3 Reasons Why I'm Beating the Market This Week

I don't know how I can make this come off as anything other than bragging, but my portfolio is trading just 6% lower through the first four brutal days of trading this week. Back out my 15% position in cash and money market funds -- a fair exercise since we're talking about the stock market as a measuring stick -- and my loss runs just shy of 7% this week, a far cry from the S&P 500's 10.8% plunge.

I am an aggressive growth stock investor, so I'm as surprised as you might be that I'm holding up relatively better than Wall Street in general. My portfolio tends to fare better than average when the market's rolling, and it also typically falls harder than stocks in general when equities head south. Taking a closer look at my portfolio, I spotted a few things that help explain why I held up better than most investors. This exact scenario will never play out again, but I want to share some of the reasons why I'm not smarting as bad as I deserve to be.

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