Every summer, I like to step back, grab my surfboard, and let the market run its course without me for a bit. But before heading to the beach, I always review how the year is shaping up. 2025 is a perfect reminder of how investing often feels contradictory: everything and nothing is happening at the […] The post The Year So Far: Nothing Is Like It Seems appeared first on The Dividend Guy Blog.| The Dividend Guy Blog
Eight years after rolling a $108K pension into a DIY portfolio, Mike walks through a quarterly review that’s up ~200% since inception—but not without bruises. He dissects three laggards (Apple, Alimentation Couche-Tard, Starbucks), explains when he holds vs. trims, and shows the exact process he uses to separate price noise from business news. You’ll also […] The post Mike’s Portfolio Review – Losing Money on Apple, Keep or Sell? [Podcast] appeared first on The Dividend Guy Blog.| The Dividend Guy Blog