October was a rough month for growth investors, but not every stock got the memo. Bryce & Ren unpack their latest portfolio performance, from big wins in Eli Lilly, Spotify and Pro Medicus to painful drawdowns in Alphabet, TransMedics and Asian tech. They dig into Google's slowing search growth, the future of weight-loss drugs, and a leaked CEO memo that has Ren questioning his investment in Sea Limited.
In this episode:
00:00 October's market wrap: Rate hikes, AI wobbles & global returns
07:19 Portfolio updates: The winners, losers & performance
12:46 Intuitive Surgical: Why Bryce is still buying
13:57 Rule Breaker Investing: Finding great companies
19:27 Alphabet: Is Google's search business in trouble?
22:44 Spotify & Eli Lilly: Growth, GLP-1s & what comes next
27:56 Sea Limited: The leaked memo that has Ren questioning his investment
30:03 Grab & Shopify: Two growth stories worth watching
Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), Pro Medicus (ASX: PME), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B), TransMedics (NASDAQ: TMDX), Sea Limited (NYSE: SE), Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG), Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS), Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM), SK Hynix (KRX: 000660), Samsung Electronics (KRX: 005930), Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP), Grab Holdings (NASDAQ: GRAB), Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO), CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV), Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER)
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