COMMENT

Market. With the end of September and into October, the pullback in the NASDAQ became a real correction. The ingredients are not there for a full-fledged bear plunge. He still sees the making for new highs yet be made – but it may take a while. The big trends in technology are 5G deployment and creating “Digital Twins”, data analytics towards AI, and electrification and digitization of technology (like auto-drive technology).

DON'T BUY
He finds this company a little expensive compared to its competitors, who have a more dominate position in the space.
BUY ON WEAKNESS
He does own this, but took profit recently. They represent the digital side of the semi-conductor space. The business is very cyclical and he has chosen to underweight this space for now. He would watch for an opportunity to buy back in at lower prices.
HOLD
He holds about 3% of his portfolio in this. In the fintech side, this company is involved in the mobile payment systems for e-commerce.
HOLD
He owns this one. He sees the diversity of their business being better than other competitors. It is also involved in e-sports, which is ballooning.
COMMENT
He added to their current position during the recent pullback. This is #6 in all their holdings and this is the leader in their software holdings and is contributing in a substantial way to the company’s 45% growth in revenues. The subscription business is brilliant. Their cloud business now rivals that of Google’s. (Analysts’ price target is $126)
HOLD
He recently sold out of their position based on their previous earnings, which called for reduced earnings growth. The chip space is very good. If in it, stick with it.
DON'T BUY
They were just punished following a lowering of guidance. He sees other competitors being better positioned right now and are cheaper on a price-earnings basis.
DON'T BUY
He likes the runway heading into subscription services and cloud based business. He would prefer to own MSFT-N.
BUY
This payments company has been voted the #1 app for financial mobile payments – estimated at 33.5 million downloads for the iPhone. For small retailers it is very cost effective. A great opportunity to buy.
WATCH
He bought it a couple of years ago and took profit. They have since found it would be dead money investing in this right now. Their product development is stagnant. However at this price level, he would look at it again.
DON'T BUY
He has been long and short trading this one based on the volatility. In the last 4-6 months it has had enormous volatility. It would not be a core holding for them. He prefers owning the supply side of this space – into robotics and chips instead. He would trade this instead – buying at $275 and selling at $350.
DON'T BUY
This is an equipment supplier in the semi-conductor space. He sees better valuations with other competitors at this time, who are trading at under 10 times earnings.
BUY
This is the 5th largest holding in his portfolio. His last buy was near $42. They have a lot of legacy router business and now sees 5G deployment as their growth engine and sees them as having a great leg up on the competition. Because of the confrontation between China and the US, many of the non-US companies are missing out on the opportunities to the benefit of CSCO-N.
BUY
This cyber-security business just reported earnings and highlighted the growth in demand for their end-product. He does own this in his portfolio.