YTD 2026 Networth tracking thread

[laokorkor]

GLDM is the recommended ETF and part of the FSMOne focus list. No reason to buy GLD.

https://secure.fundsupermart.com/fsmone/etfhub/etf-focus-list

GLDM has extremely low expense ratio - good for buy-and-hold for the long term.

GLD has high volume, so bid/ask spread is favorable - good for short-term speculation or hedging by jewelry merchants where you want to keep round trip costs minimal.

To each of your own.

 

[minamikaze]

Lucky enough to make some good gains this year amidst the volatility - YTD gains and 1M gains.

 

[laokorkor]

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF	-0.96%
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF	+0.11%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	-3.65%
Invesco QQQ Trust	-8.94%
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF	+2.05%

YTD returns of US ETFs.

- AI stocks are rationalizing its valuation
- value stocks trump growth stocks
- globally diversified funds, as always, are a good deal and this time is flat
- US is underperforming the world

 

[wutawa]

ytd nw down $10k
capital injection $5k, market loss $15k

bought and sold gold ut to earn $150
bought world index ut with oa

ytd nw down $24k
capital injection $7k, market loss $31k

transfer 1/2 income fund to s&p500
oa losing 3%, started qtrly rsp

 

[d5dude]

Lucky enough to make some good gains this year amidst the volatility - YTD gains and 1M gains.

45% in a month is pretty insane, are you a daytrader?

 

[yslvlys]

Still maintaining liquid networth of S$1.3M+. Didn't track returns but probably flat or slightly negative YTD. Job getting unstable..

 

[minamikaze]

Not really. Probably around 4 trades per week. I decided to cash out a substantial amt into safer places like money market funds and bonds funds (enough to cover all my mortgages - low 7 fig) so I could afford to be a bit more adventurous with my trading.
Took quite a bit of resolve to do that as I had crazy lofty dreams of having enough to afford a detached haha, so this move might have put brakes on that dream.

45% in a month is pretty insane, are you a daytrader?

 

[d5dude]

Not really. Probably around 4 trades per week. I decided to cash out a substantial amt into safer places like money market funds and bonds funds (enough to cover all my mortgages - low 7 fig) so I could afford to be a bit more adventurous with my trading.
Took quite a bit of resolve to do that as I had crazy lofty dreams of having enough to afford a detached haha, so this move might have put brakes on that dream.

Barbell strategy is good, my returns are also much higher in the past year due to this strategy, but my trade frequency is lower than yours, probably average one trade a week.

 

[minamikaze]

Barbell strategy is good, my returns are also much higher in the past year due to this strategy, but my trade frequency is lower than yours, probably average one trade a week.

oh wow, I didn't even know there was a name to this "strategy". Thanks for letting me know!

 

[stanlawj]

"James Wynn" once had $100millions in 2024-2025, now has only $900.

Big profits mean nothing if you cannot minimize drawdowns.

 

[limster]

"James Wynn" once had $100millions in 2024-2025, now has only $900.

Big profits mean nothing if you cannot minimize drawdowns.

I asked AI whether James Wynn is a real account, AI concluded its likely to be a staged/constructed account. "Hyperliquidation" is a great clickbait title.

 

[PrincessBunny]

Stocks Portfolio YTD (11 Apr)

P&L: $1,010,043.47 (+13.8%)
Realised: $49,023.73
Unrealised: $961,019.74

 

[stanlawj]

SP500 at all-time high.

In one months trading mainly spot natgas, crude oil and silver, I managed to 2X (+100%) my CFD trading account.
No wonder, those bankers and hedge funds make so much money.... make price increase so much and tax every consumer.
I view this as a short-term anomaly. Because, the crude oil became very directional and affected every other commodity in a predictable correlated fashion.

 

[yslvlys]

Stocks Portfolio YTD (11 Apr)

P&L: $1,010,043.47 (+13.8%)
Realised: $49,023.73
Unrealised: $961,019.74

Nice 13.8% profit of SGD1M+ in less than 4 months. Meaning your capital base is just under SGD10M. And these are just your investible funds. If add other personal funds /assets for living expenses etc. Probably 20M networth

 

[stanlawj]

- US is underperforming the world

If you study carefully, it's the AI semiconductor supply chain that is the reason. The suppliers are in Taiwan (TSMC, chips), South Korea (memory) and Japan (chemicals, tooling and PCB).

So, IMO, US underperforming the world is an apparent side-effect but not meaningful for understanding.

 

[LWZ]

I saved up $1m over the years.

Current portfolio (5 Jan) is 7.4m

Stocks Portfolio YTD (11 Apr)

P&L: $1,010,043.47 (+13.8%)
Realised: $49,023.73
Unrealised: $961,019.74

how did you manage to get your port up to 7m ?!

am the same age as you and the entirety of my liquid assets are 10% of your 5 Jan portfolio value

 

[Mephist0pheLes]

Market recovery push me cross $1.5m net worth (excl. Ppty) for the first time

It took me 60 months to hit my first 500k. 47 months for my 2nd 500k, and 26 months for my 3rd 500k.

 

[highsulphur]

Finally turning positive for the year

 

[highsulphur]

how did you manage to get your port up to 7m ?!

am the same age as you and the entirety of my liquid assets are 10% of your 5 Jan portfolio value

Got to learn from the master

 

[LWZ]

Got to learn from the master

When are you conducting classes ?