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Today, Kim Bolton commented about whether HPQ-N, ADSK-Q, GOOG-Q, STM-N, SNOW-N, SHOP-T, AIQ-Q, ABNB-Q, DDOG-Q, INTC-Q, GOOG-Q, NVDA-Q, TWLO-N, KEYS-N, LTRX-Q, PCOR-N are stocks to buy or sell.

COMMENT
Tech is interest-rate sensitive?

Yes, definitely for those that have a heavy debt load or that are unprofitable. SaaS companies are especially interest-rate sensitive, because it's a pretty crowded space with a lot of unprofitable ones. Since the whole cycle started in February 2021, SaaS rolled over and then rolled over again in November 2022.

COMMENT
What's driving the tech market right now?

The tech arena was similar to the rest of the market. All the names that were beaten up last year, people saw value in them, bought them back, and that dragged the rest of the market with it. They're all coming back down to earth now.

COMMENT
NASDAQ chart.

Around October 2022 and again in November, it was down at the base, and that will be very strong support. With the runup, the selloff is not surprising, but he'd call it more of a consolidation. As long as the NASDAQ stays above the 50- and 200-day moving averages, you can still call it a consolidation. 

COMMENT
Generative AI.

The buzz has been going on for about 5 years. But now there's more data and power to process, so it's all starting to happen. 

DON'T BUY

Sizeable company at $90B. SaaS, cloud-based construction management. Profitable, but barely. Pretty decent run, up over 25% last 100 days. Fairly valued. Price target is $66.50. A bit rich. He owns ADSK instead.

BUY

Small, $190M market cap. Solutions for video surveillance and traffic management. Internet of things products. SaaS software and engineering. Price target of $7.50, good runway ahead.

BUY

Not in his portfolio, but in separately managed accounts. Had a good run. Earnings beat on top and bottom, but shy on guidance. Design and test solutions, measurement in the chip space. Pullback is a terrific place to buy.

WATCH

Cloud communications platform. Caters to developers. Difficult time as interest rates went up. Usage-based payment. Sees it growing north of 30% over next 5 years. First, need to see Fed pause hikes. 12-month target of $73.50. Keep your eye on it.

COMMENT
What's driving chip stocks right now?

Everything. Generative AI has taken the place of crypto. EVs, autonomous vehicles. The whole AI segment is huge, both for processing and power chips.

SELL

Picks and shovels are more of a money-maker than trying to figure out who's going to be the market leader. NVDA is a great example of picks and shovels that do the processing for generative AI. Met his short-term price target. He dearly hopes it will come back down so he can get back in.

COMMENT
Snapshot of processing data.

NVDA and AMD are really the kings of GPUs. DDOG is like the data aggregator. Companies like CSCO and AVGO play into that, as they direct where the information is supposed to go.

PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Mar 09/22, Down 32%)

His largest holding now. He can hold onto a losing stock because he makes it up with his hedges. He understands its intrinsic value. Price target of $121, very decent 20-25% runway ahead. So many horses in the race. Bard is strategic, last week's stumble was not much of a mistake.

PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Mar 09/22, Down 43%)

He sold last fall. Expenditures and capex still high. Dividend took a hit today. Restructuring necessary to stay competitive with TSM. Will take a while to come back.

PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Mar 09/22, Down 45%)

Lifeguard in the pool, directs the traffic within the cloud. Data aggregator, so key when it comes to generative AI. Target of $99.75, still part of his portfolio.

SELL

Sold at the price target. Stepped aside amidst uncertainty in interest rate environment. Very, very cyclical. 

(Analysts’ price target is $143.00)