Monthly Update: August 31, up 2.2% YTD, and up 63.7% since inception — after all living expenses. I typically carry no meaningful debt but as of today this also means practically $0 debt. All taxes through 2025 are also paid.
Summary: The high on this chart has been reached at least 3 times thus far in 2026. The draw down is mostly volatility.
My goals are to consistently grow this figure on an annual basis, maintain zero or near-zero debt, improve the consistency of my investing/trading habits and execution, and take full advantage of compounding over time.
Note on historical context: A note on the starting point: this record begins where I recommitted — selling my home in late 2024 to fund a rebuilt strategy, after earlier years that included real losses. I count from that line because it’s when I began this website and sharing publicly, and I'd rather you know that than wonder about it. The fuller account is in my story.
Gemini drew this for me: Prometheus. To be a long-term investor is to endure the daily "eagle" of market volatility, all for the sake of capturing that most otherwise elusive gift of the gods—the eternal flame of compounded growth. Just as Prometheus was ultimately unbound after sharing his gift of prophecy, the investor who masters his foresight finds liberation, eventually moving to the freedom of the fire he has claimed.
This is my image for the Senex archetype, which I am developing to ground its inseparable counterpart, the Puer; it is the Appennine Colossus in Florence, commissioned by the Medici family, standing as a reminder that the fire of intuition must be anchored by the grounding weight of memory, rule, and the discipline of process in order to care for everything I touch.