As my readers know, I am heavily invested in natural gas, namely with the company, Chesapeake Energy (CHK). Since the peak in oil and natural gas prices, the stock has been hammered hard. Thankfully, as I reported through this blog, I continually sold my CHK position as it went up and up eventually peaking at $74 a share. I have been buying up shares now as the stock is way off its highs.

Many people are calling the energy story, especially oil, over. Some of the experts who just weeks ago were predicting $150 oil are now predicting $80 oil. Which one is it Mr. Expert? Some of the voices I trust the most, such as Jim Rogers, are not convinced the commodity bull market is over. Neither am I.

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Today, I added to my Chesapeake Energy (CHK) position.  I picked up shares at $50.71 each.  Love the company, love natural gas, love the CEO, and I think it is at a good buying level.

Did you know you can see my complete portfolio on Covestor? Click here to check it out and track my performance!

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I decided I will begin providing updates of all stock trades I make in order to promote continued transparency between what I write and what I do. Hopefully, you enjoy!

Today, I made two moves in my portfolio.

First, I sold a portion of my Apple position at $174.02.  I did this completely based on near term view.  Tech stocks have been trading weakly and I believe there might be a sell off after Apple releases earnings next week.  We’ll see.

Second, I bought a good chunk of Chesapeake at $53.27.  As I mentioned in the previous post, Chesapeake is well off its high at $74 a share it hit recently.  Today was a great buying opportunity and I took advantage of it.

Did you know you can see my complete portfolio on Covestor? Click here to check it out and track my performance!

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It’s an exciting time for the markets. We are at a low for 2008 and many think this market downturn is here to stay, myself included. The current economic conditions are more than simply a credit crunch in the financial system, it is a low-growth, inflationary, deflationary environment that will get worse before it gets better. Let’s take a look at why the Dow is likely headed lower.

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At 20s Money, my goal is not to prove to you how good of an investor I am. There are better investors out there. My goal is to be transparent about my own investment decisions and help you learn from my successes and mistakes. With that said, it is time to reveal my complete portfolio to you. You can see my positions and the weight of each one in my overall portfolio.

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What is the key to being a better investor? Well, part of it is by learning from your past successes and mistakes. If you make trades, take your profits or cut your losses without any reviewing or analysis of your investing moves, then you are missing out on a huge part of investing. This huge part of investing is what can catapult you into another level of investing success and higher returns. Let’s take a look at what I mean exactly.

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I just read another Yahoo Finance article that gave the same repetitive lesson on investing: diversify, diversify, diversify.  As far as I’m concerned, you have two options in investing.

The first option is diversification; however, not diversification how most recommend which is buying a bunch of different stocks in a bunch of different industries. Why spend so much effort on simply trying to match overall market returns? If this investment approach appeals to you, achieve diversification by simply buying an S&P Index Fund and that’s it. Continue pouring your money into this position over time and you should perform inline with long term historical average returns.

Your second option is to attempt to outperform the market which is what we here at 20s Money are fighting towards. Diversification is not the path to achieving superior returns.

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Find yourself feeling sick that your 401(k) is down 15% this year? If you’re in your 20s, cheer up. The downturn in the stock market since its highs last fall will serve you better long term. For the young investor, you have the majority of your investing days ahead of you and the more positions you can build at cheaper prices will drive long term gains for years.

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