On Wednesday evening, the President took revenge on the former Director of what is called the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Chris Krebs for not supporting the allegations regarding the integrity of the 2020 presidential elections. The order included allegations against Krebs for allegedly “blinding” the American public about the controversy over Hunter Biden’s laptop,…
Ticker Target Invest Philosophy In the wake of the excruciating fall of high growth IT shares I have been asked frequently about the Ticker Target investment philosophy and how it works in these difficult times. Obviously in looking at a drawdown of 34% in just over 6 weeks provides plenty of motivation for introspection and…
A few subscribers have asked me to evaluate last evening’s tariff announcement by this administration. This is not a pleasant commentary for me to write. Ticker Target is not a political site. I have presented some of my thoughts on economics as many subscribers have requested that. There is an inevitable intersection between politics and…
1) SentinelOne-Was it a guide down? I know that many subscribers who have stuck with my recommendation to own SentinelOne shares are fed up with the company’s share price performance. So am I. And based on the after-hours trading in the shares-there will be a further drawdown. I am well aware that Sentinel shares are down…
This morning we made some changes in our high growth portfolio, selling the balance of the Shift 4 position and adding to positions in Datadog, SentinelOne, Unity and GitLab. The details are as follows: We sold 500 shares of Shift4 at 104.29. This eliminated the position and raised $52,140. To reiterate, our sale was related to the appointment…
As mentioned in the weekly commentary, this week is a busy one for earnings. The two most salient releases for subscribers were those of Zscaler and SentinelOne. Other earnings reports of interest included Salesforce, a modest sized holding in the income/stability portfolio as well as Okta. Of course Pure Storage, the largest position in the…
A few stocks in the high growth portfolio were moving today based on some specific news developments. We aren’t going to make any changes to the portfolio: we are already positioned properly. I believe for what is apparently happening: 1) SentinelOne The company held its first-ever investor day on Wednesday. I listened to a small part…
Axon’s run: What should readers do now? It has been little more than a year since I first recommended Axon (AXON) shares. So far in 2024, the shares are up 68% and they have consistently been making new all-time highs. The quintessential pattern of a momentum growth stock. Much of the share price increase has come since the latest earnings…
It is the middle of the week and stocks, while no longer trading as though an economic catastrophe is impending, are still drifting without any sustained rally impulses. This is providing some opportunities to position a portfolio for an environment of falling rates. a) AppLovin In our commentary last week, we called out AppLovin as one…
We have added 500 shares of SentinelOne to our high growth portfolio. We bought the shares at 23.24 for a total cost of $11,630. This brought our margin balance to $279,655, The company reported what were reasonable or better numbers when it released earnings earlier this week. The shares have oscillated since the earnings release…