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Still agree with the people who said it before.... Sold my shares of covered call ETFs worth +-€10,000 today. $JEGP (-0.1%)
$JEPQ (+0.18%)
In their place:
- €1000 $BTC (+0.66%)
€3000 $SMH (+3.44%)
€3000 $VWRL (+0.85%)
€1500 $TDIV (+0.3%)
€1500 Cash
Reason: I am 22 😅.
Review of 2025 and outlook for 2026
Another strong year with a lot of profit. After a return of around 40% in 2024, I was able to achieve another strong return of 26% in 2025. I was able to realize a large part of the profit with my two Tenbagger shares $RGTI (+4.8%) and $PLTR (+1.04%) but the rest also performed quite well.
Due to the high gains in the two individual stocks, the weighting in my portfolio shifted massively and I took this as an opportunity to really tidy things up.
Portfolio realignment 2026
I would like to share the strategy I am pursuing with you. I have not yet reached the desired weighting, but I am slowly getting closer again.
The strategy is based on 3 different pillars and looks as follows:
CORE: ALL WORLD AND SWITZERLAND(40%)
The core consists of the broadly diversified world ETF $VWRL (+0.85%) (approx. 30%) and with approx. 10% $CHSPI (+1.12%) as an overweight of the home market
GROWTH AND QUALITY (35%)
The second part consists of some quality stocks with solid growth or dividends such as $SREN (+1.16%)
$ROG (+0.55%)
$BION (+1.32%)
$MSFT (+0.52%)
$SIE (+3.23%) and the two trend tech ETFs $SMH (+3.44%)
$XAIX (+1.6%)
TENBAGGER SATS (20%)
Here I look for promising companies that have the potential to multiply and invest small amounts (currently max. CHF 1000). This is of course a high-risk investment, but I try to outperform with these stocks. By selling some of my tenbaggers, I was able to add new candidates to my portfolio.
These are all my potential price rockets:
$PLTR (+1.04%) : my first Tenbagger. Here I have already realized about ten times my investment through partial sales. The rest will remain in the long term.
$RGTI (+4.8%) : my second Tenbagger. I have realized approx. 8.5 times the stake through partial sales. The remainder is also left lying around.
$TER (+5.81%) Chip testing, benefits massively from the AI chip boom.
$CELH Fitness energy drinks with strong growth and expansion into the mass market.
$CRSP (+2.44%) Gene editing with huge health potential.
$MIPS (+1.88%) : Safety systems for helmets. The technology is licensed to numerous helmet manufacturers in the sports and industrial sectors.
$RKLB (+3.91%) : Rocket launches and satellites and established SpaceX chaser.
$JOBY (+1.16%) Pioneer in urban mobility with air cabs and vertical take-offs.
$NU (+4.01%) Digital neobank with enormous scaling potential in underserved markets such as Brazil, Mexico, etc.
$RBRK (+3.16%) Cybersecurity
$IONQ (+6.34%) Quantum computing. Highly speculative moonshot potential for computing power beyond classical computers.
I also hold approx. 5% in Bitcoin
Portfolio Review: Thoughts on my Tech, Defense & Banking tilt?
Hi everyone! I’ve been building my portfolio and would love to get some honest opinions on my current allocation and diversification.
My strategy involves a mix of individual stocks and specialized ETFs. To get a better view of my actual risk, I’ve "looked through" my ETFs to see my true underlying exposure.
My Top 10 Holdings (by % weight):
Oracle $ORCL (+1.72%) – (Mix of direct stock + IT ETF)
Engie $ENGI (+0.74%) – (Direct stock)
Amazon $AMZN (+1.91%) – (Direct stock + S&P 500)
NVIDIA $NVDA (+0.47%) – (Spread across Semiconductor, $IUIT (+1.5%) , and S&P 500 $VUSA (+0.7%) ETFs)
Aegon $AGN (+1.66%) – (Direct stock)
Apple 7. Microsoft 8. Broadcom 9. ASML 10. AMD (because of the etfs)
The Strategy:
I have a significant tilt towards Semiconductors $SMH (+3.44%) and IT, but I try to balance the volatility with a Defense ETF $DFEN (+1.1%) , a European Banks ETF $EXX1 (+3.31%) , and some plays like Engie and Aegon.
I’d love your thoughts on:
Concentration: My top 3 holdings (Oracle, Engie, Amazon) represent a large chunk of the total. Is this too top-heavy, or do you like the conviction?
ETF Overlap: I’ve noticed that companies like NVIDIA and Broadcom appear in three different ETFs I own. Does this "hidden" concentration bother you, or is it just part of betting on winners?
Diversification: I’m currently light on Healthcare and Emerging Markets. Would you stick to this high-conviction tech/defense play or start branching out?
Looking forward to hearing your perspectives! 📈
#investing #portfolio #stocks #etf #tech #defense #getquin #diversification
AMD share price rises 27% as OpenAI seeks to acquire stake through AI chip deal
My AMD warrant shoots up 140% and triples after only three months. Nice Monday. I'll look into a reallocation later.
OpenAI and AMD have reached an agreement that could lead to Sam Altman's company acquiring a 10% stake in the chip manufacturer.
OpenAI will deploy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs over several years, starting with a 1-gigawatt rollout in 2026.
AMD has issued OpenAI a warrant for up to 160 million shares, with vesting subject to deployment and share price milestones. $AMD (+6.97%)
$NVDA (+0.47%)
#openai
#ai
#ki
$SMH (+3.44%)
Goodbye SMH - Portfolio update with +58% TTWROR
Today I said goodbye to $SMH (+3.44%) today. Despite the volatility, the entry in April was worthwhile and brought a nice profit of +40%, and that with an ETF! It wasn't a long-time play anyway, as it was a sector ETF.
Part of it went into the $QDEV (+0.91%) together with my DCA, and later I will also get $TDIV (+0.3%) get another share.
This means that companies such as $AMD (+6.97%) , $MU (+3.58%) , $INTC (+6.42%) and others are completely out of my portfolio, 0% exposure.
My US share is now <60% and tech at 38%. The top 10 stocks make up less than 30% of the total weighting. This makes me almost as unconcentrated as the $IWDA (+0.89%) and better diversified than the $CSPX (+0.72%) .
New portfolio key figures:
P/E 30.0 (<30) 🟡
Forward P/E 21.6 (<25) 🟢
P/Β 13.0 (<5) 🔴
D/E 0.8 (<2) 🟢
EV/FCF 28 (<25) 🟡
ROE (5-Jahres-Durchschnitt) 50% (>15%) 🟢
EPS growth for the next 5 years 23% (>7%) 🟢
Sales growth (5-year average) 15% (>5%) 🟢
With this high ROE, I am also ok with a high P/E.
Top 10 positions now:
Alphabet $GOOG (-0.43%)
NVIDIA $NVDA (+0.47%)
Broadcom $AVGO (+1.61%)
Microsoft $MSFT (+0.52%)
Meta $META (+0.28%)
Apple $AAPL (+0.97%)
Roche $ROG (+0.55%)
Taiwan Semiconductor $TSM (+1.85%)
Mastercard $MA (-0.6%)
Visa $V (+0.26%)
Can you also write other key figures, such as the average correlation of the shares?
Portfolio update: Semi-ETF re-balancing -5%
Today I reduced my semi-ETF by 20% to bring the weighting from 15% to 10%.
No single position has a total weighting (ETF+single stock) above 5%, which is also my threshold. I always want to stay below 5% exposure.
My forward P/E of the portfolio has also fallen to 23, which is below my target of <25, despite the high tech allocation.
This means that my tech sector weighting is now in line with my world ETF $QDEV (+0.91%)which contains around 40-49% tech. I'm happy with that. I'm just still tech-bullish.
I have also reduced the USA region to 63%, almost identical to my world ETF (61%), and thus within my target range of 60-69%.
My favorites in the semi area remain anyway $TSM (+1.85%) and $HY9H (+0.49%) which I bought cheaply and undervalued as individual positions.
$NVDA (+0.47%) is and remains king, but I do not believe that the annual return will remain above 10% in the next few years, for this the market cap would have to grow by 400 billion every year, which I think would be difficult. $AVGO (+1.61%) currently has a P/E 5x greater than forward P/E, which shows that analysts are extremely bullish on future earnings. I am also bullish, but not as strongly, so the stock has already run very hot.
My top 10 holdings with 32% total weighting are currently:
4.95% $TSM (+1.85%) Taiwan Semi
4.65% $NVDA (+0.47%) NVIDIA
4.55% $GOOG (-0.43%) Google
4.47% $AVGO (+1.61%) Broadcom
2.85% $MSFT (+0.52%) Microsoft
2.63% $META (+0.28%) Meta
2.37% $AAPL (+0.97%) Apple
2.04% $ASML (+5.75%) Asml
1.95% $MA (-0.6%) Mastercard
1.91% $JPM (+1.77%) JPMorgan
Am I the only one here? 🤔😅
Had bought another larger tranche in April during the 🍊crash $SMH (+3.44%) which has also performed well so far.
Many posts here bullish purchases of $NVDA (+0.47%)
$AVGO (+1.61%)
$QCOM (+3.07%)
$ASML (+5.75%)
$TSM (+1.85%)
$AMD (+6.97%)
$MU (+3.58%) etc.
But no posts from sector semi ETFs.
Did I miss something or why does it feel like I have an old dinosaur in my portfolio?
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