I'm up 33% this year. I do not dabble in options. I don't un...

I'm up 33% this year. I do not dabble in options. I don't understand them well enough to always make money. So, instead I buy and hold for up to 6 months, maybe a year depending on the stock itself. Some things I hold onto because of the dividends like $Altria (MO.US)$ & $AbbVie (ABBV.US)$. But I also hold positions in $Yum China (YUMC.US)$ (+29%); $Pinterest (PINS.US)$ (+16%); $Dropbox (DBX.US)$ (+9.5%); and $The Brink's (BCO.US)$ . For $The Brink's (BCO.US)$ I've owned this since last July and am up 60% - about to dump that one before the end of the year.