2023-03-03 Portfolio Update

By GauchoRico

This is the first portfolio update of 2023. At the end of January, none of my portfolio companies had reported their results yet. I typically like to wait until all or most of my companies…

2022-12-31 Portfolio Update

By GauchoRico

Recently, we’ve had some years for the record books. In 2020, stocks surged with many investors posting returns far above what they ever could have dreamed. In contrast, 2022 was a year in which some…

2022-11-30 Portfolio Update

By GauchoRico

All of the portfolio companies have now reported their latest quarterly results. The companies are discussed further below. PRIOR PORTFOLIO UPDATES 2022-09-30 Portfolio Update 2022-09-02 Portfolio Update 2022-07-01 Portfolio Update 2022-05-31 Portfolio Uodate 2022-03-18 Portfolio…

2022-09-30 Portfolio Update

By GauchoRico

There haven’t been any portfolio company earnings releases since the last portfolio update so this update will be short. PRIOR PORTFOLIO UPDATES 2022-09-02 Portfolio Update 2022-07-01 Portfolio Update 2022-05-31 Portfolio Uodate 2022-03-18 Portfolio Update 2022-01-31…

2022-09-02 Portfolio Update

By GauchoRico

Another earnings seasons is in the books so it’s time to review the recent results and reassess the positions in the portfolio. As I’ve alluded to since January, I’ve thought about and come to some…

When Should the Game Change?

By GauchoRico

Since their peaks in Oct/Nov 2021, high growth stock prices have been hammered much more than the major indices. It’s typical for growth to outperform in bull markets and underperform during bear markets. As I’ve…

2022-07-01 Portfolio Update

By GauchoRico

We continue to be in the midst of one of the most challenging periods for investors, particularly for growth investors. It’s not just growth stocks that are down. One of last week’s headlines stated that…

2022-05-31 Portfolio Update

By GauchoRico

We are in the midst of another earnings cycle. We got our first clues after the three cloud titans (AMZN, MSFT, and GOOG) reported their results at the end of April. MicroSoft’s Azure grew 49%,…

2022-03-18 Portfolio Update

By GauchoRico

All the portfolio companies have now reported their results. I’ll go over some of the highlights and my thoughts below. Well, 27Jan was not the bottom of this huge drop that began after 18Oct 2021.…

2022-01-31 Portfolio Update

By GauchoRico

These are the times when it can be difficult and stressful to be an investor in hyper growth stocks. I’m certainly not immune to feeling stress when the portfolio drops this far. Let’s look at…