A Peak Into One Of My Actual Accounts

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For those interested in seeing the impact of hedging in action, see below. It’s the current positioning in one of my actual investment accounts.

Keep in mind, I have many accounts (multiple brokers, retirement accounts, etc), so this intentionally doesn’t give you insight into everything I own. For example, I have Smith Micro (SMSI) in at least three different accounts. Also, several of my largest holdings (GAIA, MRIN, TPCS, etc) are all in different accounts. In other words, showing you what I own (and how much is not the purpose of this exercise)!

It’s a retirement account for positions I intend to buy-and-hold. I started putting it to work when SMSI dropped to $1.50, back in March. In total, I bought 100,000 shares in this account at an average of $1.63 per share. Along the way, I also added some USATP and a long/short fund.

Now, here’s the key…

Near the market top, I took my own advice and added RWM (which shorts the Russell 2000) to the account as a hedge against my long positions. It was a big position, but that was necessary to cover ALL of my long positions.

Check out how things have played out:

As you can see, SMSI is up, but not a lot. Meanwhile, USATP and the fund are both down. Adding it up, I have an overall LOSS of about $27,000 in my long positions here, which is about -3% in this account. Coincidentally, the S&P is also down 3% this year.

However, my short against the Russell (RWM) has built up a profit of $74,000. This gives the account an overall gain of roughly $47,000. That’s more than +5% (which is +7% annualized — remember, I launched this account in March).

Now, +7% doesn’t sound like much (indeed, my other accounts have done better in 2018). However, that’s 10 percentage points better than the S&P’s -3%. To illustrate how big a difference this is, consider the following:

Over time, the markets deliver about 7% annual returns. From age 25 through retirement, 7% annual returns will turn $20,000 into $300,000. Not bad… until you consider that those extra 10 percentage points (17% annually) will turn that same $50,000 into $10.7 MILLION.

It may sound crazy, but check the math for yourself.  #facts

 

The Bottom Line: You now have ten million reasons to learn more about hedging and other investment strategies as we head into 2019.

Stay tuned…

 

Happy Holidays & Best Wishes For A Prosperous New Year,

Mark G.

 

If you missed my last live broadcast, be sure to check it out here. Cheers!

 

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