BYND and Investing

Photo courtesy of Robinhood.

Nice chart, huh?  BYND baby.

My husband has a huge influence on me.  I think I have a huge influence on him.  That's marriage...  and he's really into investing, money, markets, all things business and finance.  

I've always been pretty passive, especially when it comes to finances: 

• I don't look at the stock performance daily, even weekly or monthly.  
• I believe very strongly in living a lifestyle significantly below your means - that means smaller house than you can afford, buying baby stuff at GoodWill or embracing bags of hand-me-downs, cook at home more than you eat out. When we have dual income, that means, we still live as if there's only a single income coming in.  
• In our marriage, I have happily given him full CFO/Chief Investor reign of everything regarding our assets and finances.  I really trust him (as I should).  And, we're both happier this way.
• Previous to our marriage, I managed it in 6 month to 12 month chunks at a time - investing (well) takes work.  When the S&P500 did its thing 2001 - 2006, I rode that all the way up, and a lot of it down.  I threw in a whole bunch into Gold, Gold Miners, Commodities, Apple (of course), and some death stocks (I think I was too early).  Cashed out on Apple when it doubled (~$40 to ~$88) to buy my first home.  In hindsight, oh man I should have held onto Apple.  Cashed out on MSFT at $24.10 too, because it was not moving year after year (back then).  Man I should have held onto that too.  Shoulda. Woulda. Coulda.
• I spend from time to time on myself (less than 5 times a year).  I spend mostly on family happiness (gifts, photos, experiences), or donating to charitable causes (mostly at gala auctions and events).  My husband calls me the family "social worker".

Smile.  

I'm tracking a few different stocks and companies now.  We've been mentally placing bets on companies (or with angel checks) since 2012, and have learned A LOT.  I'll write up the summary of learning in another post.  Now I'm taking those principles and applying it back to the stock market - and with that, I've placed a bet on BYND.  In at ~$80 on BYND, and today it's up to ~$166.  Not bad, huh?  I'm playing 1-5 year ranges now (versus the 6-12 month ranges I had done previously).  In hindsight, I should have put more in when I did - shoulda, woulda, coulda.

Ah well.  Proud owner of BYND.

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​Arry