to leave a comment below!

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