Market snapshot · September 18, 2026 close
S&P 500 (SPY) $773.50 +1.55% Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) $741.47 +2.77% Dow (DIA) $519.78 +0.76% Russell 2000 (IWM) $285.58 +0.52% 10-Year Treasury (IEF) $91.15 +0.39% Crude Oil (USO) $148.16 −3.68% Gold (GLD) $398.38 −0.70% US Dollar Index (UUP) $28.48 +0.32% Volatility (VXX) $17.69 −0.39% Semiconductors (SMH) $596.03 +4.02% Silver (SLV) $59.63 −0.50% Emerging Markets (EEM) $68.83 +2.69% Bitcoin (BTC) $86,594.94 +6.70% Ethereum (ETH) $2,775.58 +4.95% S&P 500 (SPY) $773.50 +1.55% Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) $741.47 +2.77% Dow (DIA) $519.78 +0.76% Russell 2000 (IWM) $285.58 +0.52% 10-Year Treasury (IEF) $91.15 +0.39% Crude Oil (USO) $148.16 −3.68% Gold (GLD) $398.38 −0.70% US Dollar Index (UUP) $28.48 +0.32% Volatility (VXX) $17.69 −0.39% Semiconductors (SMH) $596.03 +4.02% Silver (SLV) $59.63 −0.50% Emerging Markets (EEM) $68.83 +2.69% Bitcoin (BTC) $86,594.94 +6.70% Ethereum (ETH) $2,775.58 +4.95%

One-Page Summary

Tear Sheet

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5 / 6Verifiable IPS Rules Compliant
32Positions
+1.09%September 18, 2026 close
+72.14%All-time (dollar-weighted)

The essentials

Started2022, with $500 of saved earnings and gift money — see the Founding Note.
Governing documentA written Investment Policy Statement, revised openly, with a logged revision history.
VerificationEvery dollar figure is Blossom-verified, linked directly to my brokerage — not typed in by hand.
Bucket structureCore 62.56% · Index hedge 18.16% · Emerging growth 11.42% · Speculative 5.75% · Leveraged 2.10%
Rule compliance5 of 6 currently-verifiable IPS caps compliant. SNDK is 10.43%, above the 10% single-position limit, and remains openly flagged — see the Compliance Ledger.
Concentration risk60.53% of the book shares one AI-infrastructure theme, disclosed on the Thematic Exposure page.
Latest self-correctionA private SpaceX mark had been treated like a new daily close, creating a false daily loss. The updater now holds private marks flat until a verified valuation change — see What I Got Wrong.
Learning in practiceBusiness foundations, entrepreneurship, small-business management, and composition inform the research process described on the About page.

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Data through September 18, 2026 close. Portfolio value $34,357.52. Thirty-one holdings use public intraday quotes; SPCX uses its last verified private mark.

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