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Good reviews on products. An early show-me story. On his radar. Prefers TSLA at the moment. Movement to EVs will continue.

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Doesn't follow this name closely, but likes energy infrastructure as a highly attractive area and a key part of the energy transition. His preference is ENB.

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Likes energy infrastructure as a highly attractive area and a key part of the energy transition. His preference in the space.

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Amazing how it went from a growth stock to a value stock. Key driver is continued growth in e-commerce. He has pretty limited exposure to fintech. Boring, but best, way to play the sector is to buy the networks like Visa. Continue to monitor.

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Good Canadian company, great long term. On a great run, should have a decent time over the next while. Thinking about opportunity cost, he'd take AMZN over SHOP at the moment.

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Industrial-focused semiconductors. Great company. Not entirely focused on autos, but it's a blossoming and exciting part of the business. He added this year. Good technological advantage as products, once designed, stay in a system for the life of that system. Well diversified.

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His top choice in cybersecurity. Recently added to the S&P. Will be a key beneficiary of vendor consolidation and emerge as one of the leading platforms. Good company, especially next generation products. Expensive PE, but can grow 20%+ free cashflow in the foreseeable future. 

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Further recovery or too late?

He wants to like it, but it's hard. Has to right the ship in terms of technology and execution. The foundry business will be successful over the long term, but competition is TSM, which is a very good company. Complicated story. Undervalued. He's watching. Other good names to buy now.

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A core position. Well diversified. Mostly semiconductor, but also a slow-growing infrastructure software business. Will benefit from AI. Conservative management, estimating AI-related revenues will grow to 25% next year from 10% in 2022. Makes custom chips, multi-billion partnerships. Network chips tap into growth of AI. Yield is 2.11%.

(Analysts’ price target is $880.11)
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Alternative assets are dominated by a few companies that have tremendous scale. Has really diversified beyond private equity. Caught up in market's concerns about real estate, but they're much less exposed than BN. Office represents just 2% of US real estate portfolio. 

Likely a difficult 6-18 months, but macro is close to rates peaking. Over $190B of dry powder. Best alt asset manager in the world. Can easily achieve over 15% growth in fee-related earnings over time. Yield is 3.52%. 

(Analysts’ price target is $102.22)
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Japanese market has been very strong this year and becoming more shareholder friendly. Forward PE is about 20x, so it's not deep value. Heavily depends on console sales and it's well into that cycle, so could have negative sales growth for the next 2 years. Excited about IP synergies across divisions such as video games and movies. (Price target in Japanese Yen.) Yield is 2.86%.

(Analysts’ price target is $6489.47)
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MEQ operates as a real estate corporation focusing on managing residential rental apartments and is now trading at 27.6x times' Forward P/E, but only at 1.0x Book value. In the last five years, MEQ’s revenue growth has been quite consistent, around 12% on average. Like other real estate companies, the balance sheet is leveraged, with net debt of $1.5B. The net debt/EBITDA is currently around 14.5x. MEQ reinvested heavily into acquiring new properties. As a result, the company has had no dividend payments and limited shares repurchase over the last few years.

We think MEQ has the potential to be a compounder, trading at 1.0x Book value is also an attractive valuation, but the leverage levels need to be monitored carefully, as the debt is quite high. We would be comfortable with this name for a three-year+ timeframe given its cheap valuation and consistent revenue growth.
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NBLY has not been a public company for very long (IPO'd in mid-2021), but its growth rates are strong, and while it is not yet profitable, it is on the cusp of becoming profitable. Its forward P/E is now fairly high at 31.3X, but its price to book is 1.2X and its forward sales multiple is cheap at 0.8X. It has a ~5.7% free cash flow yield and its balance sheet is strong. With a net profit margin of ~(2%), if sales growth continues at a fast pace and it becomes profitable, we believe that its strong fundamental base can begin to be appreciated by investors. We do not like the negative momentum recently, but we believe it has a lot to offer and it is now nearing its book value. In a rising interest rate environment, unprofitable names are still not investors' number one preference, but we expect NBLY's high growth rates to be a tailwind over the long-term. 
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The US bank sector of course has had a tough year, and the outlook will largely depend on the economy and rates. However, the fund now has an average P/E of 5.5X and an indicated yield of 3.49%. We think this is cheap enough that investors can slowly start buying the sector now. 
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The Advantage of Time.

Time is a valuable asset in the realm of investing. Starting to save for retirement at a young age provides a significant advantage due to the power of compounding. Intuitively, most individuals tend to treat $1 as $1, however, the idea of consumption deferral (rather than immediate consumption, investing and delaying consumption) suggests that the value of $1 depends on how it is allocated. For example, $1 spent on a good or service that one can immediately use or consume has value to an individual, but even with a modest return of 7% per year, investing that $1 at age 20 can yield approximately 18 times the initial investment by the age of 65. In a sense, that $1 gets transformed into having a present-day value of $18.

This exponential growth is attributed to the reinvestment of earnings, where each year's gains generate additional returns in subsequent years. By starting early, individuals harness the full potential of compounding, allowing their money to work harder and grow significantly over time.  One dollar invested at the age of 20, growing at 7% per year becomes ~$21 by the age 65. As this individual ages, the future return of $1 invested shrinks – ie. at the age of 45 $1 invested for the next 20 years is ~$4. While most individuals’ incomes rise as they progress in age, this chart demonstrates that a lot of the foundation of retirement savings can be built in the early years.
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