Hi fellow Accelerators, I made a call on BIDU and watched as it stormed upward to 184% profit three days ago. Greedy me, I held out hoping for a magical 200%. Then WOOSH, I didn't pay attention for a little bit and just barely sold in time to take a 50.5% profit. Sob. Lesson learned. I guess 50% is better than a kick in the pants, but sheesh... :-| In my defence, I'm travelling in Asia and my Investment account is in Canada, hours of operation 10:30 pm - 3:30 a.m. my local time. Tough to stay awake when it matters. In any case, thank you Eric! I'm learning so much and gaining confidence every day.

3,2,1 - Happy New Year ! As we flip over the page of 2025 and continue our journey into 2026, I would like to thank you for being part of this community and on my email list. 2025 was a year of growth for me, where I rapidly tested hundreds of investing strategies (experiencing another growth spurt in my investing career) 2026 ​is the year when we scale strategies and help more people in the process ​​Instead of capital gains, my focus is now to help people retire better with income-genearting strategies. ​​ This is particularly helpful if one is using Roth or a Traditional IRA to invest, where one can generate the income and delay tax until one needs it (or completely tax free with Roth) ​​ ​I wish you the best for 2026 and thanks again for your support in 2025. Cheers, Eric ---- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com In January, my goal is to help 25 people without a financial background to master investing through Investing Accelerator. Investing Accelerator is designed for people without a financial background. The goal is to achieve 30% return per year. In the first phase, you will learn long term investing and targeting 30% for tax free compound growth. This will help accelerate your overall wealth. In the second phase, you will learn monthly passive income to provide a more predictable cash flow (target 30% per year) which can cover your expenses. This will help accelerate your retirement goals. Here's a step by step guide on how to join Investing Accelerator for free: https://www.skool.com/invest-retire-community-1699/how-to-join-investing-accelerator-for-free If you are interested, then let's hop on a call to see if you can benefit from the strategies in Investing Accelerator and get target 30% per year. During the call, we will map out exactly how you can achieve target 30%, what you are lacking, how you can improve.

As most of us are going on holiday, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and happy holidays! 2025 has been a volatile year from tariff wars, AI bubble to the semi-santa rally. I've spent the year revising and refining my research framework through each bearish wave, learning something new each time. 2026 will be an interesting year as I launch new ventures and expand into the hedge fund space with my machine learning investing strategy. I believe the key success factor to achieve your goals is to continue to try and hack away at a problem until you are there. So I wish you Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Here's the Christmas link to join Investing Accelerator directly. Cheers, Eric ----- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com In December, my goal is to help 20 people without a financial background to master investing through Investing Accelerator. Investing Accelerator is designed for people without a financial background. The goal is to achieve 30% return per year. In the first phase, you will learn long term investing and targeting 30% for tax free compound growth. This will help accelerate your overall wealth. In the second phase, you will learn monthly passive income to provide a more predictable cash flow (target 30% per year) which can cover your expenses. This will help accelerate your retirement goals. Here's a step by step guide on how to join Investing Accelerator for free: https://www.skool.com/invest-retire-community-1699/how-to-join-investing-accelerator-for-free If you are interested, then let's hop on a call to see if you can benefit from the strategies in Investing Accelerator and get target 30% per year. During the call, we will map out exactly how you can achieve target 30%, what you are lacking, how you can improve.

I am feeling very bullish about Baidu and Alibaba. To my mind, both appear to have a maturing bottom and a W pattern. Would this be a good time to purchase a call on either or both? Thoughts, please!

Rule based investing was made popular by Ray Dalio - The founder of Bridgewater (I believe) It is important because compare to intuition-based investing, rule-based investing solves a key problem The human element. Sometimes, I wake up and I feel I am not at my best Maybe my mind is foggy Maybe my two kids running around and screaming at me gives me a headache or maybe the market is going against me and it is just not my day Either way, there are a million reasons why I might not be performing at 100% on any given day As the market is challenging and everyone is using AI to invest, not bringing your 120% self to the market can easily spell disaster A human's emotion can be the trigger for disaster. That's why you need rules. Tested rules. Tested over and over again. It gives you a compass when you are not at 100% and still perform very well. Cheers, Eric ---- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com In September, my goal is to help 10 people without a financial background to master investing through Investing Accelerator. Investing Accelerator is designed for people without a financial background. The goal is to achieve 30% return per year. In the first phase, you will learn long term investing and targeting 30% for tax free compound growth. This will help accelerate your overall wealth. In the second phase, you will learn monthly passive income to provide a more predictable cash flow (target 30% per year) which can cover your expenses. This will help accelerate your retirement goals. Here's a step by step guide on how to join Investing Accelerator for free: https://www.skool.com/invest-retire-community-1699/how-to-join-investing-accelerator-for-free If you are interested, then let's hop on a call to see if you can benefit from the strategies in Investing Accelerator and get 30% per year.