Attendees: Grant, Nicky, Greg, Craig, Jenny, Eddie Guests: Chirag General: Pitches: LTC – Longterm care properties PEP – Pepsico IPGP – IPG Photonics (add) NFLX – Netflix (add) ANET – Arista Networks (add) THO – Thor Industries F – Ford (add) Buys: NFLX, ANET, THO, PEP, F, LTC
Ford has been on a tear since we picked it up, we’re up 12% in just 2 months, netting ourselves a VERY attractive annualized return. I don’t expect this to continue, but I do know that we’ll be holding onto Ford, especially with a recent firm upgrading from hold to buy.
Although Berkshire Hathaway has missed it’s past 3 earnings, it continues to rise in the face of adversity and earn us a good amount of money while it does. One major movement, as many analysts maintain a neautl performance, EVA Dimensions has issues a sell opinion on 10/01/17. Although this might not have much affect …
September 18 NOC announced that they are buying Orbital ATK for $7.8 billion in cash while assuming $1.4 billion in debt. Obital shareholders are set to receive $134.50 per share, which represents a 22% higher than the closing price the previous trading day of$110.04. Orbital designs and manufactures space, defense, and aviation-related systems, in particular rocket …
Positive sentiment regarding IPGP: Their lasers have gotten more and more powerful and precise, while requiring less energy to function. Add in the fact that IPG is the only vertically integrated player in its niche, and that yields an important cost advantage over the competition. Because of new applications and increased demand from China revenue has jumped …
September Federal Reserve meeting highlights: No rate hike – rate hike likely in December Balance sheet normalizing (returning a balance sheet to its usual size) Reduction of $4.5 trillion portfolio of government securities
Earnings to be released October 31. News: NBA LIVE 18 free demo in late August – a franchise first Electronic Arts and the NFL announced they’re teaming up to create an online tournament involving all 32 teams Unveiled Revolution for Battlefield 1 game Coca Cola is sponsoring a virtual athlete in the EA Sports FIFA 18 video …
SUMMARY Production delays on Model 3 Musk offers to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid with solar and batteries. Lets hold. CURRENT FINANCIALS Analyst recommendation 2.8 PEG n/a EPS next 5Y 35% Performance month: -2%, quarter 8%, 6 month 15%, year 77% EP Club 774% RECENT NEWS Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, …
SUMMARY Looking great Lets hold CURRENT FINANCIALS Analyst recommendation 2.2 PEG 3.08 EPS next 5Y 78% Performance month: 7%, quarter 23%, 6 month 35%, year 89% EP Club 35% RECENT NEWS Netflix, whose Q3 shareholder letter arrives on the afternoon of Oct. 16, is the first big tech name to report this month. The consensus …
SUMMARY Doing well Let’s hold CURRENT FINANCIALS Analyst recommendation 6 PEG 1.85 EPS next 5Y 19% Performance month: 5%, quarter 3%, 6 month 18%, year 24% EP Club 29% RECENT NEWS Facebook and Alphabet’s Google, along with other social networks and internet giants, have disclosed Russian ad buys, apparently with the goal of influencing and …
