End of August 2026 portfolio update.
Since inception (2020): 15.5%
YTD: +29.8%
S&P500: +12%
Nasdaq: +2%
Here are my most recent buys YTD:
$AMZN +30.3%
$MSFT +25.8%
$MA +18.5%
$V +15.5%
$INTU +14.8%
$MELI +13.1%
$MCO +12.3%
$SPGI +5.9%
$META -4%
Most people won't trust a guy with a $20k portfolio, and I completely understand that.
I’m not here to sell you anything. I don't need nor want your money.
BUT...
If you find value in what I share, hit that follow button, it literally costs you nothing.
@FindleysFinance Crazy? No! Opportunistic? Perhaps. If it's undervalued by that big of a margin a big upside could be coming soon. And we already had one though.
@StockOptionCole Yes Cole. Whatever is happening in the stock market we just don't care. We buy quality companies hand over fist and eventually they'll get related and the patient investor get rewarded.
@NotA_Bull We don't know. Sometimes it just behaves irrational you know. As long as the fundamentals are sound, no need to worry. And Jef need to stop selling tho.
@Mr_Derivatives I donr think it really matters all that much. I'd love him to see kept his shares but in the end such opportunity given as we see right now, we should take it with both hands
Market swings from pure delusion to irrational panic lately.
Earlier this year, the consensus on Wall Street was that Mega-Cap tech was drastically overextended.
$MSFT shares got dumped all the way down to a 52-week low of $349.20. I bought at $385.
True market alpha is having the patience to pick up elite, multi-trillion-dollar tollbooths when the crowd throws them out with the bathwater.
Are you clicking the follow button yet?
@dividendology Buying $PEP or $MCD could be potentially be a good choice. I don't think any of the list is undervalued but possible approaching fair value territory.
There are 100 ways to get rich in the market:
• Day trading
• Value investing
• Options trading
• Buy and hold
People have made millions doing all of them. But there is no "one-size-fits-all" strategy.
A 28-year-old with $50,000 is playing a completely different game than a 68-year-old with $1,000,000.
Here are 2 risks that are costing you:
1. Watching someone on X make 80% on options while you make a steady 15%.
2. Shifting from a long-term investor to a short-term speculator because of FOMO.
You don't need an opinion on Bitcoin, oil, or whatever company reports tonight.
@Mr_Derivatives If the +5% yields last long enough, more money will flood out of stocks and get into the bond market. There could be something going on though
@david_katunaric That's true. But remember that most people write or proofread with AI and AI just like to write "we" as a standard. That's what we do aswell with our portfolio we're running on X.
A strange paradox in modern personal finance I can't wrap my head around:
A retail consumer will happily sign a contract to go $50,089 into high-interest debt for a brand-new depreciating car, according to August 2026 data from Kelley Blue Book.
But, deploying $5,000 of cash into a dominant, high-quality compounding company with an elite moat is viewed as “too risky.”
20% of its value will be lost when you drive of the lot immediately. By year 5, it has bled roughly 50-60% of its initial worth, leaving you with an asset worth $12,000 while you paid thousands in interest.
A dominant monopoly compounding its cash flow at 15% annually turns that $5,000 into over $10,000. It pays you a dividend and probably expands its moat further.
The speed at which sentiment has shifted in the stock market is proof that retail investing is driven entirely by human psychology.
Just a few quarters ago, most people REFUSED to touch Mega-Cap giants like $AMZN $MSFT and $META . They all had the same panic over bloated AI CapEx spend and margin compression, which still holds true.
Those same investors are probably trampling over themselves to chase these stocks now that they've charged 30% or higher since the YTD lows.
Human nature never changes.
Congratulations to the disciplined investors who ignored the negative sentiment and made big money ❤️
Dominant monopolies like $AMZN and $META have effectively become the new consumer staples of the modern economy.
Half the connected world logs into a Meta app every single day. Amazon Web Services and their logistics network process the literal commerce and data of the globe.
How can you be bearish?