The Friday Fletcher Report: June 12, 2026
Hello again, happy Friday. Today is June 12th, and it's time to check in on how Fletcher's doing, see how the latest signals are holding up, and stack it all up against the S&P.
Quick refresher for newer readers: Fletcher is an algorithm I built myself. It sends out buy, hold, and sell signals for three to six stocks at a time, delivered monthly. I'm just an individual investor here — not a financial advisor — and I built Fletcher specifically so I'd have a plan to follow that wasn't dictated by emotion.
Quite the Week
Can we talk about the market for a second? What a week. What a difference seven days makes. The headlines have been dominated by the SpaceX IPO that landed earlier today — and it had a strong debut, up around 20% on the day, even touching 30% at one point. It'll be fascinating to watch how that plays out over the coming weeks, months, and years. Worth keeping an eye on, for sure. I didn't personally take part in the IPO, though — my focus stays in a different corner of the market, and Fletcher is most of that focus.
Speaking of Fletcher — the signals we got on June 1st went straight into the red right out of the gate. It was a genuinely rocky first week of June. But as of today, those same signals have flipped back into the green. They took a beating early on, but true to form, Fletcher showed its usual resilience and has bounced back into positive territory. Worth noting: based on backtesting, roughly two out of every three signals Fletcher sends end up positive. It doesn't win every single time, but the odds tilt firmly in its favor.
The Numbers
- This week: Fletcher +19%, S&P +1%
- Month to date (since June 1st): Fletcher +7%, S&P -2%
- Year to date: Fletcher 191%, S&P +9%
(All figures rounded and approximate.) That year-to-date number still catches me off guard every time I write it down — 191% is the kind of result I wouldn't believe if I weren't living it. We've got backtesting data going back to 2018, but I personally only started actually investing this past January, so seeing those gains show up in my real portfolio is genuinely satisfying.
What I've Been Seeing in the Investing Forums
I've spent some time this week browsing investing forums, and there's a clear pattern: a wave of new investors posting because they don't know where to start. I chime in here and there with the basics — open an account with Fidelity or another major brokerage (Robinhood seems to be the go-to for the younger crowd), and just start. I'd never point a total beginner toward day trading or picking individual stocks. For what it's worth, I started with mutual funds myself, and I still think that's a smart entry point.
I'm curious how you all handle this — when someone new asks you how to get into investing, what do you tell them?
There's also a second group in these forums: people who already invest but want to level up — learning to day trade, read charts, that kind of thing. Personally, I'm not much of a chart reader, and I don't day trade either. My usual suggestion has been to lean on ETFs for a meaningful chunk of a portfolio. ETFs have historically played that role for me too — though lately, Fletcher's been quietly taking over that spot, not by any grand plan, just by simply performing better. It's been an interesting shift to watch.
If you've got a go-to piece of investing advice — your personal soapbox topic, the thing you have strong conviction about — I'd genuinely love to hear it.
What a week in the market. I'm already curious what we'll be talking about next Friday. Thanks for reading along, and send over any questions you've got. Want to learn more about how Fletcher works? Visit FletcherInvestor.com.
Have a great week — talk again next Friday.