Rod's Account Talk

[Rod]

Bought FIG @ 94.70.

God Bless!

 

[Rod]

Bought BMNR @ 31.27.

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[Rod]

I sold the following today:

BMNR @ 33.78 for a +8.03 gain (from yesterday!).

INTC @ 20.44 for a +5.96 gain.

MBC @ 12.29 for a +4.80% gain. (Was down 5.80% on Friday.)

I bought the following today:

More AAPL @ 209.53 for a cost basis of 211.02.

AMC @ 2.84 (Speculative Play).

AMD @ 158.43.

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[Rod]

Today, I hit a YTD high of +22.92%.

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[Rod]

I sold the following today:

AMD @ 170.66 for a +7.72% gain.

AAPL @ 219.46 for a +4.00% gain. (Was down 4.77% last Friday.)

AMZN @ 225.11 for a +2.08% gain. (Was down 2.61% last Friday.)

TSLL @ 11.61 for a +1.94% gain. (Was down 9.40% last Friday.)

God Bless!

 

[tsptalk]

Well done!

 

[Rod]

Well done!

Thank you, Tom!

 

[Rod]

I bought the following today:

TTD @ 55.87.

CMG @ 42.62.

I sold the following today:

IONQ @ 41.38 for a gain of +1.02%. (Was down 6.96% last Friday).

AMC @ 2.87 for a gain of +0.94%.

SBUX @ 91.57 for a gain of +0.45%. (Was down 4.65% last Friday).

God Bless!

 

[Rod]

Update:

Please note: I'm posting this so you can witness how I routinely dig myself out of holes and then sell for a profit... no matter how long I may hold onto a position. Patience (and not panic) is key!

My YTD Return: +20.58%

My "dry powder", or cash: 72%

My unrealized (means I haven't sold yet) gains and losses:

UNH: -20.40%

UBER: -10.38%

TSLL: -9.40%

IONQ: -6.96%

MBC: -5.80%

AAPL: -4.77%

SBUX: -4.65%

AMZN: -2.61%

INTC: +0.10%

As opportunities present, I will likely average down on some of these.

God Bless!

A follow-up from last Friday's post...

My YTD Return: +23.18%

My "dry powder", or cash: 82%

My unrealized losses that have become realized gains:

MBC: +4.80%

AAPL: +4.00%

AMZN: +2.08%

TSLL: +1.94%

IONQ: +1.02%

SBUX: +0.45%

My current positions:

FIG: -17.37%

UBER: -7.50%

UNH: -6.79% (Was -20.40% last Friday.)

TTD: -3.27% (Bought today when it was down over 38%.)

CMG: -2.62% (Bought on the 52-week low.)

In time, I will turn these into realized gains.

God Bless!

 

[Rod]

I day traded the following today:

Bought AI @ 15.25 (3 minutes after market open) and then sold @ 16.65 (30 minutes after market open) for a gain of +9.14%.
Then I bought it again @ 16.55, and went long.

I bought the following today:

Bought IONQ @ 14.22.

Bought NVDA @ 182.97.

Bought AMC @ 3.07.

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[Rod]

I bought the following today:

TSLL @ 13.09.

SG @ 9.59.

I sold the following today:

AMC @ 3.07 for a gain of +1.30%.

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[Rod]

I bought the following today:

CAVA @ 70.23.

I speculated on the BLSH IPO with a rather high entry of 109.09. If it doesn't soon recover, I will be averaging down on it.

BTW, my UNH position is finally in the green. I was down over 20% on it two Fridays ago.

Once again, unless the company is going bankrupt, there is no need to sell at a significant loss. Just wait it out, averaging down when it makes sense to do so.

God Bless!

 

[Rod]

BTW, my UNH position is finally in the green. I was down over 20% on it two Fridays ago.

Once again, unless the company is going bankrupt, there is no need to sell at a significant loss. Just wait it out, averaging down when it makes sense to do so.

God Bless!

Berkshire Hathaway announced today that it had purchased 5 millions shares of UNH last quarter. A stake that was worth about $1.6 billion at the time.
Currently, UNH is up over +10% in after hours.

My position is now up +11.25%, and growing.

Patience indeed pays.

God Bless!

 

[Rod]

I bought the following today:

INTC @ 22.05.

More BLSH @ 77.87 for a cost basis of 93.54.

PLTR @ 183.50.

UPS @ 87.98.

More SG @ 9.14 for a cost basis of 9.36.

God Bless!

 

[Rod]

Just a reminder...

For those who may not know me, I joined TSP Talk in Jun 2004- within 5 months of its launch. I became a moderator shortly thereafter. I "retired" from that some time ago. A few years ago, I rolled over my military TSP into an IRA so I could have greater control of it, not to mention "limitless" investment options.

Technically, I still have a TSP account, but it is a civilian TSP- where I worked for only a few months in 2019. Therefore, its balance is quite low. I've kept it parked in "C" the entire time, and have not made any IFTs. Its YTD is that of the C Fund, itself- +10.78%.

It's been nice having unlimited control over my investments. I've done quite well since rolling over my military TSP into an IRA.

I want to publicly thank Tom for allowing me to continue my "Account Talk" with my trades/investments outside of the TSP. One thing is for certain, it has kept me active again on the forums. There aren't many of us TSP Talk "OG"'s still around. I'm talking about those folks who joined in 2004.
We've certainly witnessed and navigated a ton of ups and downs that Mr. Market threw at us the past 21+ years! And man, I've learned a lot!

LORD willing, I will have another 20+ years navigating Mr. Market.

God Bless!

 

[tsptalk]

It's nice to have you back as a regular, Rod. I've enjoyed your posts!

You made me curious, so here is the short list of forum members who registered back during our first year in 2004, and are still signing in (or have this year.)

 

[Rod]

It's nice to have you back as a regular, Rod. I've enjoyed your posts!

You made me curious, so here is the short list of forum members who registered back during our first year in 2004, and are still signing in (or have this year.)

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Thank you, Tom! That is certainly a "short list!" It's fun going back and looking through some of my first posts.

 

[Rod]

I sold the following today:

INTC @ 24.61 for a gain of +11.64% (from yesterday!).

UNH @ 299.17 for a gain of +11.10%. (Was down over 20% two weeks ago.) Patience pays!

AI @ 17.85 for a gain of +7.87%.

I then day traded UNH for a quick gain of +0.55%.

I then went long on UNH @ 309.32.

God Bless!

 

[Rod]

On Monday, 18 Aug, I will begin a part-time job in order to remain more active in my "retirement." Therefore, I will likely hang on to my swing positions a little longer than usual until I develop my new daily routine.

My YTD: +23.12%. (My YTD High was +24.34, hit on 12 Aug.)

My "dry powder", or available cash: 55%.

My current positions, along with their unrealized gains/losses:

CMG: +3.39%

UPS: +0.90%

BLSH: -25.47% (Speculative. Plan to average down.)

FIG: -15.73% (Plan to average down.)

TTD: -7.26%

TSLL: -7.18%

IONQ: -4.91%

UBER: -4.20%

PLTR: -3.47%

UNH: -1.72%

NVDA: -1.50%

SG: -1.40%

CAVA: -0.98%

God Bless!

 

[Rod]

I bought the following in the pre-market:

SQQQ @ 18.07

SPXU @ 15.41

Now that I am working part-time, a lot of my buys will be in the pre-market.

God Bless!