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Darwin’s Portfolio

Portfolio Update – I Tripled the S&P500 – Again!

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve shared a portfolio update.  Since last update was in October (all portfolio updates here), it’s only fair to compare the performance of my holdings at that time from October to present versus the S&P500. So, if you held the same shares I did since last update (and [...]

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Darwin’s 2011 Goals – Gonna Crush It!

I’m pretty pumped about 2011.  I had the best blogging year ever in 2010 (my accomplishments vs goals), my investments have performed spectacularly (my portfolio), I contributed a healthy amount to our kids’ 529 plans, I’m firing on all cylinders at work and our family’s having a blast.  But I also made some mistakes and [...]

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Darwin’s Portfolio October Update – It’s a Winner!

I’ve been updating on my portfolio performance monthly (see updates here) by showing what an even-weighted portfolio of my long stock holdings would do against the S&P500 index, which most professional money managers fail to beat over time.  Thus far this year, both my long holdings and my total portfolio performance (includes options trades, shorting [...]

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Darwin’s Portfolio Performance: Up 10.5% 1 Month (Sep Update)

I’ve been sharing the performance of my long positions in my trading account each month so folks can see how I’m doing if for nothing other than sheer entertainment value (I’m not a professional, certified, blah, blah, blah).  Anyway, since the last update on Aug 14, here’s how you would have performed if you invested [...]

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Darwin’s Portfolio – August Update

It’s been a while since I update on the long portion of my portfolio, so here’s how my stock holdings performed vs. the S&P500.  Since my last update on June 7, if you held an equal weighting of the stocks I have in my long portfolio segment, you’d have beaten the S&P500 handily for the [...]

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How I Made 164% Today on Apple Options

  I made a 1 day gain of 164% today assuming Apple opens at or above the current after hours quote of $259.2 per share.  How?  Well, I used leverage on a purely speculative move (so don’t try this at home if you don’t fully understand the risks – namely that 2/3 of all stock [...]

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Darwin’s Portfolio June: Finally a Loss, But a Silver Lining

As you know, I’ve been providing monthly updates from my trading portfolio.  My May Update was on 5/16, so returns are based on 5/17-6/7 for a hypothetical even-weighted portfolio of long holdings (* silver lining in my other positions).  Over the past several months, the Darwin portfolio has outperformed the S&P500, but not so this [...]

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Darwin’s May Portfolio Unveiled: The Fully Monty

As is customary, I unveil my trading portfolio monthly so readers can track my performance compared to the prior month for a hypothetical basket of the same stocks evenly split, as well as any trades I made in between.  My last update was over at Darwin’s Finance (April Portfolio Update).  Since that update was on [...]

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