Unlocking an article published early in the recent crash, on 11 Jan 2022. Some details removed to preserve subscribers’ privileges.

Market had the best rally since 2020 last week. Looking back, I could have bought more aggressively. While I added over $200,000 over the last three months, it seems like a good idea now to have gone all in.

I really try not to think in this backward manner as we don’t know what tomorrow brings. We didn’t know if the crisis would deepen, and most commenters were predicting things to get much worse at the time.

I stuck to my plan of reaching about $250,000 in leverage, and it worked out well enough. We should aim for good enough, and not perfection. I threw enough darts over time to have made it worth the while.

My core plan is still sticking to U.S equities and companies