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I have a 40 year background in accounting and finance at a number of public and private companies in increasingly responsible positions and have been a CFO for the last 20 years. My background in preparing financial statements, reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission and having been involved in a number of company sales and purchases are invaluable tools in reading and understanding public company financial statements and their valuations.

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10/16/2026

Small caps took it on the chin again last week. BMBL added 2% to my week and YTD gain, but all my other stocks stunck up the place and I ended with a 4.8% loss for the week. I am now down 2.4% for the year.

I sold BMBL at around $3.75 for a 27% gain, a day before the buy-out offer was announced at $6.05. On the other hand I sold ACH earlier this year around $4 and it is now $.23. You win some, you lose some.

I bought CNDT at $1.50. This is a turnaround, like most of my stocks. They seem to be doing the right things so I took a relatively small position in it.

I also bought more SCOR at $3.60. I can’t believe it has dropped this far. They have spent the last few years fixing their balance sheet and are now working on their P+L. This has got to be worth $10 a share IMO.

10/2/2026

My one week up streak is over.

Value stocks are still shunned and wildly overvalued stocks continue to be the rage.

I read that 70% to 80% of stock trading is algorithmic, so who is writing those?

I am guessing it will end one day.

What happens when everybody has AI and all the new servers with their AI chips have been bought and we are back in the old replacement cycle? All those chip stocks, hardware stocks, AI stocks, what will happen?

No significant news on any of my stocks last week.

I was down 2% and am down .6% YTD. I was up almost 25% 3 months ago.

Maybe upcoming earnings will ignite some interest.

9/18/2026-sixth down week in a row

I recently set a personal record of 6 up weeks in a row. Now I have another personal record, of 6 down weeks in a row.

There was no news on any of my stocks except CTRM which had Q2 net income more than the stocks current market cap, but trades at a about a 90% discount to its book value, due to the CEO.

I kept my nose barely above water for the year. I was down 2.8% and am now up 1.1% for the year.