Day 140: Where can you get 20%?

The Mother's Little Helper portfolio was up +0.95% today for a gain of +6,644.20. Overall gain to date: +$119,243.73 (+20.42%). According to CNN Money the S&P 500 is up +7.30% Year To Date (http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/).

I love those 20% coupons that Bed Bath & Beyond sends me. For Mother's Day I got a 20% discount from Harry & David's but I couldn't bring myself to use it - I just felt cheap. If you pay off a credit card with a 20% rate that's the same as earning 20% on your money.

The Mother's Little Helper Portfolio cleared a psychological milestone today as the YTD overall return rose above 20% to settle at +20.42% at the close.

Investors seem less and less concerned about geopolitical risks, a dismal economic report from China and other issues like the wannacrypt global cyber-attack, while home builder sentiment is upbeat and crude oil prices jumped as optimism over production cuts from Russia and Saudi Arabia appear to be getting extended.

Stay Invested,

Clay Baker

Disclosure: I am personally invested long in these stocks that appear in the MLH portfolio and may purchase or sell share withing the next 72 hours. I am also invested in other stocks that do not appear in the MLH portfolio: BA, BRK.B, CELG, CSCO, CTXS, CVX, DOW, DVAX, FB, IBM, NTES, NVDA, OMER, PFE, PG, RDHL, SCHW, THO, TWX, VEEV, VZ, XLNX, XOM

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