Venture Update: Monogram Orthopedics Closes $22 Million Reg A+ CF Round

Successful raises, in general, are a good sign. For a pre-revenue company to close a successful first-raise is often times considered a sign of market validation. Subsequent successful raises are generally good as well. Monogram’s recent Reg A+ CF round closed at over $22 Million. This is uncanny. Why do we like Monogram Orthopedics? Monogram […]

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Zilos Capital Issues Short-Term Cautionary Guidance on Stocks as of August 16, 2021

One of the most comical phrases seen in financial literature is: “Past performance does not indicate future results”. Even though it’s well-known that statements like this are for nothing more than posterior covering, it’s important to emphasize just how silly this logic is; even though it’s true in a limited context. In “The Truth Project”, […]

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Eleven Cryptocurrencies To Watch for 2021

For those who know us, our overarching investment philosophy is to leverage the power of the Capital Cycle Rate (CCR), a term we coined for this metric. We believe cryptocurrencies are the best way to respect the CCR principle, and have taken positions in several over the last 8 months. For those interested, here are […]

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Z Growth Portfolio Update: May 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Z Growth has beat the market since inception; with cumulative gains nearly double the performance of the S&P 500 to date. Please see the breakdowns below for more information. Cumulative Portfolio Unrealized G/L %: +60.29% Market Index G/L %: +35.74% Z Growth Performance Ratio for May 2021: 1.68 to 1 PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION: Nvidia […]

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3 Stock Trading Pitfalls to Avoid

The statistics at this point are no secret. Most traders either blow-up or stay in the red. But why? Well, usually it’s due to a number of factors, such as emotional trading or ignorant speculation, but even novice traders know these. Here are three less-common pitfalls that even experienced traders fall into, and how to […]

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Caveats of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence and machine learning are two of the hottest buzzwords in business right now – and the majority of executives have hurled themselves onto the bandwagon. The IBM Developer profile on Linkedin recently shared a third party report stating that “80% of business leaders view AI as a strategic priority.” Why? The generic responses […]

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Z Growth Portfolio Update: July 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Z Growth beat the market for the second month in a row; including GMED’s lackluster performance. It’s important to note however that as of today, GMED is up considerably. Please see the breakdowns below for more information. Cumulative Portfolio Unrealized G/L %: +10.73% Market Index G/L %: +5.98% Z Growth Performance Ratio for […]

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Venture Review: Trust Stamp

What do they do? Here’s how Trust Stamp describes their technology: “Technology that creates unique, irreversible hashed-tokenized identities and facilitates secure, interoperable identity proofing – anywhere in the world, online and offline” Why do we like them? High-growth vertical Unique product Business execution Experienced team Final thoughts The team is winning all kinds of awards. […]

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Z Growth Portfolio Update June 2020

Executive Summary: Despite the drop in GMED’s value, the Z Growth portfolio outperformed it’s benchmark with a performance ratio of 3.60 to 1. Please see the breakdowns below for more information. Cumulative Portfolio Unrealized G/L %: +1.91% Market Index G/L %: +0.53% Z Growth Performance Ratio for June 2020: 3.60 to 1 PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION: Nvidia […]

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Z Growth: Tech Stocks to Watch for the Next Twelve Months or Longer

We are not huge fans of indexing. In fact, not indexing is one of our core investment principles. This comment shouldn’t be misinterpreted; because we believe that indexing MAY be a viable option for the below investor archetypes: Investors whom are not willing (notice we didn’t say able) to invest the time and energy into […]

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