TSLA is the first of the portfolio companies to report Q1 2025 results. Since the last company in the portfolio isn’t expected to report its Q1 results until early June, I’ll share my thoughts about TSLA’s Q1 results here. TSLA (reported results on 22Apr) TSLA was the first portfolio company to report results this earnings…
Elon Musk is like the boy who cried wolf. Full self driving (FSD) is coming next year or very soon; this is what Elon has been saying for about ten years. It’s not surprising that many investors don’t believe him now. I first invested in TSLA in 2023 with the investment thesis being that TSLA…
TSLA is probably the most controversial stock in the market. I normally provide updates on my positions in my regular portfolio updates at the end of each earnings cycle. In the current cycle, which just began, that would be at the end of May. It’s a long time to wait given all that’s happened with…
PREVIOUS POSTS IN THIS SERIES Part 6: The Path to Scaled and Profitable Part 5: Numbers into the Google Sheet Part 4: Information Sources Part 3: Journalist Lawyer Scientist Part 2: Finding Stocks Part 1: Introduction This is Part 7 of the series on analyzing growth stocks. Here I will discuss the main four characteristics…
MY JOURNEY TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM Those who have read my posts over the years know that I started planning and striving for financial freedom shortly after I graduated from the university. It was a 15-year journey that required planning, work, discipline, and learning, and in 2007 I decided to quit my day job. I’ve written…
This is Part 6 in a series about analyzing growth stocks. I had intended on Part 6 being about various financial and other metrics that are important for monitoring the progress of a growth company. However, when thinking about this next post, I decided to first write how to analyze a business’s progress in scaling…
This is Part 5 of the series on analyzing growth stocks. Here I will focus on retrieving and entering the relevant numbers from the sources described in Part 4. The post will not cover explanations about or reasons for which data I choose to include in my tracking spreadsheet. The data the I track can…
This is Part 4 of the series of posts on my process for selecting and investing in growth stocks. The previous posts can be found here: Part 3: Journalist Lawyer Scientist Part 2: Finding Stocks Part 1: Introduction In Part 2, I detailed how I find leads for stocks to analyze. Let’s assume we’ve identified…
Growth stocks are by nature more volatile than slower growing companies. Hyper growth stocks (stocks with >40% revenue growth) are even more so. High quality companies that dominate their industries/markets often seem way overvalued by conventional valuation methods. And if one owns a portfolio of exclusively hyper growth stocks or one that’s largely dominated by…
This is Part 3 of a series of posts that I’m writing to share my process for selecting and investing in growth stocks. The previous posts can be found here: Part 2: Finding Stocks Part 1: Introduction My third post in this series was going to be about the information that I retrieve and where…