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Portfolio Update (Part I)

What I’m buying today

Oct 19, 2026
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Today’s post:

  • Some charts + commentary on my positioning

  • Handful of (new) ideas I’m buying today

  • What’s on deck right now

Stocks are looking cheap these days and it’s been a while since my last “update” write-ups:

  • My 4 favorite event-driven ideas (May 2026)

  • Portfolio changes (Feb 2026)

  • Quick ideas list (Nov 2025)

Here’s the track record on those recommendations since November 2025:

Today, I’m adding a few ideas to the recommended list…

Here’s how the rest of this post will work:

  1. Names I’ve recently added to the VDL Recommendation Tracker (and purchased in my own portfolio)

  2. A few names that I’m close to buying (my “on deck” list)

In Part II, I’ll share a post-mortem on recently closed recommendations and suggest a few ideas already in the portfolio that look attractive at today’s prices.

Commentary

It may not feel like it with the S&P 500 closing in on all-time highs, but there are some seriously cheap stocks out there right now.

Four things make me feel like it’s a good time to be adding or buying today:

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