I wanted to clarify a point from the latest KarMoe episode. Income products can serve different purposes: 1. @riggs uses them with margin to accelerate investing, and values the distributions for flexibility and cash flow. 2. Some people use them before retirement. 3. Some people use them after retirement. Someone can believe a covered-call portfolio is especially suited to retirement, and I respect that view. I’m not judging the mindset of someone who holds one, or saying it has to be the same as a growth investor’s. I’m just saying: you don’t know enough from the label alone. People use the same tools for different reasons and in different circumstances. There are multiple styles under both the “income” and “growth” umbrellas. A useful discussion needs to get specific about the product, the goal, and how it’s being used. I know “growth versus income” can get very tense, and a headline can bring broader thoughts about the topic into the comments. Sometimes people are responding to the show notes rather than what Moe and I actually said in the episode (not everyone has time to hear me ramble, I get that). I’ve come to expect that, and it’s fair game. The same problem applies to the “growth” label. Calling me a “growth investor” doesn’t tell you much. My broadly diversified, CAGE-centered approach is very different from someone holding only NVDA, TSLA, and META, even if we both get put under the same label. That’s why I’m always aware I have to navigate these terms with extreme caution. LOL.read more
📊 Long-Term Investing: The Power of Thorough Analysis When it comes to long-term investing, understanding the fundamentals of a stock is crucial. It’s not just about jumping on trends; it’s about making informed decisions based on solid data. This chart breaks down the essential financial statements—Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Cash Flow Statement—that every investor should analyze before committing to a stock. 🔍 Balance Sheet: This tells you about the company’s financial health, specifically its assets, liabilities, and equity. A healthy balance sheet is a sign of stability and resilience. 💸 Income Statement: This shows the company’s profitability by detailing revenue, expenses, and profits. A strong income statement indicates a company that’s generating profits, a key factor for long-term growth. 💰 Cash Flow Statement: This reveals how the company manages its cash, from operations to investments and financing. Positive cash flow is essential for sustaining operations and fueling future growth. By mastering these fundamentals, you can make smarter investment choices that stand the test of time. Remember, successful long-term investing isn’t about timing the market; it’s about time in the market, supported by thorough analysis. $VGT$TXN$QQQ$AAPL$META #InvestSmart #LongTermInvesting #FinancialLiteracy #StockMarketAnalysisread more
Not too much to report here, just a few changes this month. There's one decrease in CCHI, as Cameco has gone down approximately ~9% this past month. It is down ~4.88% YTD. We also have USHI and EDHI that recently launched, but looks like already have their first distribution increases. 1st Ex-Dividend Date: September 29th 1st Pay Date: October 6th 2nd Ex-Dividend Date: October 15th 2nd Pay Date: October 21st — Semi-Monthly — 🟢 EDHI increased +4.00% to $0.065 (Previously $0.0625) 🟢 USHI increased +4.00% to $0.065 (Previously $0.0625) 🔴 CCHI decreased -11.11% to $0.12 (Previously $0.135) 🔵 ABHI stays the same at $0.13 🔵 BCHI stays the same at $0.05 🔵 CLHI stays the same at $0.12 🔵 CQHI stays the same at $0.08 🔵 CRHI stays the same at $0.05 🔵 CSHI stays the same at $0.05 🔵 CSUC stays the same at $0.025 🔵 ECHI stays the same at $0.08 🔵 ENHI stays the same at $0.05 🔵 GOHI stays the same at $0.0775 🔵 INHI stays the same at $0.21 🔵 KGHI stays the same at $0.08 🔵 NVHI stays the same at $0.105 🔵 PLHI stays the same at $0.115 🔵 RYHI stays the same at $0.05 🔵 SHHI stays the same at $0.08 🔵 SUHI stays the same at $0.08 🔵 SXHI stays the same at $0.095 🔵 TDHI stays the same at $0.055 🔵 TSHI stays the same at $0.105 For USHI with the increase, it will be a ~14.82% yield paid semi-monthly. For EDHI with the increase, it will be a ~15.29% yield paid semi-monthly. Thanks for following these posts, and see you for next month's distributions! 🍻 https://www.ninepoint.com/about-ninepoint/press-releases/ninepoint-partners-announces-september-2026-monthly-and-semi-monthly-cash-distributions-for-its-etfs-and-etf-series-securities/read more
A new milestone on @blossom for me. Thank you 7000 times for 7000 followers!! 🚀 I really appreciate everyone who follows along and reads my posts or distribution/dividend announcements since 3 years now If only 1 out of every 7 of you decided to follow me on my new YouTube channel, I’d honestly be so happy. 😊 It took me a while to finally decide to start this channel. My wife really doesn’t want me showing my real face on the internet, and I completely respect that because we both want to protect our privacy. So I decided to create an avatar that looks a lot like me without being exactly me… although he definitely dresses like me! 😂 That also means I have to create my characters, write my scripts, generate voices and video sequences with AI, and then edit everything together. It takes a LOT more time — and can sometimes be VERY frustrating 🤣 — compared with simply sitting in front of a laptop, turning on a camera and talking. But along the way, I discovered something I really enjoy. It allows me to develop my creative, cinematic and humorous side, while talking about investing and trying to share useful information without making finance boring. Hopefully, one day the channel can generate a few dollars — even if it’s just enough to cover the cost of the AI tools I currently pay for out of my own pocket to create these videos. I may be retired, but somehow I’ve managed to give myself a new unpaid job! 😂 It takes a lot of time and some money… but while I’m making videos, at least I’m not cleaning the house. Watch Episode 14 about Procter & Gamble and you’ll understand. 🤣 More seriously, I’d genuinely love to hear your feedback and comments about the channel. My goal is to keep entertaining you while sharing information about investing, new investment products, distributions and dividends. And if you enjoy what I’m creating, subscribing to the channel would probably be the nicest little way you could support what I’m building. ❤️ https://youtube.com/@andypiimedia https://youtu.be/TokPcifO3vo I was happy when I reached 5K, now 7000 wow! Thank you to read me almost each day. read more
Very excited to welcome @austinxmoney as Blossom’s first Product Manager!! Up until now, I’ve been leading product but it’s challenging giving it my full focus while jugging other CEO priorities, so I am so pumped to have someone fully dedicated to support me in improving the app for this amazing community 💕 Austin brings 6 years experience as a PM from eBay and other startups and has also been a Blossom member and shareholder for over a year 🔥 He’ll be working closely with our amazing designer @sophii.svg to ideate and design new features and will be active in the community to make sure we are always listening to all of your incredible feedback 🥳 Lot’s of exciting things in store for this week (big update coming on Wednesday) and for the rest of the year! 👏 Help me give a warm welcome to @austinxmoney in the comments!
$NVDA multiple has compressed back to 2018 levels - before a huge run up in price. $AMD just saw a large run up, following previous NVDA price movements, while NVDA has remained in sideways chop. To me, the price chart on NVDA is suggesting accumulation and is about to breakout to the upside to hit new ATH's. As always, not financial advice, but one of my favorite names to hold.
If you DCA'd during the $BTC bear market and ignored the negative comments, enjoy the next few years. To my fellow $MSTE , $BDAY, and $ISBG holders: expect some 20%+ drawdowns, but the overall trend is up and to the right and new all time highs! To the haters: please save your comments. I heard your criticisms for a year straight and still bought over $1M in BTC ETFs. If I listened to you, I would be an unsuccessful investor. Instead, I followed the data, stuck to my thesis, and now I am up hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it's JUST GETTING STARTED. So congratulations to everyone who held strong, enjoy the next few years, and Welcome to the $BTC bull market!
The S&P 500 fell hard as the Trump-Xi meeting looms and 10-year Treasury yield surges, wiping out more than $400,000,000,000 in market capitalization today. Bummer. The week was going so well! Let’s finish out the week strong 😎 $NVDA$GOOGL$AMZN$AAPL
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
Thank you to all of my followers , we have reached 20K followers on Blossom 1.2k followers on X Over 300 subscribers for The Edge Report Newsletter Board of Advisors ( Option Specialist) at DividendVisions We are working on a couple of things : building a YouTube Channel - building a portfolio and trading options in Public Possibly a weekly live show with a media partner read more
I think Wall Street is WAY too conservative on $SOFI growth. Look at the estimates on this chart. Consensus has quarterly revenue growth falling into the low-20% range during parts of 2027, then mostly sitting around the high-20s into 2028. Meanwhile, management’s own medium-term framework calls for at least 30% compounded annual growth in adjusted net revenue from 2025 through 2028. And that guide was given while assuming no significant new business launches or acquisitions. Now look at the execution so far. Q1 2026 adjusted net revenue grew 41% YoY. Q2 accelerated to 44% YoY, the fastest growth rate in more than two years. So Wall Street is basically modeling a pretty meaningful slowdown from here. Management is telling you they believe 30%+ growth can compound through 2028. And the business is currently growing well above that level. That gap is a huge part of why I still think the market is underestimating $SOFI. If management is even close to right, these estimates have room to move a lot higher. read more
I was listening to episode 426 of the Rational Reminder podcast and they started talking about something I really hadn’t thought much about before. We spend so much time figuring out what kind of investor we are. What’s my risk tolerance? How much risk should I take? How much do I need to save? But what about the other side of it — what kind of spender are you? At some point the money we’re saving and investing is actually supposed to be spent. They talked about three types of spenders: Tightwads → Unconflicted Consumers → Spendthrifts. There’s actually a test for this, so of course I had to take it. I scored 15 — Unconflicted Consumer. What am I actually saving all this money for? For me, I don’t think it’s material things anymore. When I was younger maybe it was. I’ve talked before about buying a motorcycle in my early 20s when I finally had a decent job and some money. At this point in my life, I think it’s experiences. My wife and I are celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary and we’re going away together for 10 days. We’re spending more on this trip than we normally would, and I’m completely okay with that. We’ve both worked hard, we’re busy raising our kids, and life seems to move faster every year. Ten days where we can get away together, slow things down and celebrate 15 years of marriage means something to me. That’s something I’m willing to spend money on. Someone else might look at what we’re spending and think that’s crazy. But maybe they’ve dreamed about owning a Mustang for 30 years and that’s what they want to spend their money on. I’d probably look at the Mustang and think… nope. But that’s the point. What do YOU want to spend your money on? I think we spend so much time learning how to save and invest that we don’t really think about what happens when it’s finally time to spend it. If you’re a natural saver or a “tightwad,” after 30 or 40 years of telling yourself NOT to spend money, can you suddenly flip that switch in retirement? Apparently I’m an Unconflicted Consumer, so maybe I’ve got a fighting chance. If you want to try the University of Michigan test, here it is: https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55xxAQrYK0WRlY2 Take it and post your score. I’m curious where everyone falls. read more
My wife and I rent right now, and I'm very happy with that decision currently. We get flexibility, we don't have to worry about replacing a roof or furnace, and we can move when life changes without selling a house first. Owning can be awesome when you want to stay put and make a place your own. I definitely want that eventually. But I don't see renting as throwing money away while we wait. We're paying for a place to live and for the flexibility that fits our life right now. For us, renting works financially because we pair that flexibility with discipline. If every dollar not going to a down payment or repair bill just gets spent somewhere else, you lose one of renting's advantages. We still need to save and invest on purpose. Has renting or owning given you more freedom at this stage of your life?
We've teamed up with Rumble Boxing for a women-only Investing 101 + workout session for beginner investors!! In 30 minutes, I'll be hosting a workshop to break down the basics: investment accounts, stocks, ETFs, risk, and what your first steps into investing can actually look like. No prior knowledge needed! Learn the basics, ask your questions, then hit the bags with us at Rumble. 🥊 📅 September 26 ⏰ 1:30 PM 📍 Rumble Richmond Sign up through Rumble here: https://rumbleboxing.com/richmond Spots are limited, so grab yours before they’re gone 🌸 Hope to see you ladies there!!!read more
Currently at $98,577 A friend reached out to me today for some investing advice. The biggest takeaway I wanted him to get from our conversation was this: “time in the market beats timing the market.” Even though I personally enjoy getting a bit speculative and reading the market, following that simple rule will serve most people incredibly well. If you had to give one piece of advice to someone starting to invest today, what would it be?
Originally published on Blossom on March 29th, 2024 Please find retrospective commentary at the end. Before I lose the self-proclaimed Fundamental Investors who are long term investors (of which is my core foundation as well - hey, I’m one of you!), there are some basic and easy Technical tools that I plan to work in to this Knowledge Transfer Series that we need to add to our toolkit to improve either short, mid, or long term returns. So for those in that camp, try to stick it out! RSI is the Relative Strength Index. For a trader, knowing a stock/ETF’s current RSI is a must have piece of information before sending any buy/sell order. RSI is as common as a nail to a homebuilder. So let’s acknowledge the Technicians can teach us something and that we aren’t so arrogant to think we can’t learn something from the Technicians. It moves constantly for every security within a range from 0 to 100. When the RSI is above 70, a security is generally considered overbought - and when a security is below 30, it is generally accepted that the security is oversold. Go ahead and pull up the RSI chart for your favorite 5 securities. Doesn’t matter which ones. Look! They all look the same! For geeks, they look like sine waves, oscillating up and down constantly entering Overbought, reversing, going down to Oversold, reversing, going up to Overbought, reversing, going down to Oversold, reversing, going up to Overbought, on and on.....forever.... OK, you get it. Now, if you compare this RSI chart to the actual stock/ETF price chart, you’ll see a fairly PREDICTABLE stock price direction that is well correlated to the RSI. In other words, the RSI tells us if the stock price is going up or down in the coming days or week ahead. WOW! Wait a second, isn’t that why we are here???? To make a “bet” on a stock price direction! Take the TIME to prove it to yourself with this exercise: Go look at the comparisons of the RSI charts to the stock/ETF price charts for each of your current holdings. FIND THE KEY INFLECTION POINTS - THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY POINTS: (1) The point where your stock’s RSI just crosses above 30 and leaves Oversold territory, and (2) The point where your stock’s RSI just crosses below 70 and leaves Overbought territory. In (1) above, this is an OPTIMAL point to buy. And (2) above is an OPTIMAL point to sell. So whether you are a trader or a long-term investor, this is an easy tool to generally save an extra 1-3 % on your entry price by TIMING THE MARKET. Again, this works whether you plan to harvest those returns as a trader or a mid to long term investor Now this post is a baby step into RSI used in the most basic way. But this is a key one to reading what the ticker tape tells you - not what you tell the market. This basic application of this most common trader tool is just one MARKET TIMING TOOL that we have now. After we use it, analyze it, and prove to ourselves that it works as it should (described above), we will start developing other tools that allow us to successfully market TIME markets. Watch out, here come the Fundamentalists in full force when they read this one! They will tell you that you can’t TIME markets. They’ll point to the ultra rich that said so, they’ll point to their magazine articles, and 101 Investing for Dummies books. They’ll spew the word of Certified Financial Planner....to keep a lid on your returns AND your dependency on their approach to the markets and their soldiers. Ignore them. You can do this - just take the TIME and start really small to watch it work. You MUST prove it to yourself first before we advance its application to TIME markets at a more macro level. Ask questions and share thoughts! Retrospective commentary - September 22th 2026 To this day, modified RSI is still a tool Beskar Capital uses frequently. Yet I still see many members and general investors misuse it. Reread this excerpt twice: "THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY POINTS: (1) The point where your stock's RSI just crosses above 30 and leaves Oversold territory, and (2) The point where your stock's RSI just crosses below 70 and leaves Overbought territory. In (1) above, this is an OPTIMAL point to buy. And (2) above is an OPTIMAL point to sell." Too often, I hear investors say they sold because the stock had just entered overbought territory, or bought because it had just entered oversold territory. If you've read the excerpt above twice, you know that the point I consider optimal is when the stock LEAVES overbought or oversold territory. So this KTS repost and retrospective commentary is as much for first-TIME readers as it is for seasoned KTS followers. Even though this is a trader’s tool, Beskar Capital uses it to identify optimal points for accumulation. Never forget that we are fundamentally long term investors. Yet again, we are using tools in an UNconventional Way. 😉 Now make sure you're ready for Wednesday's repost of KTS #10, an absolutely foundational KTS. I always give you my best. 🏆 This is the Way! 🏄🌊 read more
Have you ever heard of a music group called “Green Day”? I actually didn’t like their music too much when their songs were first being released. Even though they were a very popular group, I thought they were too punk for my taste!😂 But over the last few years I’ve come to appreciate their music more, probably because of Spotify, and the ease of streaming music. Green Day actually has quite a few hit songs, and I like quite a few of them. I guess you could say that I’m a “Green Day” fan now. 🟢🪭 Some of their more popular songs, which I think are pretty good, are Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), and When I Come Around. One song that I’ve discovered recently, that I quite enjoy, is called 21 Guns. I think it was a moderate hit when it was released, but I don’t think I ever heard this song until recently. Anyways, it’s a pretty nice song that you might want to have a listen to, when you have a chance. Pretty catchy tune. Here is a link to a live version of the song on YouTube. https://youtu.be/HVaYkdG4k_I On another note, my portfolio also had a nice “Green Day” today!🟢😂😂 Daily gain of +$230,568!👍 Quite a few of my Bitcoin related investments ($MSTR, $FBTC, $IBIT, $FBTC) and tech related names ($NVDA, $SMH, $META, $AMD, $VGT, $QQQM) did very well today! How did your portfolio do today? 🤷♂️ Did you have a nice “Green Day” 🟢 as well?😂😂😂 read more
