tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031526429482744032.post7550503068516928911..comments2024-03-29T00:20:06.554-07:00Comments on Don't fuck with Donville: XPEL, the story of a penny stock that's far from being a penny stock anymorePenetratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670644029306203741noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031526429482744032.post-77970772769552420692020-12-09T10:51:30.591-08:002020-12-09T10:51:30.591-08:00I've certainly had my fair share of disasters....I've certainly had my fair share of disasters...I rode both Callidus and Concordia down to zero...losing $7,300 in the process. <br /><br />I've also sold great growth stocks like Toromont (probably my biggest mistake ever) and more recently Descartes (sold when it was trading at $51.00) in order to buy Whitecap.<br /><br />I think every investor will go through experiences like this as he develops his basic approach to investing.<br /><br />To me investing is more of an artform than a science. You are never going to make all the right moves. I currently prefer to minimize the number of decisions I have to make in the market...That means buying opportunistically and holding on for a very long period of time while ignoring what the overall market is doing.<br />Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771103734767703683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031526429482744032.post-63981525781505836972020-12-08T17:59:43.663-08:002020-12-08T17:59:43.663-08:00Bought my first shares of Shopify in May 2015 at $...Bought my first shares of Shopify in May 2015 at $33.85. At that time, I also owned Biosyent, Concordia, Actavis, Cipher and Valeant. I sold everything over time except for Shopify (now it's a 26% portfolio holding after selling shares twice when it hit 30%). If I held everything I would have MONSTER gains being right on only 1/6 of these stocks. I've learned to hold stocks longer and look at the big picture, the macro trends and ignore short term movements. My portfolio is up 123% since January 1st, holding Shopify, TTD, PYPL, TEAM, CSU, KXS, CRWD, ETSY, VEEV, AVALARA, DXCM, NOVT, TDOC, NOW, PINS, ZILLOW GROUP, SYPS, ENGH, LSPD, CDAY and Unity Software. Twotimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05868436511774128622noreply@blogger.com