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find our current holdings, really. The first three form our slightly larger positions. We invest long-term, 2 years or greater. Markets go both ways, yet some of our future can be seen clearly now. That is our target.
We also realize that we are not strictly diversified. Quite clearly, we position radically for trend-driven secular shift(e-commerce, SVOD, etc.) All dividends are reinvested. Our average time horizon is now 11 years. Our holdings include 10 equity positions, call options, and cash(averaging 10%.)
A Punt
and
A Pair
-HOLDINGS-
AS OF 06-23-18.
1. Amazon–(NASDAQ: AMZN) IT, Internet, Direct Marketing.
Be there with StockJaw in the end–when AMZN does everything everywhere.
Amazon remains one of the epic growth stocks of the age. AMZN isn’t even close to done. Founder/CEO Jeff Bezos is doing what the Soviets couldn’t. AMZN is taking over the world, but in such a way that they become integral to non-retail industries. Amazon doesn’t want every industry. They want to sell goods and services to every industry. “Look regulators–no monopoly.” Forget the P/E on AMZN. Buy on a 3%-8% pull-back, if not bad company news. Amazon passes on a lot of conference call questions.
On July 11th StockJaw called–“AMZN, BUY below $950.00.” AMZN opened that day at $993.00. Forty-one days later AMZN hit our buy price. Five weeks after that, on 9-26-17, it hit an intraday low of $931.75–the cheapest since our “BUY” call. Which means we called 98.2% of the discount for AMZN that the market provided. It’s now $1156.16. If purchased at our $950.00 call, it translates into a 21.5% move in eight weeks.
Savvy-up with our unzipped twin takes on World Killer Amazon:
“That Smiley Amazon Show.”
https://stockjaw.com/2017/07/13/that-smiley-amazon-show/
or “‘Follow That Crowd?’ Amazon Prime Day Pump.”
https://stockjaw.com/2017/07/11/follow-that-crowd/
22% of Total Equities Held(up from 17%).
Our cost basis: $758.06.
Morningstar fair value; $1600.00.
AMZN’s big tell remains Prime memberships. After revenue, they report a metric they call CSOI(consolidated segment operating income.) On calls AMZN provides mostly general info/color. Read the press releases first. Q3’s call was short, loud, glitchy, and chaotic.
Amazon Investor Relations:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml%3Fc%3D97664%26p%3Dirol-irhome
StockJaw.com Conference Call Rating: 2 Stars.
AMZN–Crooked Hours Report.
1. Anti-trust regulation. Amazon’s size, increasing reach, and rail-dragster growth, make it a prime target for regulators. Regulation is often a political ploy, rather than consumer protection. Amazon is for sure the nail to be beaten down if consumer sentiment shifts.
2. Execution risk. AMZN continues to startle. No company in human history has expanded this broadly, and this far. AMZN wants the world and they’re going for it.
3. The rebirth-hard of Wal-Mart. The purchase of Jeff Lore’s Jet.com is transforming WMT’s entire online presence. It’s working–big time. Jet.com’s model rewards shoppers with both lower shipping and item costs. How? Customers save when selecting regional sellers, buy more, and are willing to wait, thus allowing sellers time to bundle orders efficiently. It works. WMT’s revenue displays as much.
2. Alibaba–(NYSE: BABA) IT, Internet Software & Services.
Alibaba is the Jaw-dropping Chinese corollary to Amazon. Widely viewed as an eCommerce giant, Alibaba more accurately is a market creator. It creates the digital marketplace bringing together both buyers and sellers.
Unlike AMZN, Alibaba does not own/sell merchandise, nor does it need a stupefying network of fulfillment centers, or a military-equivalent logistics wing, to service operations. Along with great potential, Alibaba is a Chinese company, subject to both shifting Chinese political whims, and investor information quality and quantity issues.
New dynasty of commerce. Wonder how the steel tariffs will set with Xi Jinping? And the on-going subsuming of Hong Kong? Alibaba is the Amazon of the East, in simple terms. It neither owns nor handles the incredible volume of goods flowing through it’s marketplace. That’s a good business model.
9.2% of Total Equities Held.
Our cost basis: $158.68.
Morningstar fair value; $210.00.
Alibaba Investor Relations:
https://www.alibabagroup.com/en/ir/home
BABA–Crooked Hours Report.
1. Alibaba faces the constant threat of government intervention. This is a very real threat. Never doubt the seriousness of the Chinese leadership. No one messes about in the PRC and gets away with it.
2. BABA operates in a legal grey area within Chinese law. Direct company ownership is complicated in the PRC. Thus BABA’s share ownership structure is a maze, despite its’ ADR(American Depository Receipts) status.
3. Alphabet–(NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) IT, Internet, Software & S.
T h e EU’s $2.7b. anti-trust fine is the cost of doing business for Alphabet. That issue irons out over time. They have $90b. and own 90% of EU search. No competitor stands in position to threaten Alphabet. Love this oligopoly search/advertising juggernaut, and mother of Waymo. Who knows what else co-founders Page and Brin may cook up in that backyard they call Other Bets? Mash the link for our full report on Alphabet, after the arrival of “Ruthless Ruth.”
Our sweeping and nuts and bolts look at Alphabet:
“How Many Stars in Constellation Google? What are they up to in Nursery Alphabet?”
https://stockjaw.com/2017/06/12/google-what-are-they-up-to-in-there-5/
11% of Total Equities Held.
Our cost bases: GOOG $605.98, GOOGL $680.90.
Morningstar fair value: $1200.00.
A grip on digital advertising helpful–like ‘programmatic.” Google it.
Alphabet Investor Relations, such as it is:
https://abc.xyz/investor/
Alphabet sports perhaps the worst Investor Relations website we work with. iTunes users might like it.
StockJaw Conference Call Rating: 3 Stars.
Alphabet–Crooked Hours Report.
1. Alphabet faces the same anti-trust concern as FB, or AMZN. Google owns search, particularly in the United States and Europe. The EU has been conducting an unending battle against Alphabet, for years. Late this summer the EU levied a $2.7 billion fine against Alphabet for unfair trade practices relating to its’ displaying of shopping results. The EU claims the company massages search results. Probably. Google could eventually be seen as a “utility” and perhaps be regulated along those lines.
2. Concern also exits around Alphabet’s “dependence on search and advertising.” We do not share this notion. Alphabet’s uniquely structured business incubator model houses Waymo(self-driving cars), Nest(groovy IOT homes), Verily(longevity/life science), Loon(balloon-borne internet delivery), Fiber(unaffordable high-speed internet), Glass(connected wearables.)
3. We have voiced concern surrounding the sheer number of ideas pursued by the company. How many is too many? How much money will they throw into yet unprofitable notions? Yet watching Amazon’s unfathomable expansion into everything has lessened our worry. The rise of Waymo is also very encouraging. Besides, Alphabet’s cashy enough.
4. Activision-Blizzard–(NYSE: ATVI) IT, Software.
Activision is the model for the E game industry. Enduring engagement is their mantra, and they pioneered the path. It works. All follow ATVI’s model now, and they’re getting better at it. Yet, heard of e-sports, or World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, Overwatch? TTWo and EA are also great “3rd party publishers.”
9.1% of Total Equities Held.
Our cost basis: $38.53.
Morningstar fair value; $59.00.
Annual Dividend Yield 0.48%
Fully informing, yet promotional, like Kevin Plank over at UA.
Activision-Blizzard Investor Relations;
http://investor.activision.com/
StockJaw Conference Call Rating: 3 Stars.
5. United Health Group–(NYSE: UNH) Healthcare, Providers.
United Health is best in class health care management, and pharmacy benefits manager(pbm). Love or hate such companies, UNH has displayed adaptability in a rapidly shifting marketplace. They probably have some of your money. Why not get some back?
On 1-16-18 United Health released a dominated performance for Q4, FY ’17, exceeding both analyst’s expectations and their own guidance. What was the best-positioned and capitalized healthcare company saying? UNH said the same thing MMM was saying–business is good and we’re growing every operating segment of the company, healthcare delivery, PBM(pharmacy Benefits management), and digital. All segments led with strong organic growth. The market loved it and shares soared on successive days.
When asked about the uncertainty concerning national healthcare policy and the ACA, UNH simply repeated their consistent answer; “We’re not doing anything particularly, except waiting to see what emerges from the Hill. We’re as well positioned as anybody and we’ll just have to wait and see.” And indeed UNH appears to be precisely that–well positioned, and watching Washington, and beating all their numbers like a gong. More coming concerning the UNH digital wing.
8.7% of Total Equities Held.
Our cost basis: $177.76.
Morningstar fair value; $161.00.
Annual Dividend Yield 1.33%
United Health Group Investor Relations:
http://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/Investors.aspx
Stockjaw Conference Call Rating: CCR–4 Stars.
6. TELADOC(NYSE: TDOC).
- Virtual medicine’s time has come. TELADOC owns the space now.
Savor all the details of TELADOC with our brand new piece–
“Beaning The Doctor-And Fast Growth-To you.”
https://stockjaw.com/2018/06/14/teladoc-beaming-the-doctor-and-fast-growth-to-you/
7. Square(NYSE: SQ).
8. Paypal(NASDAQ: PYPL).
CASH. EXCESSIVE RISK WARNING; 30%, up from average 10-25%.
StockJaw is working to bring you even greater perspective. When we buy or sell you’ll find it right here.
U.S. Dollars. Preferred range 10%-25%. Cash held outside IRAs held in CDs. It counts and it’s good drill. We do not hedge or use FX markets.
CASH–Crooked Hours Report.
1. Cash is becoming more expensive. Our Fed has clearly stated it’s intention to boost the fed funds rate repeatedly this year. That will happen. Regardless, retail returns on fixed-income vehicles will not meaningfully reflect the increasing cost of the dollar, probably until 2019. You will not be paid much more this year for savings, money markets, or CD’s.
2. The U.S. Dollar has pulled back from its’ unusual strength against other world currencies; Pound, Euro, Yuan, etc. U.S. based exporters will continue to benefit from the dollar’s weakening, as our goods will cost less when translated into stronger competing currencies as listed above.
3. Threat. Any half-alert financial thinker will tell us, like Buffet did, that the U.S. Dollar is under grave threat as the world’s “reserve currency.” The reason is simple. The United States lives on credit. Our balance is growing radically. The new GOP tax “plan” adds at minimum 1.5 trillion dollars to the total, and it will fall on to the shoulders of the young to pay the debt, or lose credibility.
4. China is locked in a financial death-dance with the U.S. They own our debt. If the larger world decides our debt, not our budget deficit, is too high, we will be treated harshly. Think Greece, sort of.
Roll with volatility. Remain calm and keep your bucket upright.
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