I have done quite well this year with my investments. I beat my 20% target for the first time. I am very pleased.

Surprisingly, Trump getting elected seems to have had a positive impact on the stock market. I thought the market hated uncertainty.

My portfolio has done quite well this year. We are up almost 17%.

I was a little bit restless, wanting to lock in my gain from the " Brexit " shudders, so I put in sell orders for half my position in apple and goldcorp.

11% gain on apple, a whopping 78% gain on goldcorp. (but goldcorp was bought long ago)

apple;       bought $93, sold $104.00
goldcorp;  bought $14, sold $25.00


This isn't really investing, this is playing the market, a dangerous game.

As a result of the Brexit vote(and other world events);
Bought Apple at $93 and it is now $95.89. Goldcorp, which I had, is up significantly. About 5% just today.

today:
G 25.90 4.77%
AAPL 95.89 0.30%

Brexit

Everything was down (except gold; goldcorp was up 6.37%) because of Brexit. But, does Brexit effect eveything? Possibly, but immediately? I don't think so. I think this is an opportunity. Stocks that really won't be effected were down.

For example,
Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) closed at $93.40, down -2.70 (-2.81%). The day Range was 92.65 - 94.65.

Does Brexit mean apple revenue will drop 3%? Not at all. I think this is a chance to make 3% on stocks like apple in one or two days....if I'm not too late already. Placing an order for tomorrow as we speak.

American, but relevant and well worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvZSpET11ZY

Well, I finally got tired of waiting for KKR & Co. L.P. (NYSE:KKR) to recover, and sold it. I lost about 12% on it. I know, it is 7% above my 5% rule and should have dumped it a long time ago.

All this does for me is confirm the validity of my 5% rule. Generally, if a stock drops 5% it is going to drop more, and you should sell it.