The Ill-conceived Investing Initiative

(A Swing Trade-n-Hold Portfolio)

Swing Trade

A short-term strategy to buy and sell stocks whose technical indicators suggest an upward or downward trend in the near future.

Buy and Hold

A passive investment strategy to buy stocks and hold them for a long period regardless of fluctuations in the market

As ill-conceived as it sounds, there is a way to be both a trader AND a long-term investor in a single brokerage account. Herein is a hands-on demonstration of a hybrid swing-trade-and-hold approach built on the strengths of two seemingly incompatible strategies: swing trading and buy-and-hold investing.

Hello. I...

>> am Three Eyes (••‿•);

>> haven't the foggiest idea how to invest;

>> am too lazy to learn;

>> have been "investing" for 28 years;

>> can't stand conventional investing wisdom, and have paid dearly for it ;

>> "retired" 4 years ago at age 50; and

>> am living off of interest from savings, and cap gains and dividends from investments.

That said, I do own a stock portfolio or two, one of which I began with $50,000 in December 2016. The goal of this portfolios was (and still is) to build small long-term positions with relatively large short-term bets on seemingly oversold individual stocks. Keeping up with the S&P is not important (although it generally has). Preserving capital and capturing some quick capital gains was.

This website documents the cheekily-named "Ill-conceived Investing Initiative."

It tracks purchases, sales, dividends, holdings, and returns.

It is not investment advice and the investments should not be replicated.

It only demonstrates a strategy for portfolio accumulation/management

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