A Good Day to Check Your Portfolio Performance

[Spock]

As it is almost exactly a year since Trump's Inauguration-I figure it is a good day to make you assholes check your portfolio performance-especially since most of you were giddy with excitement during the April Flash Crash-when you were hoping for a Trump stock market disaster.

My discretionary portfolio is up 23.7% from Jan 20, 2025 to Jan 19, 2026.

However, most interestingly-it is up 41% from the bottom of the April flash Crash when most here were absolutely giddy as the market dropped. Perfect example why you can't panic over the market noise (here or elsewhere)-IIRC we suddenly had a lot of stock market experts here during the April Flash Crash explaing why the stock market was going to be a disaster for Trump's term.

Quick update on Spock the coal Magnate-I bought 4 different companies less than a year ago-Feb/March or so. \

Company 1 doubled a few months ago and i sold half of my shares there-but I sold a little early-I sold at the 100% gain-just a couple days ago it hit a 200% gain on the shares I have left.

Company 2 is sitting at a 103% gain-it was about 110% a couple of days ago but I didn't sell.

My plan for Company 2 is that i don't plan to sell for awhile-this is one I will hold long-term without trimming my position.

Company 3 got up to about an 80% gain a few days ago-but has since dropped back to about a 67% gain. My plan for company 3 is to sell half when it doubles (100% Gain).

Company 4 is sitting at about a 40% gain-I will sell half of this one when/if it doubles.

[tlynn78]

Mine is doing splendidly!

[Beebs52]

Gotta love fidelity

[silverscreenselect]

As it is almost exactly a year since Trump's Inauguration-I figure it is a good day to make you assholes check your portfolio performance-especially since most of you were giddy with excitement during the April Flash Crash-when you were hoping for a Trump stock market disaster.

I'll bet a lot of your fellow farmers aren't quite as giddy with excitement as you are about how well their finances have done in the last year.

[silverscreenselect]

Here's something else you can check that's more directly tied to Trump:

Value of $TRUMP memecoin January 20, 2025: $75.35
Value of $TRUMP memecoin January 20, 2026: $4.86 (-94%)

Value of $MELANIA memecoin January, 2025: $13.73
Value of $MELANIA memecoin January 20, 2026: $0.15 (-99%)

https://www.ft.com/content/0012b71f-c40 ... 6548fe2b4c

[BackInTex]

As it is almost exactly a year since Trump's Inauguration-I figure it is a good day to make you assholes check your portfolio performance-especially since most of you were giddy with excitement during the April Flash Crash-when you were hoping for a Trump stock market disaster.

I'll bet a lot of your fellow farmers aren't quite as giddy with excitement as you are about how well their finances have done in the last year.

Are you suggesting his fellow farmers don't have investments or they just stuff their mattresses with money and only pull it out to gamble on the current year's crop?

Farmers are like regular folks. They save, invest, heck, some even go to buffets and use coupons.

[silverscreenselect]

Are you suggesting his fellow farmers don't have investments or they just stuff their mattresses with money and only pull it out to gamble on the current year's crop?

As 2025 ends, farmers are still reeling from the shake up of markets and federal programs
Farmers across the central US have navigated a myriad of challenges this year, including low crop prices and federal funding cuts

Rural America’s farm economy is struggling with its own K shape, as government payouts rocket to crisis levels

Farm Bankruptcies on the Rise: What It Means for Young Farmers and the Future of Southern Agriculture

There's plenty more headlines and stories like that. Those who rely on investments for much of their income are doing well, while many of those who rely on paychecks or small business profits are not. And don't forget that many of those farmers who are hurting voted for Trump because he said he was going to fix the economy.

[Weyoun]

You dummies do understand that many world indices outperformed the US markets last year?

Hell, the Korean Kospi was up 76% over one year.

Italy, Japan, Germany, and the UK indices also outperformed the US.

[Beebs52]

You dummies do understand that many world indices outperformed the US markets last year?

Hell, the Korean Kospi was up 76% over one year.

Italy, Japan, Germany, and the UK indices also outperformed the US.

Hmm. You're saying those indices are more reliable in the long run?

[Weyoun]

You dummies do understand that many world indices outperformed the US markets last year?

Hell, the Korean Kospi was up 76% over one year.

Italy, Japan, Germany, and the UK indices also outperformed the US.

Hmm. You're saying those indices are more reliable in the long run?

I’m saying a thread started by a guy trying to brag about how well he has done over the past year, with the implication being that Donald Trump’s management has something to do with that since we are using January 20 as the start date, probably should’ve diversified a little bit better specifically because of what Donald Trump did.

Or maybe not, as he’s insufferable enough.

[Beebs52]

You dummies do understand that many world indices outperformed the US markets last year?

Hell, the Korean Kospi was up 76% over one year.

Italy, Japan, Germany, and the UK indices also outperformed the US.

Hmm. You're saying those indices are more reliable in the long run?

I’m saying a thread started by a guy trying to brag about how well he has done over the past year, with the implication being that Donald Trump’s management has something to do with that since we are using January 20 as the start date, probably should’ve diversified a little bit better specifically because of what Donald Trump did.

Or maybe not, as he’s insufferable enough.

I'll let Fidelity figure it out. So far so good. One should not throw insufferable around...

[silverscreenselect]

Trump’s stock market: Worst first year of a term since George W. Bush

The stock market in President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House was the weakest of any president’s first year of a new term since 2005, when George W. Bush started his second term. From Trump’s inauguration day to January 20, 2026, the S&P 500 rose 13.3% — healthy gains by any standard. But it was the worst start to a presidency in 20 years. In comparison, the S&P 500 gained 24.1% across the first year of Trump’s first term, according to CFRA Research.

Stocks climbed higher across the past year, extending a bull run driven by enthusiasm about artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, international stocks outperformed the United States in 2025 for the first time in years. The stock market, of course, doesn’t operate in a vacuum. Trump’s second term came on the heels of the S&P 500’s first back-to-back annual gains of more than 20% since the 1990s. The bar for further gains was already set pretty high.

Stocks slid to the brink of a bear market in April amid tariff uncertainty before sharply rebounding as Trump backed off his most severe threats. The S&P clinched 39 record highs across the year. In comparison, the index clinched 62 record highs in 2017, the first year of Trump’s first term.

[Beebs52]

I think you complete anti Trumpers are very weak immature investors. But that's ok since making money is a bad thing right? Good luck with that.

[Weyoun]

I think you complete anti Trumpers are very weak immature investors. But that's ok since making money is a bad thing right? Good luck with that.

Or we are doing great but aren’t complete blowhards who talk about it

[Beebs52]

I think you complete anti Trumpers are very weak immature investors. But that's ok since making money is a bad thing right? Good luck with that.

Or we are doing great but aren’t complete blowhards who talk about it

No. Actually. Snorting re blowhard. Thx

[Beebs52]

I think you complete anti Trumpers are very weak immature investors. But that's ok since making money is a bad thing right? Good luck with that.

Or we are doing great but aren’t complete blowhards who talk about it

No. Actually. Snorting re blowhard. Thx

Oh. So you're doing fine with Trump's whatevers...

[Weyoun]

Or we are doing great but aren’t complete blowhards who talk about it

No. Actually. Snorting re blowhard. Thx

Oh. So you're doing fine with Trump's whatevers...

Up the thread I mentioned how foreign indices are doing even better than the US. Try to keep pace.

[Beebs52]

You dummies do understand that many world indices outperformed the US markets last year?

Hell, the Korean Kospi was up 76% over one year.

Italy, Japan, Germany, and the UK indices also outperformed the US.

Hmm. You're saying those indices are more reliable in the long run?

I sorta kept pace. You didn't answer because you're an amateur.

[Weyoun]

You dummies do understand that many world indices outperformed the US markets last year?

Hell, the Korean Kospi was up 76% over one year.

Italy, Japan, Germany, and the UK indices also outperformed the US.

Hmm. You're saying those indices are more reliable in the long run?

I sorta kept pace. You didn't answer because you're an amateur.

I didn't think it was really a relevant question about last year's performance, which is what the people paying attention were talking about. But with Trump shaking up the American and global economies, there is opportunity to be made elsewhere, yes.

[Beebs52]

Hmm. You're saying those indices are more reliable in the long run?

I sorta kept pace. You didn't answer because you're an amateur.

I didn't think it was really a relevant question about last year's performance, which is what the people paying attention were talking about. But with Trump shaking up the American and global economies, there is opportunity to be made elsewhere, yes.

Unless opportunities are better here. Because his assholeyness seems to flip flop in the general direction of our benefit.

[jarnon]

I think you complete anti Trumpers are very weak immature investors. But that's ok since making money is a bad thing right? Good luck with that.

Or we are doing great but aren’t complete blowhards who talk about it

No. Actually. Snorting re blowhard. Thx

Blowhard is a poor word choice especially from the doc. Good that you can snort.

[Beebs52]

Or we are doing great but aren’t complete blowhards who talk about it

No. Actually. Snorting re blowhard. Thx

Blowhard is a poor word choice especially from the doc. Good that you can snort.

I got that joke Jarnon! Heee.