During my journey on my way to the afterlife I stumbled upon came across a store by $AD (+1,88%) . (See pictures; I took these photos myself and edited them with AI)

Maxi is the name of this “series” from Ahold Delhaize.🦁

I’m always happy when I get to experience publicly traded companies in real life—when I visit their stores myself, such as $TJX or those from companieswhose products and beverages I personally eat and drink, aka $MDLZ (-0,56%), $MCD (-0,41%), $PEP (-1,38%), $ELO (-1,49%) ... etc.

These days, I actually mostly buy from companies where I’m a customer of the business model .

There’s some merit to that …

but not always, of course :)

This is also a kind of analysis, rather than just rigidly focusing on numbers and forecasts . But of course, it goes hand in hand with the Lynch glasses. 👓

But who am I to give anyone advice... you’re probably better off not taking it—you might even be better off that way 😂

Back to Ahold: You could tell in this store in Serbia, you could tell that people weren’t just shopping—they were also meet and stopto talk to an acquaintance… Especially among older people .

They probably all knew each other from their youth and meet up regularly while shopping.

I assume.

It also just looks like one of those Rewe stores (which I think is a good thing). Self-checkout lanes, which I also think are really cool—we have them in Austria and, I think, also in Germany? Yeah, definitely. Let me know.

Right now, my Ahold position is just under €6,000, which amounts to about 3.35% of my portfolio. I will probably make any further purchases, as the position is quickly too large if the stock rises again.

Have any of you ever been to an Ahold store? 🤔

If so, be sure to let me know.

Do you have Ahold in your portfolio? Even if you don’t, do you find the company interesting? 💬

Ahold’s operations include: 🌍

Europe:🇪🇺

Delhaize

Albert

Albert Heijn

Mega Image

Maxi

USA: 🇺🇸

Food Lion

Stop & Shop

Giant

Hannaford

Peapod

Do you know what I secretly love to do? 😉 I browse through other people’s portfolios. When I come across an interesting profile, I like to take a look at the individual holdings in the portfolio.

Of course, there’s a lot of familiar names: the tech giants—Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, etc.; the dividend payers—Bats, P&G, Reality Income, etc.; the core ETFs with the usual global ETFs as accumulators or distributors.

But sometimes I also find really exciting niche picks that I’ve never heard of before.

Want some examples?

$AGNC (-2,63%) (AGNC Investment). “The company invests in residential mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations, whose principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a U.S. government-sponsored enterprise or a U.S. government agency.” P/E ratio = 5.6; dividend yield 13.48% (!) -> found in the portfolio of @Reicher_Komponist

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$ELO (-1,49%) (Elopak). “The company offers cardboard-based packaging, filling machines, closures, material handling equipment, secondary packaging, and logistics solutions.” P/E ratio = 12.8, dividend yield 5.3% -> found in the portfolio of @PoorDad

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$BWXT (-1,76%) (BWX Technologies) “...is engaged in the supply and provision of nuclear components and products,” P/E ratio = 40.8, dividend yield 0.67% -> found in the portfolio of @ETF-DIY

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$AII (-8,48%) (Almonty Industries Inc.) “...is a global mining company specializing in the exploration, mining, and processing of tungsten,” P/E ratio = 62.8 -> found in @Tenbagger-Capital and @SAUgut777

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$TEP (-2,08%) (Teleperformance) “…operates in the areas of business process outsourcing, telemarketing, customer relationship management, technical support, and communications services.” P/E ratio = 8.8, dividend yield 6.3% -> found at @Dividendenopi

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I really love seeing all the different stocks you guys have in your portfolios. Keep it up, everyone—I find it really exciting to see all the options out there! 👈

$ELO (-1,49%) is a small-cap dividend-paying company from Norway whose packaging solutions can be found all over Europe. Every time I buy a protein shake or dairy product from any brand, I see the Elopak logo on the side of the packaging. This small-cap company has fascinated me for a very long time, and now it’s mine 😃😃

Since I'm an amateur botanist, I'm getting rid of the weeds… At least I was able to offset the emotional toll with the tax refund from the loss and the dividends I received.

Bye $GIS (-2,54%) , hello $ELO (-1,49%)