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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: tecmo ⎊☼  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: 2023 end of year results
Date: 01/01/24 7:13 PM
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Here are my results for 2023

          1M     3M       1Y       3Y       5Y
tecmo +2.78% +10.32% +30.39% +11.79% +18.45%
SPY +4.54% +11.69% +26.29% +10.00% +15.69%


US Index 27%
MSFT 16%
BRK 15%
Global Index 15%
GOOG 9%
AAPL 5%
Other 4%
TD Bank 2%
DG 1%
AMZN 1%
DIS 1%
CASH 0%

Another year of index beating returns, which is the goal.

I posted elsewhere that my US Index holdings are a mix of

SPY  : 60%
RSP : 20%
QQQE : 20%

I traded less than typical this year, the DG investment and adding to GOOG were the primary trades. Sitting on essentially 0% cash, which is unusual but in hindsight it was a good year to be fully invested - especially in DG and GOOG which have turned out very well for me.

BTW: My general objective is to beat the SPY by "a few points" each year. The big drag on the portfolio this year were the Global Index funds - which were up on average around 10% and BRK which was up 15%. It was a strange year that I was able to beat the index with 30% of my portfolio under performing by a significant amount.

tecmo
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