Archive Category: Green Zone Fortunes Updates

I heard on the local news Monday evening that the Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen more than 1,000 points. I’m always amused when I hear the local news quote the Dow’s move in points. My guess is that the average viewer has no clue what “1,000 points” means. Is it 1% … 10% … 100%? Using context clues and the anchor’s tone, I think most folks get that it’s generally “bad” or “scary.” But what should you do when the Dow falls 1,000 points?!

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Before I get into this week’s update, a quick housekeeping note: Green Zone Fortunes co-editor Adam O’Dell and I have decided to suspend our stop-loss on Twist Bioscience Corp. (Nasdaq: TWST). We’ll let you know when that changes. And of course, we’ll reach out if we need to act on any of our model portfolio stocks. Now for the update… In today’s video, I touch on the volatility we’ve seen in the market since the start of the year. I don’t think the cause is the political paralysis that’s happening in the U.S…

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In this week’s video, I share a chart that shows how six market indexes, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, performed in 2021. Then I contrast them with every stock in our model portfolio. You’ll see how our companies did overall compared to the market. I reveal two important takeaways from the chart that will help us invest in the new year.