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S&P 500 (SPY) $748.62 +0.88% Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) $708.90 +1.85% Dow (DIA) $522.55 +0.89% Russell 2000 (IWM) $295.82 +1.20% 10-Year Treasury (IEF) $93.32 −0.23% Crude Oil (USO) $128.37 +2.28% Gold (GLD) $373.85 +1.70% US Dollar Index (UUP) $28.45 +0.23% Volatility (VXX) $21.29 −3.77% Semiconductors (SMH) $583.24 +4.37% Silver (SLV) $53.36 +4.67% Emerging Markets (EEM) $65.45 +2.97% Bitcoin (BTC) $66,470.13 +1.90% Ethereum (ETH) $1,922.88 +1.00% S&P 500 (SPY) $748.62 +0.88% Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) $708.90 +1.85% Dow (DIA) $522.55 +0.89% Russell 2000 (IWM) $295.82 +1.20% 10-Year Treasury (IEF) $93.32 −0.23% Crude Oil (USO) $128.37 +2.28% Gold (GLD) $373.85 +1.70% US Dollar Index (UUP) $28.45 +0.23% Volatility (VXX) $21.29 −3.77% Semiconductors (SMH) $583.24 +4.37% Silver (SLV) $53.36 +4.67% Emerging Markets (EEM) $65.45 +2.97% Bitcoin (BTC) $66,470.13 +1.90% Ethereum (ETH) $1,922.88 +1.00%

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Tear Sheet

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6 / 6Verifiable IPS Rules Compliant
32Positions
+0.97%Today
+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 63.7% · Index hedge 18.4% · Emerging growth 8.6% · Speculative 6.5% · Leveraged 2.8%
Rule compliance6 of 6 currently-verifiable IPS caps compliant. The single-position cap (SNDK) resolved back under 10% via a price pullback, not an executed trim — see the Compliance Ledger for the honest version of that distinction.
Concentration risk60.93% of the book shares one AI-infrastructure theme, disclosed on the Thematic Exposure page.
Latest self-correctionJuly 2026 Portfolio Review & Retrospective: an intended NBIL trim wasn't executed — the market resized the position, not my discipline. Full account in the July letter.
Learning in practiceBusiness foundations, entrepreneurship, small-business management, and composition inform the research process described on the About page.

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