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Top Names, 4/18/2024

Continuing our core strategy, while updating our performance.

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In the bustling atmosphere of the New York Stock Exchange, we find two distinct anthropomorphic characters at the heart of the trading floor's energy and activity. One is a bull, standing tall and clothed in an elegant, sharp suit that speaks to its bullish outlook and unyielding confidence in the market's potential. Its horns are polished, blending seamlessly into its professional attire, symbolizing strength and optimism. Beside the bull, a bear presents a stark contrast, embodying caution and a readiness for market downturns. This bear, also dressed in a refined suit, reflects a strategic and careful approach to trading, with its fur subtly peeking out from its clothing, hinting at its inherent nature. Together, they engage in stock trading, analyzing screens filled with fluctuating market data, discussing strategies, and making calls. The scene captures their dynamic relationship against the backdrop of the NYSE, with traders bustling around, screens blinking with live updates, and the air filled with the essence of high-stakes financial decisions.

Our Core Strategy

Our core strategy is to buy equal dollar amounts of the Portfolio Armor web app’s top ten names, put trailing stops of 10%-20% on them, and replace them with names from the current week’s top ten when we get stopped out of a position (As you’ll see in tomorrow’s Exits post, I got stopped out of two top names positions this week, one for a 9.2% loss, and another for a 259% gain).

A Top Names Performance Update

Before we get to this week’s top ten names, let’s look at the final, 6-month performance of our top ten names from October 12th.

Top Names, 10/12/2023

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Top Names, 10/12/2023

Don’t Mention The War My last political post here cost me a few subscribers, so I have saved my politics for Zero Hedge (if you’re interested, you can read my take here). With respect to investing though, nothing obvious jumps out about this. Oil’s basically flat over the last 5 days, as is

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Over the next six months, our top ten names were up 29.96% on average, versus up 18.28% for SPY.

That was the 31st top ten names cohort out of 41 since we launched this Substack that beat the market (PA top ten returns are on the left below; SPY returns on the right).

This Week’s Top Names

Below are Portfolio Armor’s current top ten names as of Thursday’s close.

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