True, "You always speak in terms of "investing" and Holding, etc."
Yep, I always refer to what I do as investing. I haven't bought a new stock in several years. I sold some shares a few years ago to trim a holding that had become outsized. I have a profit in every one of the 15 individual stocks I own. Some, like Rockwell Automation, I've owned for several decades. It's grown many times over and years ago spun off positions in Boeing and Skyworks Solutions. I control the few things about investing that can be controlled, especially taxation. I'm sure you realize that I never buy penny junk like RNVA.