Jan 8, 2021
Summing Up The Week Before I start this week’s Week in Review, I wanted to take a moment to address the horrific events that happened on Wednesday, where pro-Trump extremists performed a siege on the U.S. Capitol and five individuals died. The acts of the...
Jan 6, 2021
Cash on the Sidelines One of the key strategies to my success is keeping cash on the sidelines. New investors might think keeping cash on the sidelines means missing out on gains since the more money you have invested, the more gains you see, however, by having cash...
Jan 5, 2021
Never, EVER sell into Panic! One of the key rules to long-term investing is to never sell into a panic. While it can be incredibly painful and difficult to resist the urge to liquidate your positions when a market-wide selloff happens, selling into a panic never pays...
Jan 4, 2021
How did Buying and Selling in Stages do in 2020? The below chart shows the overall performance of my Investments in Play portfolio in two ways: 1. The light blue bar shows how the position fared if an investor bought at the beginning of the year and held for the...
Jan 2, 2021
Get Irked Destroyed the S&P 500 in 2020 Speculation in Play: +53.75% Investments in Play: +43.31% S&P 500: +16.26% Click on the chart to enlarge it for a bigger view The most overused word to describe the events of 2020 was definitely...
