Nothing fancy. No calls here. Just buying shares of great companies when I think they’re temporarily mispriced. Have done this with many others with same results. I also have a call options sandbox and a foundation of S&P index, bonds and cash. Not smarter than anyone. Just plenty of liquidity and discipline. Wait and buy fear…wait again and trim/sell strength, repeat. Post COVID, it’s been basically that easy. My returns have been nearly 2x the index over the last 6 years with this strategy. That includes my foundational boring portfolio and my cash/bonds. Without that drag, much greater over performance.
I have losses too. But not a lot. I only own a few positions at a time. It’s important to me what I buy, and even more important when. Many of you do better but this works for me. Age 52. $10.3m portfolio.
90% invested when value is easy to find. 60% invested when hard to find.
Results of these 3 positions vs SPY if bought instead on same day:
Amazon vs SPY
04/21/25: +61.59% vs +45.2%
04/09/25: +58.27% vs +37.3%
04/04/25: +56.26% vs +47.6%
04/14/25: +50.06% vs +38.5%
03/13/25: +40.21% vs +35.7%
03/27/26: +34.91% vs +17.6%
03/03/26: +30.98% vs +9.9%
07/23/26: +15.93% vs +1.1%
Google vs SPY
07/10/23: +202.72% vs +69.91%
07/05/23: +192.89% vs +68.58%
03/07/24: +167.97% vs +45.11%
05/20/25: +116.66% vs +26.01%
03/11/25: +113.51% vs +34.5%
07/23/26: +11.43% vs +1.20%
Apple vs SPY
11/24/20: +169.00 vs +105.67%
10/06/20: +168.59% vs +123.04%
03/08/21 lot one: +163.76% vs +101.94%
03/08/21 lot two: +159.86% vs +101.94%
06/04/21: +145.53% vs +76.77%
06/22/21: +131.63% vs +76.56%
09/23/22: +106.16% vs +103.02%
05/02/22: +97.01% vs +80.23%
04/10/24: +84.17% vs +49.22%
03/07/24: +82.24% vs +45.11%
03/16/26: +22.01% vs +11.96%