Category: Stocks

Total 8 Posts
August 16, 2021

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”, […]

J. Patrick Nichols
May 4, 2021

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 […]

J. Patrick Nichols
December 11, 2020

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 […]

J. Patrick Nichols
August 7, 2020

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 […]

J. Patrick Nichols
July 1, 2020

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 […]

J. Patrick Nichols
June 4, 2020

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 […]

J. Patrick Nichols
February 5, 2020

Zilos Capital Issues Short Term Cautionary Guidance on Stocks

One of the biggest mistakes investors make is watching a winning position turn into a loser; regardless of time horizon. There simply is not logical explanation for this. Especially with stocks. Why? Because the investor can exit a down-trending position and re-enter when the conditions are more favorable. In fact, even assuming highly imperfect timing, […]

J. Patrick Nichols
November 26, 2019

Virgin Galactic is Looking Up

There are many things to like about Virgin Galactic. One of our tenets is that “We don’t invest in products or companies, we invest in people.” What this means is that a prospective holding could have the greatest product and company on earth, but with bad people (especially the core leadership group), the investment is […]

J. Patrick Nichols
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