Just finishing up a 3 week vacay in Australia, settling our son in Bond Law School in Robina. We shooed 4 rain forests and stayed at Surfers 🏄♂️ Paradise, Gold Coast City. Visited many The Reject Shops which have been taken over by Canada’s Dollarama. The staff are quite excited about it the change over. $DOL
Earlier this week, Trump said the US will stop trading with Europe if Canada joins the EU as an "associate member." Carney says the EU and Canada should ally to "protect" their markets and democracies from the US. A reminder that Trump imposed 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods just a week before all this talk. Thoughts, my fellow Canadians?
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
For those of you who think it's too late to buy $META, I think you're wrong. Everyone's still trading it like a social media stock. It's not. It's an AI infrastructure company and the market hasn't even priced that in yet. You're not late. You're just scared of being right.
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.
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
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
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
Came across $BYD recently and thought this was a pretty interesting one to mention…. They just announced a new buyback that allows them to repurchase up to 10% of their public float through September 2027. Management and the board also said they believe the share price doesn’t always reflect the company’s underlying growth and cash-generating ability. What really caught my attention was a recent insider purchase of 7,900 shares worth roughly $997K on the public market on September 14th after the announcement on the 11th. The business is growing through some aquistions but there are definitely risks. Debt has increased from the acquisitions, interest costs are higher, and a lot of the growth depends on successfully integrating these businesses. I don’t own any shares and haven’t bought in just was interested in the news. Sources: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/boyd-group-services-inc-announces-110000639.html?utm_source Ceo.ca / $BYDread more
Just hit $25,000 in all-time dividends. My 💵 is out here working overtime while I’m still deciding whether to get out of 🛌. At this point the portfolio is the responsible adult in the relationship. I’m just the freeloading roommate who occasionally checks the statements and says “nice.” 😋 #DividendInvesting #PassiveIncome #DividendGrowth #FinancialFreedom #CompoundInterest #Stocks #DividendLife
Yesterday, I was trying to buy USDC at work while multitasking, but later, when I went back to check my balance, I realized I'd actually bought a large chunk of $BTC. Well, it worked out. It was a very serendipitous purchase.
Interested to know what investors think of these ETFs and how they would allocate them in their portfolio. Please comment your thoughts. Trying to have more open discussions with different investors. Seems like this is a Solo Journey. If you're the one in your friend circle then its just you.
When I first started investing, I made it WAY more complicated than it needed to be. I thought I needed to find the next crazy stock, own a bunch of different ETFs, and constantly be changing something in my portfolio. Looking back, I probably would’ve been better off just keeping things simple 😭 So for anyone on Blossom who’s just getting started, here are a few of the main types of ETFs I wish I understood when I started: 1) S&P 500 🇺🇸 500 of the largest publicly traded companies in the US. A simple way to get exposure to companies like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, and more. US: $VOO / $SPLG Canada: $VFV / $ZSP 2) Total US Market 🇺🇸 Want broader US exposure? Total-market ETFs include large, mid, and small-cap companies instead of only the S&P 500. US: $VTI Canada: $XUU / $VUN 3) Global / All-in-One 🌎 One of the simplest approaches for someone who doesn’t want to manage a bunch of different allocations themselves. Canada: $XEQT / $VEQT / $ZEQT One ETF can give you exposure to thousands of companies across Canada, the US, and international markets. 4) Dividends 💰 For investors interested in companies that regularly return cash to shareholders, dividend ETFs bundle a bunch of dividend-paying companies together. US: $SCHD / $VYM / $DGRO Canada: $VDY / $XEI Just remember: a high dividend yield doesn’t automatically mean a better investment. Total return still matters. 5) Growth / Tech 💻 If you want additional exposure to growth and technology companies, there are ETFs for that too. US: $QQQM / $VUG Canada: $QQC / $TEC Just remember: adding one of these on top of an S&P 500 or all-in-one ETF means you may be increasing your exposure to companies you already own. The biggest thing I wish I understood earlier: More ETFs ≠ more diversification. Owning $VFV + $QQC + $XEQT might look diversified because you own three ETFs, but there can be significant overlap between their underlying holdings. Sometimes the simplest portfolio is the one you’re actually able to stick with. Pick an approach you understand, invest consistently, keep learning, and give compounding time to do its thing. Not financial advice — just what I wish someone explained to me when I started. ☺️read more
I see many beginners posting that they’re new to investing and don’t know where to start. 🤔 As someone who was in a similar situation just a few months ago and learned, here are the 4 ETF types (& ETFs) that are popular among long term investors 😃 : 1) S&P 500: US: $VOO / $SPY / $SPLG Canadian: $VFV / $ZSP / $TPU 2) GROWTH / TECH: US: $QQQ / $VUG / $VGT / $SCHG Canadian: $QQC / $HXQ / $TEC / $ZUQ 3) DIVIDENDS: US: $SCHD / $VYM / $DGRO Canadian: $VDY / $XEI 4) ALL IN ONE / BASKET / Global Exposure: US: $VT / $AVGE Canadian: $ZEQT / $XEQT / $TGRO / $VEQT / $ZGQ I noticed many people following this type of a basic / uncomplicated portfolio and are doing really well for themselves 🔥 For % allocation, you can divide evenly among the ETF categories or allocate a higher % based on your preferences. Just DCA regularly and you should be good. 😎 Some people even just put it all into an all in one etf like $XEQT. This is also a good approach - it is much simpler and it works. Ultimately, it comes to whatever you prefer 🙂 Oh and yea, there are overlaps, but I don’t think there is anything wrong in that though - it would just count as doubling down on good things. 💯 I’m sharing with you all what helped me, but don’t forget to do your own research too! 🙏🏼 read more
With ultra high-yield funds, it is important to pick funds with good underlying assets that can support the yield of the fund. This helps guard against NAV erosion. You can see an example of this with Yield Max’s fund, $CHPY which has avoided consistent NAV erosion so far. You generally want the following qualities if you want to guard against NAV erosion: 1.) Pick an asset or sector with tremendous upside potential such as semiconductors/AI/Big Tech (currently). 2.) In general, pick a fund that holds the underlying instead of using synthetic options. The only exception to this is Kurv Investments who has managed their synthetics very well. 3.) You want a fund that sells either call spreads or put spreads (these are NOT covered calls. Call spreads are partially uncapped and put spreads are uncapped but have more downside risk). If you do buy a covered call fund, make sure they do not sells covered calls against 100% of the assets of the fund. For example, GPIX sells covered calls against 25% to 75% of the fund’s assets based on market conditions. If GPIX sells against 25% of the funds assets, the 25% is capped but the other 75% of the portfolio is not. This is why how much of the assets they write covered calls against matters. These tips do not eliminate NAV erosion risk. After all, there is no free lunch, but these tips can help you mitigate the issue and make your income from these funds more durable.read more
Since common inception, HYLD leads the U.S. equity income peer group with a cumulative total return of +25.49%, followed by USCL (+21.15%), SDAY (+17.18%), HHIS (+16.62%), while BIGY (-4.66%) remains negative. Over the last 6 months, HHIS (+25.55%) leads, followed closely by HYLD (+23.68%), USCL (+18.30%), SDAY (+11.53%), and BIGY (+4.64%). Over 1 year, HYLD again leads at +23.51%, ahead of USCL (+20.31%), SDAY (+17.22%), HHIS (+14.16%), while BIGY declined -10.17%. Shorter-term results are more mixed. Over 1 month, BIGY (+7.07%) and HHIS (+6.96%) lead, while SDAY (-2.18%) trails. Over 3 months, HHIS (+6.78%) leads the group, followed by BIGY (+3.94%), SDAY (+2.93%), USCL (+1.87%), and HYLD (+1.35%).
Thank you Blossom for now supporting Australian brokerages and Australian stocks. I have been MIA from the platform, serious life stuff. But I'm glad I can now actually use the platform to showcase my investments. Shoutout Cogstate, ASX: CGS for your fantastic growth. Somewhat disappointed though I didnt load up on more of it in advance before other people have started discovering this stock.
3 ETF distributions are landing on Tuesday, September 22! 🔥 BIGY, CANY, CDAY, EASY, QDAY, SDAY & SIXY are among my holdings paying distributions. 7 holdings. One payday. More cash flow to compound. 💰📈 This is what income investing is all about.
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
$NVDA Earth-2 is one of those projects that makes me think differently about what NVIDIA is actually building. It’s not just about training chatbots anymore. Using AI and simulation to model weather, climate risk and physical environments could create another layer of demand for NVIDIA’s computing platform. I’m watching this closely because the bigger NVIDIA gets in simulation, the more difficult it becomes to view the company as simply a chipmaker.
Ever wonder why tech stocks swing wildly on market news while utility stocks barely move? It all comes down to Beta, the metric that measures how sensitive a stock is relative to the overall market. Understanding Beta is essential for balancing your portfolio strategy: * High Beta (> 1.0): Bigger swings than the market. During bull runs, these lead the rally, but they drop harder in corrections. Examples include high-growth tech like Nvidia ($NVDA, Beta ~2.0) or Tesla ($TSLA, Beta ~1.8). * Beta of 1.0: Moves right in line with the broad market. Funds like $VOO (S&P 500) or $VFV / $XEQT anchor your portfolio right at 1.0. * Low Beta (< 1.0): Smoother, less volatile performance. Defensive staples like Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ), Procter & Gamble ($PG), or utility funds like $UTES help cushion your portfolio during downturns. Market Outlook & Strategy With interest rates adjusting and tech valuations stretched, market volatility isn't going away. If you expect a choppy market ahead, balancing high-beta growth holdings with defensive low-beta assets keeps your portfolio growing without subjecting you to unbearable pullbacks. Did You Know? 🧐 A stock can actually have a negative Beta! Assets with negative beta, like certain gold equities ($ABX) or inverse ETFs, often move in the opposite direction of the stock market, making them popular hedges during severe market panics. — This is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. 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! 🏄🌊🏄♂️🌊🏄♀️🌊
This is the first time in my investing journey where I saw a milestone and kind of teared up. When Wealthsimple first released these stats, it was a fun way to see how I was progressing. I love video games and have always been good at them. Whenever a challenge existed in them, I would work rigorously until I beat them. It’s the nature of being a gamer. I essentially treated these features the same. Initially, my TFSA rank was top 5%, and I set myself s goal to make it to the too 500. I hit the top 500, then 400, then 300 and have now made my way in to the top 125… It truly boggles my mind that I have worked so hard that only 122 other people in Wealthsimple are above me in the TFSA and only 252 in the FHSA. I come from a super lower middle class family and never thought I’d be this liquid in my life. I’ve been working 60-75 hour weeks for the past 5 years consistently and I have no intention on stopping yet. Seeing where my financial journey started 6 years ago to today makes me emotional because I’m proud of everything I’ve accomplished so far and the goals I have set moving forward. I started posting on social media purely out of interest in personal finance and investing. My hope is to continue to grow this brand and help other young people out there realise their true potential. Investing has made such a positive impact in my life and has provided opportunities that would otherwise be unattainable. Only a few months left in the year, let’s put on our turbos and zoom past the finish line! Special shoutout to $AMD$ZNQ and $VFV for accelerating my net worth growth over the past couple years. read more
I’m completely okay with $SOFI being range bound right now. A lot of my other holdings have already made huge moves off their 52-week lows: $AMD +260% $OSCR +200% $ZETA +100%+ $NOW +65%+ They’ve been doing a lot of the heavy lifting while $SOFI has gone basically nowhere. That’s what makes me excited about what could come next. I still believe $SOFI can eventually help drive the next leg of growth for my portfolio. Not every stock has to run at the same time. read more
🚨 NEW VIDEO IS LIVE! I’m 55 with a portfolio of about $366,000 — but can I really retire? In this video, I break down: 💰 $366K portfolio 📈 $65,000+ projected income 🏇 My Four Horsemen strategy — $GPIQ , $OVL , $TDAQ , and $QQQI /$XQQI ⚠️ What happens if the market drops 30% 🧮 Whether the numbers could actually support retirement I’m sharing the real numbers and my thought process as I get closer to retirement. 👉 Watch the full video and let me know: Could you retire with $366K? https://youtu.be/EgfRQj9FDxw?is=IFtwsFrRr9qZxTZp #Retirement #IncomeInvesting #ETFs #PassiveIncome #GPIQ #OVL #TDAQ #QQQI #XQQI ⚠️ This is my personal portfolio and experience, not financial advice or a recommendation. Do your own research.read more
I made over $100,000 in gains this year by… Buying large cap profitable companies Large cap growth & tech ETFs Going out with my friends, having fun, and not checking my portfolio much… You can too! $SNDK$QQQM$AOTG$MU$DRAM 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?
