THREAD // How I Invest 1. Successful Investing starts with Education 2. Psychology of Trading & General Rules 3. Essentials of Fundamental Analysis 4. Master Technical Analysis 5. Screening for Stocks 6. Making a Watchlist 7. Money Management 8. Diversification of Accounts

Folks on X celebrating who own stocks down 40% YTD but up a few points from their low of -50%. The broke leading the clueless.

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Takers (socialists) never have enough of someone else's earned money: Total Government Spending: France's total public expenditure sits at approximately 57% to 57.3% of GDP, which is among the highest in the developed world and the second highest in the euro area.

Just have AI security bots fight the AI hacker bots. Problem solved. 😎🤣

The $SE stage 2 setup failed with the recent breakdown. "Stage 2 breakout bases of institutional-quality stocks have a high success rate in a healthy market uptrend, with many advancing 20% or more from the buy point." This isn't a "healthy market" We'll see if it can rebound and make a new setup.

$IREN - $27.73, down 42% since I first asked about it. It's been a tough environment for these stocks without positive earnings. No position.

Just like others, this isn't the environment for stocks with negative fundamentals. $ASTS: -68% YTD Be patient and wait for a catalyst change (specifically, growing earnings).

If you want to know why $IREN is 64% off its high and down 60% YTD, just look at the fundamentals. The environment for this type of stock has soured in 2026. It may have big potential but be patient. You need a catalyst change and a positive trend for fundamentals.

$MNTN - $9.93 Sitting on the 200d ma. Fundamentals positive & growing for this small cap stock Watching.

I went against my fundamentals with $CRWV and held after making some nice initial gains due to believing in a local firm with a masive backlog. The stock may still work out but as I noted earlier, I sold the position - to protect against uncertainty. I will place the funds elsewhere, at some point, focused on positive and growing fundamentals.

I sold $CRWV today, taking the loss as I believe there are better options setting up. I now own 11 individual positions, with YTD %: $AAPL +26.3% $NVDA +16.6% $V +15.6% $AMZN +13.6% $MSFT +11.1% $GOOGL +10.1% $META +6.5% $UBER -15.1% ($65.00 cost basis so a slight gain) $ELF +49.5% $ANET +39.6% $RDDT -32.7% ($149.84 cost basis so a slight gain) The YTD results are +11.2% through today, including the $CRWV position at the sale price. The $CRWV cost basis was $88.08. The other three stocks I sold in 2026 were $SNOW, $SHOP & $HOOD (all three were sold for gains from prior years). I've been mostly quiet in 2026 but it has led to an average YTD gain in a market with 70%+ of stocks showing a YTD loss.

The Mag stocks and few others are the ones holding up the indexes. If they go, the whole market goes. We will see a true market correction at that point. Let's see what happens as the Mags start reporting this week.

$V closed above $400 for the first time ever, a new all-time high. Getting extended short term. Holding shares

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$ELF is moving again, touched $115 today and up nearly 50% YTD +135% from the low. Holding Shares

It's weeks like this that I sit back and kick my feet up towards the folks who actively make fun of my long term portfolio. AI growth portfolios are getting absolutely rocked. Wisdom, patience and risk management usually come with age/experience. I would have been a lot more exposed 20 years ago.