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Today is my birthday. I'm 57 years old, and I'm blessed beyond words to have a wonderful life, a wonderful wife, a beautiful daughter and great friends. I am greatful for my followers, my clients and even the trolls. I wish you all health, wealth and happiness. Peace and love.

During my 40 years trading none of my success came from picking a bottom right at the low. The low happens on one day, the bull market last for years. The big money is made spotting trends not bottoms.

I am humbled, honored and proud to report that I am now a 2-time U.S. Investing Champion, winning the 2021 USIC $1 million division with a 334.8% return and producing the largest return across all divisions, including leveraged futures and options. 😇🙏🥳💪financial-competitions.com/

-- 40-years ago when I told my family and friends I was going to be a stock trader, I was told all the reasons why I shouldn’t and couldn’t. It’s gambling, it’s not a real job, they said. -- When I made my first million dollars, I was told I was lucky. -- When I won the 1997 U.S. Investing Championship with a 155% return, I was asked... did you get lucky? -- When I returned 33,500% in just 5-years with every year up triple-digits, I was told I was in the right place at the right time in a bull market (again luck, lol!) -- When I landed Soros Management as my biggest paying consulting client, I was told I got a lucky break (again, luck? I must be the luckiest guy in the world… lol!). -- When I was included in Jack Schwager’s Stock Market Wizards book, I was told that the best traders were already in Market Wizards 1 & 2. (I wonder if the they told Steven Cohen the same thing). -- When I made my first $10million, I was told that there are many people who are richer than me. -- When I made my first $20million, friends questioned and asked, “yeah, but are you happy?” They still ask that today. The answer is HELL YEAH! (Money is just a magnifier, if you're unhappy, money makes you rich and unhappy. If you're an asshole, money just makes you a rich asshole.) -- When I told my people I was going to write a best-selling trading book, they said, what do you know about writing, you’re not a writer. -- When I told people I was going to write a best-selling mindset book, they said, what do you know about mindset? You’re not a psychologist, you’re a stock trader (well, at least now I was accepted as a stock trader). I now have 4 best-selling books in 14 languages. -- When I told people I was going to enter the 2021 U.S. Investing Championship, they said, it’s all downside, why would you risk your reputation? I won with a 343% return and broke the all-time record in the $1million+ accounts. You see, there will always be people like this in your life; those who discourage, those who lack vision; the skeptics, the followers, and even those that truly care about you who are trying to protect you from disappointment. If I had listened to them, I would have quit and never accomplished the greatest achievements in my life, and I wouldn't be here today inspiring others. If you listen to these types of people and believe them instead of believing in yourself, you will allow them to steal your dream and you will never accomplish what you are truly capable of. Expect to be doubted. Expect to be discouraged. Expect your family to be scared of your big dreams. Expect to be envied. It’s all part of being exceptional. Embrace it, smile, and get back to the work of moving closer to your dream each day, little by little. If you persist unconditionally, you too will amaze the doubters and earn the respect of critics. You will become the champion of your own life, and you will help change the world in a positive way. Best wishes, love and blessings. Have a wonderful day! Mark Minervini Help me inspire the world. Retweeet this post please. #motivation #motivational #inspiration #inspire

The big turning point in my trading came when I made a decision and vowed to NEVER EVER let a loss exceed 8%. During the next 5 years I averaged 220% per year for a total compounded return of 33,500%. It's been 28 years since and I have never broken that discipline not even once!

Today is the day crypto traders turn into crypto investors.

My 6 key trading rules 1. Wait in cash for proper setups. How long? As long as it takes! 2. Always trade with a stop loss; keep all losses small 3. Never get bold when running cold 4. Nail down decent profits 5. Never let a good size gain turn into a loss 6. Never add to losers

While my gut says we are getting close to a bottom, experience tells me to stick to the rules and let the weight of evidence guide my trading. A low happens on one day, the bull market last for years. The big money is made spotting trends not bottoms. The current trend is down.

India... I am in harmony with you at this very moment. 🙏

Halting activity on stocks like $GME to stop the bleeding for the shorts is ridiculous. The hedge funds are big boys; they made a bet and now should pay the consequences of making the wrong decision. They are pros, they don't need to be protected.

You may agree with Twitter banning Trump's tweets, but it's a slippery slope towards China type selective sensorship and in direct conflict with the fundamental principle that makes the U.S. great. I MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, BUT I WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT.

I can promise you that if you become really great at reading charts and managing risk, money will follow. But if your goal is just money, you won't outlast the learning curve. The key is to fall in love with the journey, not the money. Perfect the process and success will follow.

Rules I built a 38-year career on... 1. always use a stop loss 2. define your stop before you enter 3. never risk more than you expect to gain 4. nail down decent profits 5. never let a good size gain turn into a loss 6. never average down 7. never get bold when running cold

The rules I built a 41-year career and a personal fortune on. 1. always use a stop loss 2. define your stop before you enter a trade 3. never risk more than you expect to gain 4. nail down decent profits 5. never let a good size gain turn into a loss 6. never average down 7. never get bold when running cold 8. Have a system that trades the largest when you're trading your best and the smallest when you are trading your worst. 9. As a trade progresses and improves, so does your worst-case scenario 10. Avoid style drift minervini.com

My good friend called me a month ago, said his 25 year old son wanted to get into stock trading. I sent him my books and told him to start there, but don't trade until I talk with him. Today he texted me his son lost 120k of a 175k investment in $TSLA options. SIgn of the times.

I dropped out of school in 8th grade. I started with only a couple thousand dollars. I lost money and failed my first 6 years. If I can succeed, so can you... especially now that you have my guidance, something I had little of. Go for it, you can do it! markets.businessinsider.com/…

Happy Diwali!! 🕯 Thank you @ashwinp3 for the robe. He traveled all the way from India to bring it to me personally. ❤️ 😇🙏

Druckenmiller on Tariffs. 👇

When I look back at my near 40-year stock trading career, it makes me feel old but also fortunate to have stood the test of time through bull markets, bear markets, crashes, recessions an everything in between.

I was informed that the great William J. O'Neil has passed. No one man has contributed more to aspiring investors as Bill. I am grateful to have been inspired by him almost 40-years ago. Bill was a great American success story, and a great American. He will be missed and always remembered. R.I.P. 🙏🇺🇸

This is NOT a time to walk away from the market. It's a time to double up on your research, your education, your post-analysis and to prepare for the next opportunities. The goal is preparation... so when the next major up leg occurs you are properly in sync.

Here are some of the biggest mistakes I made when I was new to trading and very likely the same mistakes you will make a well. They all stem from one thing!

When I first started trading it took me 6 years to become profitable... during which I blew up my account twice. David Ryan worked for William O'Neil and it still took him a few years and he also blew up his account before learning the important lessons. Be patient with yourself.

In my 57 years, I've learned something about life. If you take some hard steps and sacrifice & suffer a bit in the short term, you can lay the groundwork for a great long term future. Or you can be lazy and take what appears to be the easy road now and suffer forever.

We are 16-months into this bear market. If you are feeling worn out and frustrated, know that so are many others in the market... and that's precisely what creates a major bottom. It may get worse before it get better. The key is to remain disciplined and not to lose sight of the goal; that is to keep your account intact so you have the majority of your capital available to deploy when the next bull market unleashes. Every bear market leads to a bull market, but only the disciplined stand the test of time and make the big money.

If you work hard at your job, you can make a living. If you work hard at trading, you can make a fortune. If you work hard on yourself, you can make a life.

We just witnessed the most pathetic scam in sports history. Boxing hit an all-time low tonight.

A few key decisions early in my trading career and my financial life completely changed for the better in just a few years. 1. No big losses 2. No averaging down 3. No chasing extended stocks 4. No giving back decent profits 5. Always get odds on my money

My best advice...

Out to dinner with my beautiful wife. Cheers! 🍾 17 years together, and happier than ever!

RIP🙏 Charlie Munger. A great investor, and a great man that always spoke his mind honestly. Respect & admiration for your wisdom and your legacy. 🦉

As ugly as the market has been, at this stage it's time to get off the indexes and focus on leading stocks. The best names ALWAYS bottom BEFORE the averages. Now is the time to START looking for names that will lead the next bull market which is certain to follow this correction.

You only need one strategy to get rich in the stock market. The sooner you commit to being great at it, the sooner it will pay you. But you will never get paid well for knowing a little about many strategies. To be great at one thing you have to sacrifice others. Now get to work.

This market is starting to feel like early 1999, where the indexes ran up on fewer and fewer names. Of course, 99 saw one of the biggest rallies in history on the Nasdaq. And then, it wasn't so pretty afterward. Historically, I tend to get cautious early. My hope is that we get a rotation into areas that have underperformed - like small and midcaps - and the bull market extends. I always expect the best, but plan for the worst. One thing is for sure. My stops will force me into cash early enough to avoid any real damage. In 40 years, I have never been caught as a bag holder in any of the 9 bear markets I've lived through. Praise the stop loss. 😇🙏

To all my wonderful friends in India... Happy Diwali. Best wishes in health, wealth and happiness.

Happy New Year!

I've seen "overvalued" stocks go up 1000% and "undervalued" names plummet to zero. I've learned it's much better to be in an overvalued asset that everyone is buying than in a undervalued one that no one wants. I've made millions through the perception of value, not value itself.

A trilogy for traders. Everything you need to know about fundamentals, technicals and mindset to dramatically improve your performance.

5 Principles to Build Your Trading Career On 1. Get off the money, get off results and concentrate purely on perfecting process. 2. Commit to just one style. Commit to just one mentor; someone who has already achieved what you are aiming to accomplish. 3. Don’t judge too soon. Turn off the clock. Commit to unconditional persistence. Give yourself time to succeed. 4. Embrace all results as valuable teachers – get curious about your losses or mistakes and look for lessons. 5. Make your trading a priority that you focus on EVERY DAY!

First, let me say, I'm not a Trump fan... I'm a fan of doing what's best for the country with a long-term horizon in mind. There are those who argue that we no longer need a manufacturing base in our economy—that it's an outdated sector, and we can comfortably rely on technology and emerging industries to drive growth. But the real question is: Do we want to stake our entire economic future on an undiversified economy? In my mind, the answer, much like with investing, is no. Just as a prudent investor wouldn't put all their capital into one or two stocks, a healthy economy shouldn't be overly dependent on a narrow list of industries. Diversification is essential, not just in portfolios but in national economic strategy. A shift toward a narrowly concentrated economy—one heavily reliant on tech—leaves us vulnerable. We've seen how this plays out: in the dot-com crash of 2000, when overexposure to specific sectors magnified the damage and led to a drawn-out bear market and long-lasting carnage. A robust manufacturing base provides balance, resilience, and stability. Abandoning it completely risks creating an economy that is dynamic—but dangerously fragile. AI provides opportunities, but it is also accelerating the trajectory of narrowly based structure and adding to the risks. Do we really want everything to be "cyber" and virtual? Because that's the direction we are going, and fast! Tough decisions are rarely celebrated in real time—especially in the political arena. They're often unpopular, uncomfortable, and met with skepticism. It's only in hindsight, after they succeed, that they’re recognized as bold or necessary. It's easy to be a pessimist in the face of tough decisions, and it is even easier to cling to the status quo. But real, meaningful change demands time, discomfort, and above all, courage. The tariffs President Trump is implementing aim to address several structural challenges—chief among them, revitalizing America’s manufacturing base. Agree or disagree with the policy or how it's being implemented, it stands as one of the most decisive and courageous economic moves made by a U.S. President in modern history. And for the sake of our country, I hope he is successful. Your comments are welcome. Try to keep them intelligent.

I grew up poor; I value a dollar. Once I get a decent profit, I don't give it back. That's one of my success "secrets." Never let a good size gain turn into a loss. I've never met a highly success trader that routinely allows gains to turn into losses.

Cartoon of the day...

Everyone is trying to nail the bottom of this "once is a lifetime" buying opportunity. First of all, it's not a once in a lifetime opportunity. Second, picking the bottom isn't the opportunity. The bull market that follows is the opportunity. And there's plenty of time for that.

It's great to see the market strong this morning but remember, the nature of the bear is to to open strong and then fade. Before I get aggressive, I always let the market prove itself first. The intelligent traders looks to enter at the right price, not the lowest price.

Had dinner last night with my good friend Stan Weinstein and our wonderful wives. Stan is one of the most colorful personalities you will ever meet and a living legend of Wall Street. Last night he was literally colorful. 😎 #goodpeople

I’ll be the first to admit—this rally has unfolded with very few stocks truly in buyable position (at least, speaking for my strategy), and for me, the results have been mixed at best. I did manage to latch onto a few nice winners, but the volatility whipped me in and out on a number of names which led to a lack of any real traction and net progress. But that’s not unusual around a bottom and during the first leg up off a bear market low. During the COVID recovery, the market shot off the lows, and we didn’t put on our first trade until April 6, 2020—and even then, I didn’t get aggressive for several months. That turned out to be a big year where I was up over 100% and my assistants Mark Ritchie and Brandon Hedgepath were up over 350%. The 2003 and 2009 recoveries were V-shaped and both led to sustained bull markets that offered many opportunities later in the year. Back in 1995, the market broke out of a long sideways consolidation (the opposite of a V shape recovery), yet I held back until months after the Dow was already making new all-time highs, due to a lack of stocks offering low risk entry points. That year was one of my largest, up over 400%. The hallmark of a true professional is patience and consistency—and that boils down to one thing: discipline. If you don’t have the discipline to wait for your pitch, then you’d better get used to striking out. Don't get discouraged if this market has left you in the dust, you're not alone, and it's not unusual. What is unusual for most is rock-solid discipline. And that's why big performance is unusual.

This is where traders get frustrated and break discipline... when the indexes take off but there are few stocks to buy. You MUST learn to get off the indexes and stay tuned into the individual stocks. Don't let the indexes pressure into breaking discipline. Until stocks offer buy points based on your own criteria... YOU WAIT! And, even when they do, you MUST "earn the right" to play larger, starting with small "pilot" buys and only increasing overall exposure and position sizing on the heels of traction. Be patient and exercise discipline. That's how you trade like a champion. I assure you, champion output will ONLY come from champion input. Yes, you can look back in hindsight and see all the things you could have done, but risk is managed in real time. You may get lucky and even get by for a while being undisciplined, but it's just a matter of time before it all goes down the drain if you are undisciplined and try to take the seemingly "easy" or obvious road. If there is one thing I've learned after 40-years in this business, it's this... what takes you to the promise land easily, takes you to hell hard. Only those who manage the downside last in this business. You MUST create your own odds by cutting off the left side of the bell curve, which results in asymmetric leverage. In the short run, it can be frustrating. But in the long run, it works... and the real frustration comes to those who blow their accounts up chasing the market instead of letting the trades come to them. This post is more valuable than most can or will likely appreciate. I built a 40-year career and a fortune on it.

Today is my wedding anniversary to the greatest wife and mother on the planet. 16 years together ❤️. I am blessed in many ways... and this is the biggest of them all. 😇🙏

My current trading posture...

I have a simple rule: If someone is more successful than me, I get pad & pen, shut up and take notes. If you haven't made your first $10mil. or at least $1mil. and haven't traded for+10 yrs. YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT! And guess what, I didn't know shit either when I was at that point.

A study was done on 77,000 accounts at a large discount broker from 1990 to 1996. The findings revealed: 1. Investors are more likely to allow a stock to reach a large loss than they are to allow a stock to attain a large gain; they hold losers too long and sell winners too quickly. 2. The probability of buying additional shares is greater for shares that have lost value than it is for shares that have gained value. Investors may readily double down their bets when stocks decline in value. 3. Investors are more likely to take a small gain than a small loss. The results would be no different 50 years ago, or 50 years from now.

When the best setups don't work, you don't go to the worst setups... you go to cash.

I am Buddhist, but I have to say, the parody of The Last Supper during the opening ceremony at the Olympics was not just in poor taste... it was despicable and completely unnecessary (not to mention the threesome at the hotel scene). It was an insult to all people of faith around the world. As a result, I am boycotting the Olympics. I will not be watching this year. The olympic games are supposed to be a beacon of world unity during a time of peace and fair competition. The Olympic Truce is a tradition originating from ancient Greece that dates back to 776 BC. The Olympic Committee should be ashamed of themselves, and EVERYONE WORLDWIDE should be concerned about the slippery slope we are on.

Here are some of my personal rules for wealth creation...

My top three trading rules: 1. Keep losses small. 2. Avoid big losses. 3. Don’t lose too much money.

The goal during a bear market is not to make lots of money, it's to survive with your account intact so when the next bull arrives you can compound capital instead of just digging out of a hole. Amateur traders want too much too fast. They are impatient and lack that vision.

Trading is risky. Life is risky. You must take some risks to get rewarded. But there is one huge risk you should avoid at all costs. That is, the risk of doing nothing. The brave do not live forever, but the overly cautious will never live at all.

Do you want to know how and why starting with no virtually money and no education I've been able to earn tens of millions of dollars and perform year after year? Because when someone is more successful than me I don't troll them... I get a pad and pen and take notes.

The crazy thing is... it's not just amateurs that go through this.👇

Quote of the day: 40-years of trading has taught me that during volatile periods I should always let others fight for the hard pennies and wait for easy dollars.

In my 55 years, I've learned something about life. If you take some hard steps and sacrifice & suffer a bit in the short term, you can lay the groundwork for an much better future for the long term. Or you can be lazy and take the easy road and suffer forever.

In my personal trading, I'm down slightly for 2023 but waiting patiently for better conditions while holding high levels of cash; exercising what I'm best at... discipline.

I've seen this type of market reset so many times in my career, it's like an old boring movie.

7 trading rules that changed my life 1. Always use a stop loss 2. Keep losses small in relation to gains 3. Never add to a loser 4. Sit out as long as it takes for stocks to meet my buy criteria 5. Never let a good size gain turn into a loss 6. Never get bold when running cold 7. Don't fight the trend minervini.com

Don't give up on yourself. You have what it takes, but it takes time to develop as a trader.

There's a lot of talk and worry about a recession. But the stock market is a discounting mechanism, and while there may be more to go on the downside, we are likely in the late innings. Just as it lead on the downside, the stock market will lead the economy on the upside.

I shorted $SPY on Wednesday. The long-term trend remains up, but breadth is weakening — fewer stocks above their 50-day lines; a divergence that has been worsening for months. Rate cuts are priced in, and with the Fed hinting at a pause, a pullback looks likely. minervini.com

Would you like to know my personal secret to trading success and hear some blunt truth? 👇 4 decades ago - when I first started trading - I went 6 years without making a dime trading, and never once did I seriously entertain the thought of quitting OR changing strategy. I made an unconditional commitment to being the best I could be and mastering one approach. I hope the next time you feel like quitting this inspires you to press on and persist, because that is the crossroad that every human reaches, and it is at that very moment that you define yourself as a champion or merely another story with excuses. 😇🙏👊

The longer I trade, the less I focus on or worry about what the indexes are doing. It's all about the stocks in my wheelhouse that meet my criteria. I have developed the patience to wait as long as it takes and the discipline to act on a moment's notice.

As I've said a million times, to gauge the real "market" get off the indexes and look at individual stocks. 80% of S&P 500 stocks are down 10% or more and only 38% of NASDAQ stocks are above their 200-day moving averages. The correction has already been happening.

I'm wrong on my trades just as often as I'm right. My long-term success is due to three things: 1. When I'm wrong, I change my position, even if my mind doesn't change. 2. I never stay wrong very long. 3. I make lots of errors, but I avoid the big errors.

People will go to school for 8 years (or more) for a paycheck, but they get discouraged if they're not killing it in the stock market after only a few years. Make a champion commitment and you will have a chance at champion results.

When I first started trading, I was bottom fishing stocks in downtrends. What I learned was... even bottom fishing "good" stocks is a terrible idea, because the only stock that is good is a stock that is going up. The rest are avoids.

With the right knowledge, a willingness to succeed and a commitment not to give up, anyone with a working brain can do what I have done 👇 The key is to work at being great at something. You only need one strategy, so specialize, specialize, specialize. finance.yahoo.com/news/stock…

We did it! Twitter did the right thing and VERIFIED ME!!! . Thank you Twitter and thank you to EVERYONE who reached out to Twitter on my behalf. Blue check verified. 👍😇🏆😎

The last time I was bullish on Gold was in 1993 when I loaded up on gold stocks just before they doubled in a few months. A few weeks ago, I told our members that it looks like institutional "smart" money is moving into gold. Today's big breakout suggests the same. Pic: news article circa 1993

Not even a joke...

My secret to trading success comes down to one word... discipline. You can have knowledge, skill and even superior intellect, but if you don't have discipline all that means nothing. My advantages: I execute my plan flawlessly I don't skip steps I never chase or go on tilt

Sunday advice for better trading results. Step 1. Stop buying dogshit stocks in downtrends hoping to pick up a bargain. Step 2. Buy the best names in the most powerful uptrends emerging from consolidation zones. Step 3. Cut your losses on the stocks that don't work as expected.

If you want to turn your performance around, you must get to a point where you simply don't have time to be mediocre anymore. You must get sick and tired of being sick and tired. You have to make a decision once and for all and commit to the following. 1. No more big losses 2. No more listening to unproven self-proclaimed gurus 3. No more style drift 4. No more excuses You must cut your losses religiously, commit to a sound approach, stop looking for short cuts, and start taking personal responsibility.

I actually lost followers because of my posts today about Charles Kirk. Lol! Like they are doing me a favor following me. I guess this is how I weed out the field. 😘

A sharp pullback from a bear market rally only 14 days young is nothing new or surprising; it's classic. The surprising part was how well breakouts behaved recently. This is all part of the bottoming process. Our work suggest if we get another leg down it will likely be the last.

I hate big losses. Nothing ruins my day more than big losses. And because of that, I use stops. And because I use stops, I've become massively wealthy from stock trading.

A message to those who expressed concern about me on Twitter...

I have a basic rule of thumb... when someone makes $millions more than me... I shut up and listen. Call me crazy. 🤪 But that's how I learned to be one of the ones making the millions. 😎

When I was poor I would spend my last few dollars on a book because I knew knowledge was power. Over the years I've spent what most people would think is a lot of money on books, but my return on investment has been over 1000X. Here are a few of my favorite non-trading books. 👇

If you want to be a great trader, don't concentrate on performance... focus on sticking to sound rules. Can you religiously cut your losses, protect your profits, avoid extended risky stocks, avoid dog shit beaten up stocks, sit out as long as it takes during volatile markets, and never add to a losing position??? WILL YOU??? When you can say yes to EVERY ONE of those questions for AT LEAST A YEAR, then the performance will follow. Until then, huge trading success will nothing more than a hit or miss affair, and at some point you will think to yourself "maybe I don't have what it takes." No! No!! No!!! You just haven't fully committed to a sound plan and abandoned all your bullshit excuses. With one decision, in an instant that can all change today. Commit to trading like a champion. minervini.com

With so many pops and drops in the market lately... I'm sure many could relate to this...

Stock trading is a business, not a get rich quick scheme. Most get into trading thinking it's easier than it is. Becoming a highly successful trader requires a real commitment to learning just as if you were going to school to become a doctor or lawyer. Be patient with yourself.

The greatest traders have 6 key attributes: 1. They love their work 2. Consistentcy and risk control come first 3. Being disciplined is more important than being right 4. They always look to learn and improve 5. They specialize 6. They trust their process

You can have knowledge, skill and even superior intellect, but without discipline - in trading - it all means nothing. My advantages are: I execute my plan flawlessly I don't skip steps I never chase or go on tilt I always cut my losses short I never add to losing positions

When you make the decision to protect your capital, not your ego. To become a master of one thing, not be an amateur at many things. To forget about the money and the failures and focus on process. And to unconditionally commit and never quit, then your true potential can emerge.

My performance in January was about flat. During difficult periods my priority is capital preservation. Then when conditions improve, I'm compounding gains not compounding mistakes. The first rule for big performance is to not lose big.

While some are arguing a bottom is forming in FANG and the $QQQ, I have the opposite outlook. Yes, we are at oversold levels and that will - at some point - fuel convincing snap back rallies. However, my analysis suggests a long term top and years of subsequent underperformance.

I am considering closing my Twitter account. I can't allow people to scam others under my good name. If you value my posts and want me to continue on Twitter, I need everyone who follows me to help stop these scammers and help me to get twitter to verify my account.

Quote of the day: Being wrong is unavoidable... staying wrong is a choice.

This rally has the look and feel of nothing more than a technical bounce. Before a reliable bottom can be established, we are likely to experience more volatility and a test or undercut of the recent lows. With that said, my focus (as always) is on individual stocks. Until stocks meet my strict buy criteria, I'm on the sidelines in the safety of cash. minervini.com

I've realized that I'm not a rich person, I'm a person who got rich. As a young boy, at times we couldn't afford food! What I like most about being wealthy is not the cars, watches, boats and homes it can buy... it's going to the grocery store and not having to look at prices.

To make my current position on the market perfectly clear and to those that like to speculate and twist what my tweets mean, here's the note to my clients released just minutes ago.