A reason to celebrate

I’ve never really been big on Valentine’s Day. For one, it’s largely been overshadowed as Sophia’s birthday is the day before. Secondly, it’s a corporate holiday that just gives companies the excuse to run a mid-winter sale.

Perhaps at some point, I should stop sounding like such a disgruntled and grumpy man when it comes to Valentine’s Day. I got married two months ago and have an amazing wife. Maybe it’s time to turn the corner on Valentine’s Day next year.

On the topic of love, my colleague John wrote Why it may be time to break up with your favorite stock. Anyone that has experience investing has undoubtedly fallen in love with a stock (or many). This can lead to less than desirable outcomes as an investor. I had to pull quite a few text message breakups in December with some of my stocks. It was painful at the the time, but my portfolio has been happy ever since.