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THE Ohio State University Alumni. Writer. Generally bullish.

Columbus, Ohio
Joined May 2022
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Every year I like to share a year end target for the S&P 500 $SPY for the upcoming year. Being that it's nearly impossible to get right, I like to have some fun with it. My 2025 PT was 5,700. Swing and a miss as they say. For 2026, I have a PT of 6,360. That's about a -8% from here. My top 3 sector picks for 2026; 1. Materials 2. Equal-Weight Consumer Staples (or Staples ex $WMT and $COST) 3. Energy The 3 sectors I'm avoiding in 2026: 1. Financials 2. Consumer Discretionary 3. Industrials. Midterm election years are typically difficult years for the market. Time will tell if this is another one. #Stocks #StockMarket #Investing
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Anyone who shops at Giant Eagle knows that their prices couldn't be higher, lmao.
Shop at any of these grocery stores? Kroger Fred Meyer Ralphs Food for Less Mariano’s Smith’s Harris Teeter Seems like a lot of competition—except that every one is owned by Kroger. Now Kroger is trying to buy another: Giant Eagle. And when competition dies, you pay more.
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Well deserved. Going to be a fun night.
To the rafters. The #NHLBruins are proud to announce that during the upcoming 2026-27 season, the club will bestow its highest honor upon Patrice Bergeron by retiring his No. 37.
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My thoughts on Warsh's first presser: - I like challenging the 2% mandate., - I like the balance sheet task force., - "Inflation is a choice" goes to show the Kevin Warsh Fed will be consumed more with price stability than full employment. Not a bad thing. - I like the idea of changing data gathering methods, less surveys, etc., - Don't love the idea of changing Fed communication, will depend on what they do.
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Yup.
It has been ridiculous for a very very long time.
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Or you can buy neither
You can buy Bitcoin down -50% or you can buy the SpaceX IPO at the all time high. This is an intelligence test.
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I'm a buyer
BREAKING 🚨: Gold Gold enters Bear Market after falling more than 20% from its January all-time high 🐻📉
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But the short seller was the one breaking the law 😂
Jensen Huang called Marvell “the next trillion-dollar company” during $MRVL CEO Matt Murphy’s Computex keynote in Taiwan.
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Please.
#BREAKING: Trump moves to ‘save the sun,’ backs permanent daylight time push under the Sunshine Protection Act.
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Phantom rate hike: keeping rates steady, while ramping up a significant run off of the Fed's balance sheet, might be how Warsh tries to sneak one past Trump.
A rate HIKE in July? One of the biggest bulls on Wall Street making that call today... @HalftimeReport @CNBCClosingBell
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Correct
A $250B valuation is incredibly cheap for the sheer volume of cash flow and user data $UBER Uber provides.
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Excited to read @awealthofcs's new book. Immediately jumping to the top of my book pile!
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Adding to $UBER today, buying at the highest share price I've ever bought at. I still believe this stock's performance is dampened by irrational, and frankly, stupid concerns over AVs. $UBER aggregates demand. Their hybrid platform allows them to meet periods of high demand with ease, and scale back during periods of low demand. An AV network with a fixed amount of AVs will never be able to meet the periods of high demand, leading to higher prices, and during periods of low demand will sit idle, creating a cost drag for the owner of the network. $UBER is and will continue to be my largest holding. #Stocks #Investing
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$PYPL's stock price looks just like this!
$PYPL shares outstanding continue to decrease, buybacks are doing their thing. The market continues to punish great earnings.
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New Dow Jones Industrial Average Prediction: Next change will see $NKE removed for $NFLX. Calling it now.
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This Berkshire $BRK.B $BRK.A meeting has been awesome. A lot more focus on the operating businesses, less on the portfolio. Greg Abel is the man, anyone who doubts his abilities lacks thinking skills.
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In a magazine cover highlighting $GOOG $GOOGL, the first thing I notice is "TIM", as in Tim Cook!
Alphabet is one of TIME’s most influential companies of the year. Critics once underestimated CEO Sundar Pichai. Now, critics wonder if he’s made Google too powerful time.com/collection/time100-…
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Been a very long time since I did a portfolio update. Not much has actually changed. As of my last portfolio update in August, the changes I have made are: Sells: $LULU $ASML $PEP $KVUE (Kind of) $PSX $CMCSA $FIG Buys: $ABT $PPG $TSCO $KMB (Kind of) Most of the sells came before the end of 2025. A mix of big gains and one notable large loss, $FIG. I say "Kind of" for $KVUE and $KMB because when the deal was announced, I took advantage of a brief period where the value of the deal was overpriced in $KVUE, sold and bought $KMB. I was very happy to finally get long $KMB, especially under $100, and this is a long term holding. $ABT and $PPG have been steady buys as of late. $TSCO I just started this week. My strategy doesn't change. I buy great companies at good prices, targeting a 2%+ dividend yield and 0.8 beta for my overall portfolio. I currently clock in at 2.5% dividend yield and 0.8 beta. I am very happy with where I am. #Stocks #Investing #Dividends
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I'll miss you, Jerome
JUST IN: Jerome Powell to deliver his last FOMC meeting today
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