“Earn as much as you can. Save as much as you can. Invest as much as you can. Give as much as you can" - John Wesley The Portfolio That's 4-years in a row! The portfolio closed out 2019 up +29.14%. Our goal is to beat the market using the S&P 500 as our benchmarked. We had a thin win this year, but a win none the less. This is the first year I've included dividends in the results. In previous years I just ignored dividends altogether, they weren't included in results. The

“Earn as much as you can. Save as much as you can. Invest as much as you can. Give as much as you can" - John Wesley The Portfolio Year-To-Date the portfolio is up over +29%. Dividends were responsible for adding about 1.1% to the overall gain. I'll post the final number tomorrow after the close. Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is up over +28% YTD. If you're an investor looking for diversification and growth, and you'd like to know more about the way I build a portfolio; p

“The best stock to buy is one you already own." - Peter Lynch The Portfolio Year-To-Date the portfolio is up over +28%. Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is up over +29% YTD. If you're an investor looking for diversification and growth, and you'd like to know more about the way I build a portfolio; please feel free to email me. clay@claybaker.com The 2020 Portfolio This is a heads up as I'm preparing the new portfolio for 2020. In previous years I have sold everything and re

“The best stock to buy is one you already own." - Peter Lynch The Portfolio Year-To-Date the portfolio is up over +28%. Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is up 25.17% YTD. If you're an investor looking for diversification and growth, and you'd like to know more about the way I build a portfolio; please feel free to email me. clay@claybaker.com Got Housing Today mortgage giant Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research Group announced that housing starts increased at just ov

“It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price, than a fair company at a wonderful price." - Warren Buffett The Portfolio Year-To-Date the portfolio is up +28.33%. Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is up 25.17% YTD. If you're an investor looking for diversification and growth, and you'd like to know more about the way I build a portfolio; please feel free to email me. clay@claybaker.com Bears Need To Hibernate I'm calling out the bears, it's time you all went int

“It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price, than a fair company at a wonderful price." - Warren Buffett The Portfolio Year-To-Date the portfolio is up +25.93%. Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is up 23.0% YTD. If you're an investor looking for diversification and growth, and you'd like to know more about the way I build a portfolio; please feel free to email me. clay@claybaker.com Insperity (NSP) Today I added shares to Insperity. We had a very small holdin