Market snapshot · September 29, 2026 close
S&P 500 (SPY) $764.20 −0.18% Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) $737.93 +0.19% Dow (DIA) $512.88 −0.22% Russell 2000 (IWM) $279.01 −0.36% 10-Year Treasury (IEF) $89.45 −0.09% Crude Oil (USO) $143.35 −4.44% Gold (GLD) $382.89 +1.32% US Dollar Index (UUP) $28.75 +0.17% Volatility (VXX) $17.45 −0.06% Semiconductors (SMH) $606.90 +1.15% Silver (SLV) $55.48 +0.96% Emerging Markets (EEM) $67.40 +0.30% Bitcoin (BTC) $83,638.42 +0.22% Ethereum (ETH) $2,676.70 −0.40% S&P 500 (SPY) $764.20 −0.18% Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) $737.93 +0.19% Dow (DIA) $512.88 −0.22% Russell 2000 (IWM) $279.01 −0.36% 10-Year Treasury (IEF) $89.45 −0.09% Crude Oil (USO) $143.35 −4.44% Gold (GLD) $382.89 +1.32% US Dollar Index (UUP) $28.75 +0.17% Volatility (VXX) $17.45 −0.06% Semiconductors (SMH) $606.90 +1.15% Silver (SLV) $55.48 +0.96% Emerging Markets (EEM) $67.40 +0.30% Bitcoin (BTC) $83,638.42 +0.22% Ethereum (ETH) $2,676.70 −0.40%

One-Page Summary

Tear Sheet

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6 / 6Verifiable IPS Rules Compliant
32Positions
+0.74%September 29, 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 62.84% · Index hedge 17.59% · Emerging growth 11.74% · Speculative 5.60% · Leveraged 2.25%
Rule compliance6 of 6 currently-verifiable IPS caps compliant. SNDK is 9.70%, below the 10% single-position limit; the prior process failure remains openly documented — see the Compliance Ledger.
Concentration risk61.49% 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 29, 2026 close. Portfolio value $35,650.41. Thirty-one holdings use public intraday quotes; SPCX uses its last verified private mark.

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