The market presented some opportunities this morning that I have reacted to. In particular I added to the position in Pagaya which got hit a bit because of the misguided proposals of President Trump regarding interest rates. In addition, Figma shares were down despite positive brokerage comments. I continue to add to the positions in…
The market has been quite volatile today, at least in terms of our high growth portfolio. We have (hopefully) taken advantage of the volatility and made some trades. Overall, the trades wound up reducing our margin balance by $660, and the balance now goes to $738,612. There were, in aggregate7 transactions today. In the interest…
Reviews of Shift4, Affirm, Procore, Datadog and Figma Loads of earnings to consider. One of the strongest earnings quarters in recent years-certainly in terms of IT companies and apparently pretty generally amongst the S&P-even outside of the Mag 7 group. Has it pricked the bubble mentality? Not so far it seems. This is one sample…
Summary Procore (PCOR) is a leader in construction management software, with significant growth potential as industry digitization remains low and new AI-driven products are launched. PCOR is targeting substantial margin expansion and cross-sell opportunities, with recent bookings and cross-sell metrics showing strong momentum despite macro headwinds in construction. A new CEO, Ajai Gopal, brings a…
This morning the release of an exceptionally poor employment situations report has precipitated what I might call a “risk-off” panic. The Ticker Target High Growth portfolio is down 3.7% at this writing. Some constituents are down more, or course. That is about 2X the loss in the QQQ and 3X the loss in the S&P. …
A bit of alliteration-perhaps intentional. I have gotten more than a few questions on what tariffs will mean for the market-and very specifically the Ticker Target High Growth portfolio. In the short term I imagine the impact is obvious. The Ticker Target high growth portfolio has fallen about 17% since it hit a high little…
We have made the following changes in the high growth portfolio earlier this morning. CompanySharesPriceB/STotalOld Position New PositionWeightSprount Social1,500$66.69S$40,0251,50000%Datadog120$117.01S$14,02512000%Braze800$37.49B$30,00008003.5%Xometry300$27.69B$8,3151,2001,5003.4%Unity400$26.59B$10,6451,3001,7003.7%Procore50$79.49B$3,9805506003.9% Sprout Social reported yet another disappointing quarter with revenue growth forecasted at 10% for the full year. The company continues to report growth in bookings in the mid-high 20% range but somehow the bookings never translate into revenue…
As mentioned in the commentary, the announcement of substantial tariff increases has led us to take some action with regards to the high growth portfolio. We felt compelled to sell Global-e. Global-e’s business is based on direct to consumer international e-commerce. Essentially all of its revenues are based on either shipping or selling or a combination of…
There has been lots of volatility since Monday. First the DeepSeek panic and then yesterday the sharp reversal as investors started to refine their view of the likely impact of the cost of cheaper models. Today-at least as I write this-seems to be presenting a bit of a consolidation trade after yesterday’s sharp spike. …
As indicated in the weekly commentary, we wanted to add marginally to the net long position by opening a tiny investment in MongoDB and adding to the Procore position which had a weight of less than 2%. We wound up buying 60 shares of MongoDB at a price of $241.49. This cost $14,495. That…