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 picking stocks.
• Investors whom are willing to accept the potential consequences of indexing.
• Investors whom are completely clueless.

Even though indexing MIGHT make sense for the archetypes above, we have a rebuttal for each of them:

• The potential rewards of picking individual stocks more than justify the time and energy required to pick them.
• The consequences of not picking individual stocks are too great for those that tend to fall outside of the “pension generation” to not even attempt.
• Knowledge is power! Ignorance shouldn’t justify inaction!

Now in order for our position to have weight behind it, we must back it up with capital, right?

Enter the Z Growth Portfolio; A basket of long term stock picks we feel will collectively outperform the market over the next 12+ months to an extent substantial enough to justify the time and energy necessary to identify and invest in individual stocks (with at least some capital) while also yielding enough of a return to not make it a waste of time compared to the returns we can generate with day trading.

In short: We’re putting our own capital where our mouths are – and we believe that at least some of the stocks in this portfolio will yield triple digit returns.

So without further adieu, here are SOME of the stocks we’ve selected for this LONG TERM portfolio. We emphasize the long term because we don’t want to receive daily emails when the stocks go up or down:

• Crowdstrike (CRWD): Dominator in endpoint cybersecurity technology.
• Nvidia (NVDA): Pioneer in the looming AI boom.
• Service Now (NOW): Leader in technology operations software.
• Globus Med. (GMED): Innovator of musculoskeletal disorder products.

We deployed capital yesterday and today to establish the core of this portfolio. An interesting point to note is that we did this during a time when (a) markets are at highs and (b) when growth stocks have been losing this week to laggards of the Russell 1000. So we stacked the chips AGAINST us for the short term intentionally, just to make our point even more profound down the road.

Now let’s be clear. We are not stock prophets, and we may fail; but not only are we confident in the Z Growth Portfolio, we also feel that even if we did fail; it would still have been worth it to try, and the reason is very simple.

A concentrated portfolio that contains winners could make the difference between a 10% annual return and a 30% annual return. Let’s see what that would look like for a $100,000 portfolio after 20 years:

In 20 years, a 10% portfolio will be worth $672,xxx.

BUT. . . In 20 years, a 30% portfolio will be worth $19,xxx,xxx, for an approximate $18.2x MILLION difference.

So let’s re-frame the common question indexers ask, “Do you have the time and energy for such a futile effort as picking individual stocks” to “Is it wise for me not to at least try to get even a 1/3rd of the difference?”

After all, MILLIONS are at stake. Your choice, however.

We’ll be providing somewhat routine updates on the Z Growth Portfolio’s progress, maybe every month or two.

Blessings.