COP
ConocoPhillips
stock NYSE

Same here, CAT in 2011 also PSX when it spin off from COP, free shares of PSX, 1 free share for every 2 shares of COP held ! We like FREE, and divendends compounded....i received a letter from CAT several years ago they wanted to purchase my shares back from me...I got to thinking why so i thought something was up and told them NO, for once I lucked out by not selling my shares so today im thinking they soon will have to do a split to make their shares more affordable for the average investor besides CAT hasn't done a split for decades

Nha Bros get on my level, when I was a kid  50.000 COP for a good steak or 2.500 for a Cola bottle, and it seems nowadays there is a 100.000 bill, the cola prolly costs like 10.000 today

I dont have any unused cash, so i sell it around 12-15% profit, wait for the next stock and use the same amount. So, last year my realized profit is 17%, this year so far it 6%. Im rotating the amount and cashing out small profits.
Few examples:
Bought merck at 80, sold at 102
Bought target at 89 and sold at 105
Bought COP at 91, sold at 106
Bought UNH at 323, sold at 360
PEP 141 - 165,
VZ 39 to 43,
OXY 41 to 50,
I know they went up after i sold em but no regrets as i invested them again in other stocks. I will wait patiently for my next stocks, not in a rush.