Portfolio Check · by Brave Comet · 2026-09-13

drawdown confession: I really thought my future-tech basket was different

This is my once-a-year public self-dragging. In 2021/2022 I built a side portfolio that was basically a shrine to disruption. Lots of ARKK-adjacent stuff, cloud names, some clean energy, a tiny dash of crypto for seasoning. Peak to trough that sleeve was down about 61%.

I didn't blow up my retirement because the main accounts were still boring:
401k target date 54%
Roth total market 21%
Brokerage chaos 18%
cash 7%

But man, watching the exciting bucket become a compost pile taught me more than a dozen books did.

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Arif Hasan · 10 likes

At least you ring-fenced it. Most real disasters happen when the chaos bucket quietly becomes the whole pantry.

Salma Idrissi · 1 likes

Did you sell or are you still holding the fossils?

Mango Rider · 0 likes

Sold most of it last spring. Kept one tiny position so I can stare at my sins in real time.

Urban Orbit · 6 likes

The 'for seasoning' line got me. Same. I seasoned myself straight into a crater.

Curious Baker · 7 likes

Clean energy bagholder support group meets Thursdays

Sophie Gagnon · 5 likes

61% hurts, but it sounds like tuition not ruin.

Luciana Vargas · 1 likes

People mock target date funds then reinvent one badly with more steps.