Just when you make a plan
So I had started to work on a plan to reduce the number of stocks that I have and add to some positions and then the whole stock market goes crazy. Today is February 5th, 2026 and everything is dropping…
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February 5,2026
Yesterday was a bad day for the Technology Sector. This is the results of the day for those stocks that I own which I consider to be my AI stocks. There is an awful lot of red in that list!…
A change in my thought process
Over this last weekend I did a lot of soul searching and trying to see if the way I was buying stocks was really working for me. Currently I own 58 stocks. That’s a lot and the problem is, some…
What I missed about ETFs
Silly me! I have recently bought into a few (8) ETFs in my portfolio. But I was laboring under a misimpression when I bought them. Because I am a beginner at this whole thing, I misunderstood the way that they…
January 27,2026
I am excited about UMC. It’s been 2 years of it being down by a dollar or more per share, and I just held on and now it has finally hit its stride. The new technology that they have now…
January 25, 2026
It’s been a few days, and it’s been interesting. I added 2 new stocks to my portfolio, one I consider to be speculative, and the other is something I have been wanting to buy for a long time and should…
January 20,2026
It’s the first day back after a 3-day closure of the market. Monday was Martin Luther King Day, so I was expecting things to drop. However the real story his more about the way that the president is calling for…
Adding some ETFs
I have made a plan for the addition of ETFs. I think from my reading, the best thing to do is to have mostly high dividend ETFs and some growth ETFs. My starter plan is to have 6 dividend and…
January 18, 2026
Today is Sunday and of course the stock market is closed. It was closed yesterday and will be closed tomorrow for MLK day (a national holiday). I wish I had more data on what happens on the next day after…
January 15, 2026
I had a weird thought, and I know I can’t act on this right away, but it’s pretty interesting. One thing we all worry about it our utility bills, right? I happen to be pretty lucky because a little while…