Feb 3, 2026

 New turmoil in going for the next step for my mom. We were ready to make an offer on a house for Maddy and Jimmy. However, yesterday Maddy called and wanted more compensation for her care, which is totally justified. However, it is best to discuss it before the decision of buying a house. Ming objected without providing a better plan. Stinky was going with the wind. In the end, I was able to convince Stinky to stay with the present plan. That means I most likely have to shell out more dough to Maddy and Jimmy to compensate them. I am already 63, so it is probably time to give her some money anyway. 

PLTR had a blowout quarter, the gambler of me bought 200 more shares in the after market at about $159. This morning, all the software stocks are crashing again, with INTU, PYPL, XYZ, ADBE (which has been crashing for 2 years). MCO and SPGI down almost 10% each, Since Chris Hohn owns them, so bought a total of $15000 for both stocks, but it went down more as the day went on. I had a rule that I will never buy a stock in a down day:(. It costs me again. 

There seems to be a commodity boom brewing. Today, the material stocks are flying on starting a strategic reserve fund to secure key minerals by Trump. 

Iran war is on hold for now it seems because there does not seem to be a quick win. 

SNAP keeps on tanking, probably down close to 20% since I got in. It is another Jim's picks (I wonder what the winning percentage would be overall). More critical of others' recommendations!

Feb 2, 2026

I went to Legoland to join the Budrows for Jacqui's birthday event (her 40th). TieTie fell into a lego pit facing down. His face got a few red spots (sharp corners of the pieces). I was right there and couldn't react quick enough to stop the fall:( It still pains me now. 

I got another bloody nose from speculating a stock that I don't know much about RMBS, which was down over 10% the same day, so I sold 1/2: 100 shrs. Earnings brought down another 19%. All the semi or other AI supply chain stock are going up after earnings, only RMBS didn't!!! Ignorance is not a bliss. 

Jan 28, 2026

 I made peace between Zuna and Jacqui, by offering watching her dog for a few days next week. I was surprised that Zuna resisted so much. She complained to Julie. People's emotions are like streams of water, dont try to block them. The best is to redirect and merge them. It is clear to me that we need to scale back our goodwill. We will chat next week. 

I exited UNH, which is not within my circle of competence! cut cprt in half, I believe cprt is a great co, but I dont it well enough yet. 

Sold 1/2 of asml, which has been parabolic in the past a few months (doubled). A climax sale is unavoidable. Buy it back later. 

Sold some RDDT, it is after the selling signal. Watch the support level closely. Rumored slow in ad market. 

I talked to Maddy and Jimmy about taking care of my mom. My mom loved Maddy (favored her) growing up. I am glad Maddy never forgot that and my mom is going to receive the ultimate reward. She really puts us in shame. What an outstanding young woman she has become! 

Jan 27, 2026

 Li Lu's value investing key elements:

• Consider yourself as a partial owner of the business
• Invest with a margin of safety
• Invest within your circle of competence. 

Very often I dont follow these rules. This morning UNH tanked almost 20% on Trump's new proposal of a falt Medicare advantage rates over last year. What is my expertise on UNH or healthcare = 0. The result and guidance is soft. I need to cut it! I need to review other investments as well. Do I know much about cprt? lulu/deck? 

I need to have a frank conversation with Zuna who likes to stick to the rules, even when I am in surgery. I need to scale back my goodwill. Her trip to Cape Coral costs over $100 each time. 

I need to call Assistant living facilities near me. 

Spectrum next for my new iphone! 

Jan 26, 2026

I had my "cosmetic surgery" to remove all the lipomas last Friday! They removed 37 of them! I have cuts all over, mostly around my waist. I was very surprised at Zuna's unwillingness to work extra hours during my surgery. She also declined to watch Jethrow for Jackie for her upcoming birthday event. What a stranger! Was she born in the year of cold blooded snake, like stinky? Should scale back our generosity? 

I have been thinking about friends. Are they all good friends? How about the ones that only contact you when they need something? I hosted a former co-worker from NYC days. I only heard from him before he wanted to make a trip and play some golf in FL. How should I deal with people like that? ABG (Always be giving?). Or my friend's friends can have the soup of my chicken soup?

Chris Hohn's TCI Fund is a monster fund now with $70 bln AUM! My former co-worker! He is worth almost 12 Bones! Why do I suck so bad? My speculative strategy in the stock market lacks consistency, timing has been more wrong then right, over-trading, didn't pursue long term buy and hold strategy (I didn't believe in it). It is time to make some adjustments. Hohns strategy is very similar to Warren Buffett's and Li Lu's as well. His holdings are GE (plane engines, high margin biz), V, MCO, SPGI, MSFT.

Mom is a priority now. Maddy wants to take care of her now! I am very proud of her! I feel ashamed that I have been slacking off. Louise has been super helpful too. Stinky is not a good human being. I dont like people who have no empathy! His last chapter will be lonely one. 

SNAP

 Thesis: 

• The co. beat in 3Q25 and guided higher for 1Q26. 
• Price/sales at 2x
• Key catalyst is the co is charging for storage: 
• Chart looks at the Crossing point of the 80-15 day SMA
• Personal note: Jim Lazaridis' daughter (16) is still using snap with her friends, planning to pay for the storage! 

Risks:

• The co has not figured out how to make $ from its users like FB. 
• Financial metrics is horrible
• Not a usual value/compounding investment
• Turn around story
• New Management?
• New Strategy?
• potential takeout candidate
• Entry $7.8, short term support $7.2 (50% loss exit) and Long Term support of 6.9 (100% loss exit)
• Potential add: after the reversal of current slide from 9 to 7.6 (5-6 days?)

Free Limit: You get 5GB of free storage for saved Memories.

• Over the Limit: If you exceed 5GB, you'll see alerts and get a year of temporary storage for excess memories.
• Paid Options:
  • Standard Plan: Around 100GB for about $1.99/month.
  • Snapchat+: Includes 250GB for the subscription fee (around $3.99/month).
  • Snapchat Platinum: Offers 5TB for a higher fee (around $14.99-$15.99/month). 

The company is the cheapest social media stock. Here is a snap summery of the 3Q25:

Beat on revenue and EPS:Snap reported revenue of $1.51 billion and a loss of $0.06 per share, beating analyst estimates of $1.49 billion in revenue and a loss of $0.12 per share.

Daily active users surpass expectations:The company's key user growth metric, daily active users (DAUs), increased 8% year-over-year to 477 million, exceeding the consensus estimate of 476.31 million. Positive Q4 guidance issued:Snap provided an optimistic outlook for the fourth quarter, projecting revenue between $1.68 billion and $1.71 billion and an adjusted EBITDA of $280 million to $310 million, both surpassing analyst estimates.

Jan 16 2026

 I got up last around 8:40 am, even though I woke up around 8:19 am. I spent an hour on my phone around 5 am. This is the problem. There is no reason for me to check my phone/internet/messages/other fun things at 5 AM! 

I started doing a morning routine, stretching, doing golf swings (I should listen to Genghis Khan music!). This should be the routine every day, even with TT. Live by example!

War trade is being put on: 

Up: defense related stocks (AVAV, BA, NOC, LMT, RCAT), Oil, Ag (NTR breaking out, MOS, CF (the         cheapest)).

Down: Retail (LULU, DECK, CPRT?)

NTR is very interesting, chart wise, CF is the most attractive ag name.

Real estate: 

• the electrician Eric has been great! He is fixing and accommodating me and my contractors inconsideration actions at Redington Shores
• Need to find a new plumber in Hudson for the permit!!! Time to beg:(, Started to ask people around: Chris, Ken, Jim, Mark. Chris hopefully!
• Eric mentioned something interesting: it would be difficult to take a loan out of the properties in the flood zone where the flood insurance may be required (expensive). Moving away from h2o?

Small experiment on trading. We shall see. 

ASML has gone parabolic along with other semi-equipment makers. The top should be near. 

INTU has gone down almost 15%. Dunno what is going on, but the valuation was high. The high flyers can just tank if the perceived growth slows down a little. 

AXON, DUOL, were the examples.