Sherlock Invests - Investor 26k

£27.5k is the next goal. Always been a fan of 2.5 increments and keeping the goals bitesize. Keeps the motivation. Needs a little input from my side though.

@PinguStacks Exactly, made my own Fund. Change in and out of stocks I like or changed my mind. Learn.

@SherlockInvests Oh this is so interesting... I have 90 and am always being told it's mad, I joke I'm basically my own fund manager 😂

People tell me to “just buy an ETF.” Others say to concentrate into your highest conviction stocks. Meanwhile, I’ve built my own “Sherlock ETF” with 50+ holdings and the majority paying dividends. Genius or complete insanity? How many stocks do you own?

@MyLegoBookFund Id start with the bank side

@SherlockInvests Oooh I want to bite this.

@philask I am going to add this to my watchlist as I learn a little more

@SherlockInvests I did this when UK resident as I couldn’t hold the ETF I wanted. I copied the top 25 of $SCHG holdings, it did very well.

@Investinc_Intel To pay off my mortgage if I dont / cant work

@SherlockInvests What’s your goal with dividends? Fund your lifestyle?

So close to £100 in stock dividends this month. Regroup and try and push September it is then…

@DrunkDividends True, but still allows the fun of selecting your own stocks

@SherlockInvests Diversity limits downside for sure! But i guess also upside

I definitely regret buying 100 different stocks early in my investing career. Always chasing the next thing I saw on X. Do you think I should sell them? I'm holding because I don't like selling stocks in general.

@XCompoundQuiet Its not as challenging, obviously cant have a magnifying glass on every company but with a long term strategy its less necessary

@SherlockInvests Seems like alot to keep track of..?

@FantasyInvRealm Wow and I thought I was on the higher end

@SherlockInvests Over 100. I fear I would lose interest with fewer than that.

@SmartMoneyLeon $MCD as well for £1.22. But you are right, it wont be in a decade

Just received a £0.06 dividend from McDonald's. Everyone laughs at small dividends until they realise every large portfolio started with one. What's the last dividend you received? 📈👇

@unusual_whales The older I get, the less I’m surprised by politics. Not because politicians change their positions. But because the public can be persuaded that the new position was perfectly reasonable all along. Elementary, perhaps.

US-Iran deal allows Tehran to immediately sell oil, per WSJ

@xgrowthpascal I’ve reached an unfortunate conclusion. The algorithm appears less interested in whether a tweet is brilliant… …and more interested in whether people start talking about it immediately. A most curious case.

i tested posting the same quality tweet at different times with different engagement strategies. the one where i got 5 replies in the first 20 minutes did 6x the impressions. the algorithm rewards early momentum, not good writing.

I don’t think you’re missing anything. The irony is that most investors would probably outperform themselves by doing less and keeping it simple The question is whether you’re trying to maximise returns… or maximise enjoyment of the process. Those aren’t always the same thing.

The older I get, the more I appreciate the simplicity of $VOO. No chasing hype. No checking earnings every quarter. No wondering if the CEO will blow up the stock. Just buying America's biggest companies and letting time do the heavy lifting. Part of me thinks the smartest move is putting my portfolio into $VOO and focusing on everything else in life. Am I missing something? 📈

@BRICSinfo When did historic become a by word for already happening

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 G7 leaders say the US-Iranian agreement is a "historic opportunity" to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

@Dividend_Miner Deserves a follow old boy

4 years on X. Came here for market talk… stayed for the people, the laughs, the grind, the wins, the losses, and the daily push to keep building. From mining coal to mining opportunity, this place has become part of the journey. Appreciate everyone who’s been riding with me. ⛏️💰 #MyXAnniversary

The Sherlock strategy 🕵️📈🇬🇧 • Build positions in primarily in UK & US companies • Shelter them in a Stocks & Shares ISA • Reinvest every dividend • Ignore the noise • Repeat year after year It sounds almost too simple. Some may say elementary What’s the catch?

@alecscrypto1 @FlippieFinance What am I missing?

@FlippieFinance Theres literally no reason why you shouldn't buy it and many reasons why you should. This will take off

Give me one good reason why $SOFI isn't a screaming buy right now

@QuietWealth_UK Took me too long to start

£338,000,000,000. Sitting in UK savings accounts earning less than 1.5%. While official CPI inflation sits at 2.8%, and the Bank of England expects it to climb higher through the rest of 2026. The gap on a basic £10,000 pot: — High-street account: £100/year — Top easy-access account: £450/year — Inflation eating: £280/year Earning 1%? You're losing £180 in real terms, every single year. Most of that £338 billion isn't there by choice. It's there because the teaser rate expired, the bank quietly dropped the rate to 1%, and nobody noticed. Top easy-access accounts: - 4.25% Cash ISAs: 4.5% - Regular savers offers: 7% I moved mine in ten minutes this spring. The bank didn't send a leaving card.

@Mikethejourney1 Following you for the ride Mike

📊 Day 52 | Road to £100K Portfolio: £24,075.56 Today’s P&L: -£31.00 (-0.1%) Red day. Nothing dramatic, just the market doing its thing while I was drowning in work emails and wishing I was still sitting on a beach in Greece eating gyros 🇬🇷 Some days the portfolio looks after itself. Today it didn’t and neither did my inbox. Still in it. Still buying. Still not selling. £24,075 of £100,000 🎯 #RoadTo100K #InvestingJourney #UKInvesting #ISA #VWRL

I asked dearest Claude what stock to pick for 2026: Here is what I received Buy Alphabet $GOOGL. It’s the strongest single stock pick for 2026 — AI growth, solid fundamentals, reasonable valuation, and even Buffett just bought in. No guarantees, but it’s the best bet among current analyst picks.