Believes investors should focus on high quality/profitable companies regardless of macro-economic conditions.
Markets will always have noise that investors need to ignore.
Consumers facing headwinds with higher interest rates and inflation.
Companies will start to invest more with prices falling during economic recession.
Re-shoring of supply chain, and automation will increase business investment.
Realization that offshore supply chain is problematic/fragile given global tensions.
Believes is a high quality company.
Services will be required as energy demand grows.
Strong management and excellent financial returns.
Solid balance sheet going forward.
Long term holding that has owned for over 10 years. Last year costs elevated due to recall of products. Cash flow back to normal after recalls. Consumer goods continue to grow.
(A Top Pick Mar 14/22, Down 5%) Will continue to hold.
Excellent company with legendary management.
Investors miss importance of insurance business that is hugely profitable.
Catalyst for renewal rates in insurance will provide uplift for stock.
(A Top Pick Mar 14/22, Up 34%) Great company with high demand product (insulin).
Building R&D portfolio that is on cutting edge.
New drugs in the pipeline that will be approved.
Weight loss products look promising.
(A Top Pick Mar 14/22, Up 9%) Great company that has performed well.
Believes company will continue to perform well with rising energy demand.
Excellent management team.
Integrated business will provide good returns (refining).
Excellent company that has owned in the past.
Recently added to the S&P 500.
Growth in 5G network technology has been good.
Handset sales not as strong, so waiting to see what next catalyst for growth will be.
Great company, but worried enterprise software sales are slowing.
Growth in cloud computing business slowing.
Unsure on the short term performance of stock.
Long term, confident stock will perform.
Has owned company for a long period of time in the past.
Previous reasons for owning stock not present anymore.
Waiting to see if new drugs are invented/patented.
Largest host of cloud computing. Believes cloud computing growth is stalling. Unsure whether venture capital funded business will have demand for cloud computing. Hard to predict future of the business. Warehouse/logistics business also slowing (massive layoffs). Company built too many warehouses.
Owns shares in the company and is one of the largest shareholders.
Performance of stock price has been excellent.
Very strong company with excellent management team.
Expecting demand for defense technology will be higher as global tensions persist.