Friday, September 26, 2025 -- $380,839.65 (+$14,125.14, +3.85%)

Friday, September 26, 2025 -- $380,839.65 (+$14,125.14, +3.85%)


Just to keep things fresh, I am trying out Robinhood's app appearance light background setting.

Today there was a little bit of a recovery from the last two days which had the portfolio down over 10%.  I did not make any trades.  All of the portfolio holdings either had an up day or were down a nominal amount.  Let's hope this sets the stage for next week!

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