Heavenly Father, before anything else, I just want to say thank You. Thank You for life, for health, protection, wisdom, strength, and every opportunity You continue to place in front of us. Father, we know that every achievement is not only about what we can see on the screen. Behind every milestone are lessons, patience, discipline, mistakes, corrections, and moments when we had to trust You even when we couldn’t see the outcome. Today, I thank You, God, for allowing me to experience another milestone with my trading community. I just reached $1,266,287 🚀🚀🚀 Lord, keep us humble when things are going well. Give us wisdom when things become difficult. Help us never allow money, profit, or success to become bigger than You in our lives. Give us the discipline to know when to enter, when to wait, when to take profit, and most importantly, when to walk away. Your Word says: “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” – Philippians 4:13 This verse reminds me that strength doesn’t only show up when everything is going perfectly. Sometimes strength is having the patience to wait. Sometimes it is accepting a loss and learning from it. Sometimes it is having the discipline not to take a trade when there is no setup. And sometimes it is simply trusting God through a season where we don’t understand what is happening. Father, whatever success You allow us to experience, help us use it wisely. Give us the wisdom to manage what You place in our hands, the humility to keep learning, and the heart to help other people grow instead of making them feel like they are behind. 🙏 And Lord, I pray for everyone reading this. As we come to the end of this week, please cover every person and their family. Protect their homes, health, finances, businesses, jobs, and everything that concerns them. Let good news locate them. Let favor speak for them in places they cannot speak for themselves. Open doors that no person can shut. Give them peace where there has been stress, direction where there has been confusion, strength where there has been weakness, and hope where they may have been feeling discouraged. Bless their families. Protect their children and loved ones. Give them wisdom with every decision they make, and let the coming days bring testimonies, opportunities, breakthroughs, and reasons to smile. May nobody reading this walk into unnecessary trouble. May God go ahead of us, guide our steps, protect us from what we cannot see, and give us the wisdom to recognize the opportunities that are meant for us. In Jesus’ name, Amen. 🙏❤️ 📊 TODAY’S LIVE TRADING WITH MY TRADING COMMUNITY The positions shown include: $MU$930 Call 105 contracts Average price: $15.75 Market value: $825,825 Realized Profit: +$660,450 $COIN$167.50 Call 155 contracts Average price: $3.00 Market value: $418,112.50 Realized Profit: +$371,612.50 $HOOD$105 Call 150 contracts Average price: $2.03 Market value: $218,625 Realized Profit: +$188,175 $GOOG$342.50 Call 150 contracts Average price: $2.23 Market value: $79,500 Realized Profit: +$46,050 Combined Realized Profit: $1,266,287.50 🔥 Now, let’s talk about today’s live trading. I just hit a milestone of $1,266,287 🚀, and while the number is exciting, I want to use these setups for something more important than simply showing a big number. I want someone to learn from them. One thing I always tell people is that options can be an amazing tool when you actually understand what you’re doing. But that same tool can become extremely dangerous when you jump into it without knowledge, a plan, understanding risk, or knowing what you’re actually buying. And I’m not saying this because I think I’m perfect. I’m not. Nobody is. I don’t care if you’ve been trading for 10 years or you’ve been trading for 10 days, there is always something new to learn. The market will humble you very quickly if you stop learning. That’s why I believe knowledge should always come before money. 📊 LET’S USE $COIN AS AN EXAMPLE Look at the $COIN$167.50 Call Setup. The premium shown moved from around $3.00 to $28.40. A standard options contract represents 100 shares. So if someone bought 1 contract at $3.00, the cost would be: $3.00 × 100 = $300 If that same contract reached $28.40, the value would be: $28.40 × 100 = $2,840 That means the difference would be: $2,840 − $300 = $2,540 profit That’s an $2,540 gain on a $300 premium Now imagine seeing that and thinking: “I need $10,000 or $20,000 before I can start learning options.” You don’t necessarily need a huge account just to learn how options work. Someone could start with a smaller account, even around $1,000, and focus on setups that actually match their account size and risk tolerance. But here’s the part people sometimes forget: A small account can still become $0. Having $1,000 doesn’t mean you should risk the entire amount. If you don’t understand options, you can lose money just as quickly as you can make it. 📊 NOW LOOK AT $HOOD The $HOOD$105 Call in the setup shows a premium around $2.03 and a later price around $14.80. If we use one contract as an example: $2.03 × 100 = $203 At $14.80: $14.80 × 100 = $1,480 The difference would be: $1,480 − $203 = $1,277 So, in this simplified example, one contract would have increased by $1,277 profit That’s why options can be so powerful. But that’s also exactly why options can be dangerous. The same leverage that can multiply a winning trade can also multiply losses when the trade moves against you. You have to understand things like: • Calls and puts • Strike price • Expiration date • Premium • Intrinsic and extrinsic value • Delta • Gamma • Theta • Vega • Implied volatility • Bid and ask spreads • Liquidity • Volume and open interest • Break-even price • Position sizing • Risk-to-reward • Market structure • Entries and exits • Profit-taking • Stop-loss/risk management • Trading psychology And there’s something else that matters just as much: You don’t have to trade every day. Sometimes the best trade is no trade. Don’t chase a move because you saw somebody else make money. Don’t enter because you’re afraid of missing out. Don’t revenge trade because you lost yesterday. And don’t increase your position just because the last trade worked. One good trade does not make you a great trader. One bad trade does not make you a terrible trader. What matters is continuing to learn, manage risk, stay disciplined, and build a process you can actually follow. Options are risky. You can lose part or all of the money you put into an options position, and some strategies can carry even greater risks. So please don’t look at these numbers and think, “This is easy money.” It’s not. The screenshot is the result. The knowledge, preparation, risk management, patience, and decision-making behind the trade are the part you don’t always see. I want to make something clear. I’m not posting this to show off. I’m posting it because I want someone who is watching from the outside to understand that there is a lot more to options trading than simply seeing green numbers. The lesson I want to share is simple: Learn first. Understand what you’re doing. Start with an account size and risk level you can actually handle. Protect your capital. Stay disciplined. Keep learning. If you’re starting with $1,000, don’t feel like you need to trade like someone managing $100,000. Trade according to your own account size. Your position size should make sense for you. Your risk should make sense for you. Your goals should make sense for you. And never forget that the market doesn’t owe us a profit. 🙏 PUT GOD FIRST Above everything, I always want to give God the glory. Because without God, I wouldn’t have the wisdom, strength, opportunities, patience, or ability to recognize and execute the setups that come my way. I believe God gives us different gifts, but He also expects us to use those gifts wisely. That’s one reason I love sharing what I’ve learned with others. If the knowledge God has blessed me with can help another person understand trading better, avoid a mistake, become more disciplined, or simply become more educated before putting their money at risk, then I’m happy to share it. The Bible says: “The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also.” – Proverbs 11:25 That verse reminds me that what we have been blessed with can also become a blessing to someone else. So if I have knowledge that can help somebody, I want to share it. If someone has knowledge that can help me, I want to learn from them too. We all learn. We all grow. Nobody knows everything. 📊 WHAT I’M REALLY TEACHING WITH THIS POST I’m teaching that success isn’t just about the profit number. It’s about the process behind it. It’s about learning how the market works. It’s about understanding options before putting money into them. It’s about knowing your risk. It’s about protecting your capital. It’s about controlling your emotions. It’s about having patience. It’s about knowing when to take a setup and when to stay out. And most importantly, it’s about remembering that money is a tool, not the purpose of life. Put God first. Keep learning. Help others when you can. Stay humble when you win, stay teachable when you lose, and never let one good day convince you that you know everything. The milestone is $1,266,287 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 But the real win for me is being able to build, teach, and grow together with a community of people who genuinely want to understand the market. Keep learning. Keep growing. Keep God first. 🙏 ⚠️ OPTIONS RISK DISCLAIMER Options involve substantial risk and can result in the loss of some or all of your investment. All setups and information shared are for educational purposes only and are not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security.read more
As you know from following Beskar Capital, we expected the meltup phase of the real estate/banking crisis cycle to display a significant amount of volatility. You have heard us say that 2026 would be the year of the highest volatility. If you take a moment to look back on the last 30 months, you can see it clearly. 👍 And now that Warsh believes that "those who are least well-off have the most to gain" from a rate hike while the whole lot lives on credit……….... Oh geez……this is just the beginning. ☠️⚰️ We also said this 2-3 year window would be a massive bull market, especially for those who respect the cycle and position themselves in the right areas of the market: a period to log decades of returns in a relatively short period of TIME. This is why CALL LEAPS have been central to our approach during this run up for exploiting this expected, highly volatile market. We are sitting on thousands and thousands of percent in UNrealized returns waiting to be collected. Those who followed us along the way have also generated life-changing returns that comes when you harvest them into realized gains. We'd like to kick things off with one of our early followers and current members, @bucklesmob , who just recorded a 10,922% profit on XOM CALL LEAPS in less than a year. 🤑🤑🤑 💸💸💸 10,922% in less than a year. Beskar Capital bought these $XOM$185 CALL LEAPS in November 2025, so we’ll assume Bucky did around the same period (we are still holding half of ours). Hey, conventionalists - read that again: 10,922% in less than a year. At your 10% index annualized return, it would take you ~49.3 years to achieve the same result. 🤣🤯🤦 Had you bought a mere $200 worth of those contracts, you would have turned that $200 into a staggering gain of $21,844 in less than a year. 🏆🏆🏆 Had you bought $1,000 worth of those contracts, you would have turned that $1,000 into a staggering gain of $109,220 in less than a year. 🏆🏆🏆 Here's the link if you don't believe it: https://www.blossomsocial.com/posts/Untitled-Post__POST-1789513298473-8HnZUWhJ_7rpNEkzTSNeV9s5z All right. Are you back? Did you wipe your glasses or rub your eyes?? Is your blood pressure back to normal??? Yes, still 10,922% in less than a year. Just think about that for a second and tell me with a straight face that the 36+ years I spent studying the markets and developing strategies to read and listen to them were a waste of TIME. Tell me with a straight face that you still don't believe it is a good idea to be an active and UNconventional investor when you have the right tools and the right strategies. 😂 And it's not just me. You can do it too!!! The proof is right above. ☝️ When I keep telling you that you can log DECADES of returns in this 5x in a lifeTIME, 2-year TIMEframe, this is what I mean. When I keep telling you that you just need one WIN to generate massive profits, this is what I mean. Maybe Bucky spent $10,000 on options. Maybe the other $9,000 expired worthless. But IT DOESN'T MATTER, because this one winning contract returned more than $100,000 in less than 12 months. Do you still believe that the conventional ways are the best ways? OK, Beskar, but why did you say it was Christmas? Well, we have so many CALL LEAPS contracts expiring in January 2027 that this 4th quarter will be a period when we slowly start selling them for AMAZING PROFITS. And since we have so many of them, we think this selling period could be like an Advent calendar. You know those little calendars where you get to eat a chocolate for each day of December until Christmas? That's what we plan to do, but instead of chocolates, we will likely trim these LEAP option contracts and collect a few thousand dollars every day until Christmas. What can I say, I have a sweet tooth. 🍫🍭 😂 One final point I want to touch on. Please don't think you can just go buy any CALL LEAPS and generate these kinds of returns. Every option contract I buy is the result of a specific set of conditions and considerations. And know that PUT LEAPS can be even juicier! Keep in mind that I cap options at a fixed percentage of my portfolio, and that options are a specific tool in the KTS approach that is not recommended at all TIMES. In fact, I don't use options most of the TIME. But the specific period of TIME when I do use them is not over yet, and I am still posting options trades on our member website, though not necessarily in the areas of the market you would expect if you relied solely on what I have published on Blossom over the last 2 years. If you are interested in taking advantage of these special TIMES and getting the chance to apply UNconventional tools and strategies for amazing outperformance, I share all of my trades and strategies on our website. I always give you my best. 🏆 This is the Way! 🏄🌊 read more
One of the best parts about the Blossom community is how open everyone is sharing knowledge and experiences. To make things easier for anyone just starting their investing journey, here’s a simple glossary to help understand and simplify various terms. Common Terms: Dividend: A share of a company’s profits paid to shareholders, usually quarterly. Ex-Dividend Date: The cutoff date by which you must own a stock to receive its next dividend. ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund): A fund that holds multiple stocks or bonds, traded like a single stock. Covered Call ETF: An ETF that owns stocks and sells call options to generate extra income (higher yield, limited / capped upside). Earnings Report: A company’s quarterly financial performance summary. EPS (Earnings Per Share): A company’s profit divided by its number of shares. Market Cap: A company’s total value (share price × number of shares). ACB: The total amount you’ve paid for an investment, including the purchase price plus any fees or commissions. Book Value: The value of a company according to its financial statements (assets minus liabilities). Yield: Annual dividend as a percentage of the stock/ETF price. Liquidity: How easily an asset can be bought or sold without impacting its price. Volatility: The degree of price fluctuations in a stock or market. Index: A benchmark of stocks (e.g., S&P 500, Nasdaq, TSX). Bull Market: A period of rising stock prices and optimism. Bear Market: A period of declining stock prices and pessimism. False Breakout: When a stock’s price moves above (or below) a key level, making it look like a new trend is starting, but then quickly reverses back. P/E Ratio: Price-to-earnings ratio (stock price ÷ EPS), used to assess valuation. Blue Chip: Well-established, financially strong companies with a track record of stability. Diversification: Spreading investments across assets to reduce risk. Broker: A platform or firm that facilitates buying and selling investments. Limit Order: An order to buy/sell a stock at a specific price or better. Market Order: An order to buy/sell a stock immediately at the current market price. Bid/Ask Spread: The difference between the highest price buyers offer and the lowest price sellers accept. Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA): Investing a fixed amount regularly to reduce the impact of market swings. Capital Gain/Loss: Profit or loss from selling an investment for more/less than its purchase price. IPO: When a company first sells shares to the public. Index Fund: A fund designed to mirror the performance of a market index. Short Selling: Selling borrowed shares, hoping to buy them back cheaper. Margin: Borrowing money from a broker to buy investments, which amplifies gains and losses. Margin Requirement: The minimum amount of your own money (equity) you must maintain in a margin account to open or keep a leveraged investment position. Margin Call: A demand from your broker to deposit more funds or sell assets because your account equity has fallen below the required margin level. Time Horizon: The length of time you plan to hold an investment before needing the money. Short horizons = more risk-sensitive, long horizons = more room to ride out volatility. Stock Split / Reverse Split: A split increases the number of shares (e.g., 2-for-1) while lowering the price per share. A reverse split reduces the number of shares (e.g., 1-for-10) while raising the price per share. Your overall value doesn’t change just the math. Long (Being Long): Buying a stock or asset because you expect the price to go up. Short (Being Short): Selling a stock you don’t own because you expect the price to go down, so you can buy it back cheaper later. TER: The total yearly cost of owning a fund, including the management fee plus other costs like administration, audits, and legal fees. MER: The annual cost that a fund charges for management (includes any leverage costs if used). Management Fee: A portion of the MER that goes directly to the fund managers for running the fund. Withholding Tax: A tax deducted on dividends/distributions from foreign investments (e.g., U.S. dividends to Canadian investors face a 15% withholding in TFSA/Non-Registered accounts). Total Returns: The full picture of an investment’s performance, including both price gains and dividends/distributions. CAGR: The average yearly growth of an investment over time. NAV: The price of one share of a fund (stock or etf) NAV Depreciation: When the fund’s share price goes down over time. Mutual Fund: A pool of money from many investors used to buy a mix of stocks, bonds, or other assets. Bond: A loan you give to a company or government, and they pay you back with interest. Asset: Anything valuable you own that can generate money. Portfolio: Your collection of investments. Option: A contract that gives you the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell a stock at a set price. Future: A contract to buy or sell something at a set price on a future date. REIT: A company that owns real estate and pays investors income from rent. Alpha: A measure of how much better (or worse) an investment did compared to the market. Beta: A measure of how much an investment moves compared to the market. Sharpe Ratio: A way to see if returns are worth the risk taken. Hedging: Protecting your investments from risk. Rebalancing: Adjusting your portfolio back to your target mix of assets. FCF: Free Cash Flow Understanding these terms makes investing far less intimidating. If anyone feels other terms should be included, please share in the comments. I’ll update this post so we can build a complete beginner-friendly resource together! *Sorry tagged a few etfs for reach 🫣read more
Today together “WE” reached the 300K Milestone (which was far from reach 2 years ago). Thanks to the last 2 days of 📈 Market trend to reach the milestone much earlier… All Time Returns : 40% 🇨🇦 listed Covered Call ETF : 98% 🇺🇸 listed Covered Call ETF : 0% RESP (Growth ETF) : 2% Planned to Attain FIRE🔥 @ 43 years : Hopefully by Dec 2028 🤞, when we reach 100,000$ (8333$*12 months) Distributions Annually. Until then, all Distributions will be Re-Invested Manually… Current Distribution : 68,549.25$ (5712.44$*12 months) COVERED CALL ETF’s: $USCL$QQCL$RSCL$HHIS$MSTE$HBTE$BANK$UTES$BIGY$EASY$QDAY$SDAY$CDAY$YTSL GROWTH ETF’s: $XUS$QQC$TEC$TECI$CHPS$HEQL$FINN$VCN WATCHLIST: $RSCL$CMCL$BDAY$HYLD$HDIV$YMAG$SPXY$PAYG$CLSA$USHI$HONEread more
I’ve gotten to know a bunch of you through Blossom events, messages, and just being around the community, but I realized I’ve never actually shared much about myself or how I ended up here. For those I haven’t met yet, I’m Tim, I’m 20, and I work as an intern on the Brand Partnerships team here at Blossom. My journey here has been a pretty unconventional one. Growing up, my entire world was gaming. I started playing Fortnite competitively at a pretty young age, eventually playing professionally and getting signed to some of the biggest organizations in esports, including Overtime. Then, before high school, I decided to walk away from it. I had spent so much of my childhood behind a computer that I wanted to experience a completely different side of life. Somewhere along the way, I fell in love with business. From flipping cars, to running Amazon FBA, to starting and eventually selling a landscaping business, I was constantly trying something new. Some things worked, a lot didn’t, but I loved figuring out how to build something from nothing. That same curiosity eventually led me to investing. I became fascinated by the businesses behind the stocks. How they made money, why some companies won while others didn’t, and ultimately where I wanted to put my own money. That interest eventually led me into finance and most recently private equity. For a while, I thought I’d stay on the traditional finance path. Then I joined Blossom. It was a completely different direction, but looking back, it brought together pretty much everything I loved: investing, entrepreneurship, technology, and building. And it’s genuinely been some of the most fun I’ve ever had. I’ve gotten to work on things I never expected to be doing at 20, travel across the country for BlossomCon, and learn firsthand what it takes to build a company. But easily the best part has been the people. Working alongside @tigertim , @maxstocks, @brandon , and the rest of the team has given me some of my favourite memories. Everyone here genuinely cares about what we’re building, moves insanely fast, and still manages to have a ton of fun doing it. The culture being built at Blossom is something really special, and I’m incredibly excited to see where we take it. I also want to hear from you guys. If there’s anything you love about Blossom, think we could do better, or want to see us build in the future, drop it below or shoot me a message. I’d genuinely love to hear it, and you’ll definitely be seeing more of me on here :)read more
Have you bought just ONE share of at least ONE energy company yet??? 😂🤣 Or is your stubborness standing in the way? Natural selection is alive and well! This is the Way! 🏄🌊🏄♂️🌊🏄♀️🌊
Hi just for some context, I am a 25 year old guy trying to seriously build wealth, I am currently investing around $650 a week into xeqt and a just a bit into some individual blue chip stocks! Any help with my portfolio also side note, is it worth it to move out but may have to decrease my weekly investing amount ?
I sold off my USD stocks recently for $VGT and $SPMO to sell covered calls on them for extra income. Do I regret it? Yes, especially with today's surge. I love my stocks... ETFs are so boring but long run, I think it's for the better to stabilize my portfolio. it swings a lot and I'm too old for this volatility.
Young investor looking for aggressive long term growth with some balance. Not interested in bonds or dividends until later in my career. Core and satellite style portfolio. QQQM for the tech and growth tilt adding to VOO. I realize there is overlap with QQQM and VOO, but it is meaningful overlap as technology is a dominant sector that is established and still expanding. VTI and VXUS is pretty standard for a brokerage to give some US tilt, since VT is essentially 60/40 VTI and VXUS. VTI has performed exceptionally well compared to VXUS but still think that some diversification is necessary especially since the US stock market could drop and VXUS could help counteract some of that loss. Was tempted to add a small chunk of VGT to the brokerage but didn’t want to make the portfolio more taxable. VXUS is nice since it has international tax benefits in the US. Lots of research to put this simple portfolio together but from what I have researched it could be effective over a 30 year period. Thoughts on adding a tilt to brokerage account? Thoughts on adding or changing the growth tilt on Roth?
Since so many people ask how to invest in this sector, or this country, or this asset, I’ve decided to make a comprehensive guide on how you can invest in specific areas. This is NOT portfolio advice, simply information about tickers that you can research yourself. Save this for later so you have a list of ETFs to come back to! Canada: $XIU$XIC$ZCN All expose you to the TSX in Canada. These ETFs consist of all top Canadian companies and access to our national stock exchange. $VCB$VGV$VLB$VAB$VSB$VSC$XBB$XCB Expose you to Canadian bonds; whether it be long-term, short-term, corporate, government, etc. $VDY$XEI$CDZ Expose you to Canadian dividend companies $XRE$ZRE$VRE Give access to Canadian REITs $ZEB$XFN$RBNK Lets you buy the Canadian banks USA: $VFV$ZSP$XSP$XUS$HXS Lets you buy the S&P 500 (learn about hedged vs. unhedged in my other post) $XQQ$HXQ$ZQQ All give you access to the NASDAQ 100 $IWR$VO$VOE$VOT$IJH$SCHM Lets you buy US Midcaps $IJR$IWM$VB$VBR$VBK$SCHA Lets you buy US Smallcaps $DIV$SPYD$RDIV$DHS$VIG$SCHD$VYM$DGRO$SDY Give access from small to high dividend US companies $VTI$ITOT Lets you buy the whole US market $TLT$IEF$VGIT$GOVT$SHY$VGLT Give access to US bonds $XLC$XLY$XLP$XLE$XLF$XLV$XLI$XLB$XLRE$XLK$XLU All give you access to each sector in the S&P such as financials, energy, healthcare, etc. International: $XEQT$FEQT$VEQT$ZEQT Give you an all-in-one exposure to Canada, US, emerging and global markets. $VEA$IEFA$SCHF$SPDW$EFV$EFA Give access to general international exposure $EWJ$EWU$EWC Gives direct access to developed international countries $INDA$MCHI$EWT$EWY$EWZ$EWW$EIDO$EWM Gives direct access to emerging international countries Assets: $KILO$PHYS$CGL Let’s you buy gold directly through ETFs $SVR$HUZ Let you buy silver through ETFs Savings/Interest: $CASH$HISA$PSA$HSAV Access to Canadian savings and interest payments $HSUV-U $PSU-U $HISU-U Access to US savings and interest payments There’s so many ETFs I didn’t go into with dozens of categories, but this should give you some basic starting point to look into your ETF investments. This is simply the starting point, when choosing your investments always research the ETFs, what they provide to you, their fees, your goals, your risk, and what you’re looking to get out of investing. As always do your research and happy investing! Subscribe to the newsletter: relatablefinance.substack.com read more
Flows of top U.S.-listed ETFs rebounded sharply, totalling $104.1 billion in net creation and equal to more than 50% of the average 2026 monthly inflows in a single week. Equity ETFs were the main inflow drivers (+$93 billion), reporting net creation numbers that are almost nine times higher than fixed income (+$11 billion). Gold bullion ETFs posted +$1.2 billion of net inflows, while crypto exposures continue to see net outflows.
Nearing extreme fear while the $VIX is at 17. It’s been more than a year since we’ve seen extreme greed. Hovered over greed for some time but it’s been a routine of being under neutral for some time now. Massive day tomorrow, buckle up.
Every day there's another headline about how AI is going to kill us all... with Sam Altman recently delaying the OpenAI IPO and implying that AI has a 10% chance of killing everyone by the end of the decade. Every time I see this kind of stuff I somewhat wonder how much of it is a real risk vs a marketing play to pump the stock... One Bloomberg opinion piece calls it "AI Panic Marketing": basically the message that "we're building a powerful, godlike AI that could end the world" is a form of advertising. On the other side, more than 1,000 employees across the frontier labs signed a letter this summer warning that competitive pressure was preventing anyone from slowing down, so I'm not really sure what side I'm on What do you guys think?
It’s been a bit more than 1 year I have started trading options. Best decision of my life. Unrealized gain is cool, realized gain is better ⚡️ $HOOD$PLTR$IREN$NVDA$TSLA
You’re asking yourself what the hell is $FCFS, well that’s because including myself only 21 people on blossom actually own it. $FCFS a pawn shop operator that WINS as consumer faces economic hardship, that’s right a company that actually accelerates momentum during a depression or recession. It’s the world's largest pawn operator with 3,300+ stores across the U.S. and Latin America. When times get tough, people need quick cash but can't get bank loans. They walk into a pawn shop with jewelry, electronics, or tools, get a collateralized loan, and either come back to repay (FirstCash earns the fee) or don't (FirstCash sells the item at a profit). Their loans are backed by physical collateral at 40% Loan-to-value with zero credit risk. Results in 2026 Q2: - RECORD Revenue $1.075B (+29%) - GAAP EPS +58% - pawn receivables +63% - Seven straight quarters of double-digit same-store growth - 21.6% five-year revenue CAGR You might wonder if its battle tested, and I’m here to tell you that in 2008 while the S&P 500 was down -57% and banks were going under, FirstCash grew EPS 35% in 2008 and kept growing every year after. Their share price was up +29.84% by end of year 2008 (opened ~$12.48, closed ~$16.80) and then grew again by another +16% in 2009, not many companies especially in the financial services space survived 2008 without major damage, $FCFS not only survived they grew double digits. This company is the definition of Counter-Cycle. I wrote about them when I started the position, but that post didn’t get enough reach… So, here it is making into my Gems of the counter-cycle list. DYOR folks! You’ll be happily surprised 😊read more
I’ve been saying this since Elon started working on robots and all the companies creating AI. We’re all focused on making money from tech companies but at what cost?
