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The Monthly Update

If you’re following along - and why wouldn’t you be? - you would have been reading about my pride and angst over my investments and their consequences. It’s a struggle, but fun. Strange, and fun. I didn’t sell anything - much to my joy and dismay.  Square has begun to trade along with Bitcoin, and Pfizer seems to have found a new life with the FDA approval of a new drug.  Such is life for drug companies.  It’s the risk-reward scenario that we embrace when we invest.  The stock has approached its 52-week high, and I suspect that it has room to run here - and my patience is being rewarded.  I no longer view the stock as a potential sell, especially with the new tax plan. Darden Restaurants reports this week.  I don’t own it, but the “pin action” may translate to my favorite DelTaco (TACO) and its struggling $12 stock price.  In other news, the new 21% corporate tax rate may help dissuade DelTaco’s current 40% tax rate and help them control some ...