Has the Nvidia (NVDA) and SMCI Bubble Burst?

Adam Khoo
29 Aug 202421:58

Summary

TLDRNvidia's recent earnings report exceeded expectations, with a revenue of $30 billion, up 15% quarter-over-quarter and 122% year-over-year, and earnings per share at 68 cents, 4 cents above estimates. Despite this, the stock price dropped 7% after hours, prompting discussions on whether Nvidia's growth potential is waning. The video also addresses Super Micro Computer's (SMCI) plummeting stock price due to accounting irregularities, cautioning against investing in companies with a history of financial fraud.

Takeaways

  • πŸ“ˆ Nvidia reported better-than-expected earnings with revenue at $30 billion, exceeding expectations by $1.3 billion.
  • πŸ”Ό They beat earnings per share estimates, reporting 68 cents compared to the expected 64 cents.
  • πŸ’Ή Nvidia raised their forward guidance for Q3 2025 to $32.5 billion in revenue, an increase of $8 billion from previous estimates.
  • πŸ“Š Year-on-year revenue increased by 122%, and earnings per share (both GAAP and non-GAAP) saw significant growth of 168% and 152% respectively.
  • πŸ“‰ Despite the positive earnings report, Nvidia's stock price dropped over 7% in after-hours trading, raising questions about the stock's valuation.
  • πŸ’‘ The speaker's intrinsic value calculation for Nvidia is $122, with a conservative valuation at $94, indicating a potential buying range.
  • 🚫 The speaker advises against adding more Nvidia shares unless the price drops significantly, highlighting a preference for a margin of safety.
  • πŸ“‰ The speaker sold cash-secured put options at a $97 strike price, aiming to average down their cost basis if assigned shares.
  • 🚨 Super Micro Computer (SMCI) faced a sharp decline in stock price due to accusations of accounting irregularities, leading to a drop of over 20%.
  • ❌ The speaker warns against investing in companies with a history of financial fraud, citing examples like Worldcom and Enron, which ended in bankruptcy.

Q & A

  • What was the outcome of Nvidia's recent earnings report?

    -Nvidia reported better-than-expected earnings, beating on both revenue and earnings per share. Their revenue was $30 billion, which was $1.3 billion above expectations, and their earnings per share were 68 cents, 4 cents above expectations.

  • How did Nvidia's stock price react to the earnings report?

    -Despite the positive earnings report, Nvidia's stock price dropped over 7% after hours.

  • What is the intrinsic value of Nvidia according to the speaker's valuation?

    -The speaker's intrinsic value for Nvidia is $122, which is based on certain growth projections and assumptions.

  • What is the speaker's conservative valuation for Nvidia?

    -The speaker's conservative or pessimistic valuation for Nvidia is $94.

  • What are the buy points for Nvidia that the speaker has identified?

    -The speaker has identified buy points at $105, $95, $75, and $71 for Nvidia, based on technical analysis and support levels.

  • Why did the speaker sell cash-secured put options on Nvidia?

    -The speaker sold cash-secured put options at a $97 strike price to collect a premium, which would lower his average purchase price for more Nvidia shares if assigned.

  • What is the comparison the speaker makes between Nvidia and Cisco during the dotcom boom?

    -The speaker compares Nvidia to Cisco during the dotcom boom, noting that while Cisco's revenue increased 15-fold and its stock price increased 42-fold during the six-year boom, Nvidia's revenue has only increased fivefold in the 1.7 years since the AI Revolution began, suggesting there may be more growth potential for Nvidia.

  • What is the speaker's stance on buying stocks of companies accused of financial fraud?

    -The speaker advises against buying stocks of companies accused of financial fraud, citing examples of Worldcom and Enron, which went to zero after such accusations.

  • What happened to Super Micro Computer (SMCI) that caused its stock price to drop significantly?

    -Super Micro Computer (SMCI) was accused of accounting irregularities by Hindenburg Research, which led to a significant drop in its stock price.

  • Why did the speaker decide not to invest in Super Micro Computer (SMCI) despite its previous recommendation?

    -The speaker decided not to invest in SMCI after further research revealed concerns such as inconsistent negative free cash flow, high customer concentration risk, and the use of commodity components in their products, which did not meet his investment criteria.

Outlines

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πŸ“ˆ Nvidia's Earnings Report and Stock Price Movement

Nvidia recently reported earnings that exceeded expectations, with a revenue of $30 billion, surpassing predictions by $1.3 billion. Earnings per share were 68 cents, 4 cents higher than anticipated. Despite these positive results, Nvidia's stock price dropped by over 7% after the report, leading to speculation about a potential bubble burst. The video discusses whether this is a buying opportunity or a sign of more significant downturns. The speaker also compares Nvidia's growth to Cisco's during the dotcom era, suggesting that Nvidia's current growth trajectory is sustainable and not indicative of a bubble.

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πŸ’Ή Analyzing Nvidia's Stock Performance and Future Prospects

The speaker shares their personal valuation of Nvidia at $122, considering it a fair intrinsic value. They discuss their optimistic and pessimistic growth projections, setting a valuation range from $94 to $122. The speaker outlines their strategy for buying more Nvidia shares, identifying specific support levels where they would consider purchasing additional stocks. They also mention selling cash-secured put options as a strategy to potentially lower their average purchase price. The video addresses concerns about Nvidia's rapid growth and compares it to Cisco's during the dotcom bubble, suggesting that Nvidia may still have room to grow without being overvalued.

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πŸ“‰ Super Micro Computer's Accounting Irregularities and Stock Crash

The video shifts focus to Super Micro Computer (SMCI), which has been accused of accounting irregularities leading to a significant drop in its stock price. The speaker had previously identified concerns with SMCI, including inconsistent free cash flow and high customer concentration risk, which led them to avoid investing in the company. The recent accusations by Hindenburg Research have further validated the speaker's decision to stay away from SMCI. They advise against investing in companies with a history of financial fraud, drawing parallels to past cases like Worldcom and Enron.

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⚠️ The Dangers of Investing in Companies with Fraud Accusations

The speaker emphasizes the risks associated with investing in companies accused of financial fraud, using historical examples of Worldcom and Enron to illustrate the potential for complete loss of investment. They recount their own experience with Super Micro Computer, detailing how they had previously identified red flags and decided against investing. The recent allegations against SMCI reinforce the speaker's investment philosophy of avoiding companies with a history of dishonest financial practices. The speaker advises viewers to be cautious and to prioritize trustworthiness in their investment decisions.

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πŸš€ Final Thoughts on Investing in Nvidia and SMCI

In conclusion, the speaker reiterates their stance on Nvidia, suggesting that despite the recent stock price drop, it remains a strong investment due to its growth potential and alignment with their valuation models. Conversely, they advise against investing in Super Micro Computer due to the recent fraud accusations and the company's history of financial irregularities. The speaker encourages viewers to learn from their investment strategies and to seek out opportunities that offer both growth potential and financial integrity.

Mindmap

Keywords

πŸ’‘Earnings Report

An earnings report is a formal record of a company's financial performance over a specific period, typically a quarter or a year. It includes revenue, earnings per share, and other financial metrics. In the video, Nvidia's earnings report is highlighted as exceeding expectations, with better-than-anticipated revenue and earnings, which is central to the discussion on the company's stock performance and future valuation.

πŸ’‘Stock Price

The stock price represents the cost at which shares of a company are bought and sold in the stock market. The video script discusses how, despite Nvidia's positive earnings report, the stock price dropped significantly after hours, indicating a disconnect between the company's financial health and market sentiment.

πŸ’‘Buyback

A buyback refers to a company repurchasing its own shares from the market, which can support the stock price and is seen as a sign of confidence in the company's value. The script mentions Nvidia's plan to buy back 50 billion shares, suggesting a commitment to enhancing shareholder value.

πŸ’‘Forward Guidance

Forward guidance is a projection or forecast provided by a company regarding its future performance. Nvidia raised its forward guidance, indicating to investors its expectations for future revenue, which is a key factor in assessing the company's growth potential.

πŸ’‘Intrinsic Value

Intrinsic value is an estimate of a company's true value, based on its fundamentals and future cash flows, and is used by investors to determine if a stock is overvalued or undervalued. The video discusses the intrinsic value of Nvidia, which the speaker uses to decide whether to buy, hold, or sell the stock.

πŸ’‘Valuation Range

A valuation range is the span between an optimistic and pessimistic valuation of a company, providing a buffer for uncertainty in the company's future performance. The script uses Nvidia's valuation range to illustrate the speaker's strategy for buying more shares at certain price points.

πŸ’‘Technical Analysis

Technical analysis involves studying past market data, such as price and volume, to predict future market trends. The video references using technical analysis to identify support levels at which the speaker would consider buying Nvidia shares.

πŸ’‘Margin of Safety

Margin of safety is a principle in investing that suggests buying a stock at a price significantly below its estimated intrinsic value to reduce risk. The script mentions the importance of a margin of safety in the speaker's investment decisions.

πŸ’‘Accounting Irregularities

Accounting irregularities refer to discrepancies or questionable practices in a company's financial reporting. The video discusses Super Micro Computer's (SMCI) alleged accounting irregularities, which led to a significant drop in its share price and raised concerns about the company's trustworthiness.

πŸ’‘Economic Moat

An economic moat is a sustainable competitive advantage that protects a company from competitors. The script mentions that SMCI does not have a strong economic moat, implying that its products can be easily replicated by competitors, which is a red flag for investors.

πŸ’‘Financial Fraud

Financial fraud involves the intentional deception to manipulate financial statements or records, leading to investor losses. The video warns against investing in companies accused of financial fraud, using examples like Worldcom and Enron, which collapsed after such revelations.

Highlights

Nvidia reported earnings that were much better than expected.

Nvidia beat on revenue and earnings per share.

Nvidia announced a share buyback of 50 billion shares.

Despite positive earnings, Nvidia's stock price dropped over 7% after hours.

Nvidia's revenue for the quarter was $30 billion, 1.3 billion above expectations.

Earnings per share were 68 cents, 4 cents above expectations.

Nvidia raised their forward guidance to $32.5 billion in revenue.

Year-on-year revenue increase for Nvidia was 122%.

GAAP diluted share earnings were up 168% from a year ago.

Non-GAAP earnings were up 152% from a year ago.

The intrinsic value of Nvidia is estimated at $122.

A conservative valuation for Nvidia is $94.

The speaker would consider buying more Nvidia shares if the price drops to $95.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) is accused of accounting irregularities.

SMCI's share price dropped over 20% due to the accounting irregularities.

The intrinsic value of SMCI was previously calculated at $100, but the speaker now avoids the stock.

SMCI has a history of financial fraud accusations and SEC charges.

The speaker advises to avoid companies accused of financial fraud and to sell if already invested.

Transcripts

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So Yesterday Nvidia reported earnings

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that were much better than expected they

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beat on Revenue they beat on earnings

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they were buying back 50 billion shares

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that reported raising their forward

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guidance but despite that the stock

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price dropped over 7% after hours so

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does that mean that the Nvidia bubble

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has finally burst and we'll also take a

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look at Super Micro computer smci that

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just got accused of accounting uh

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irregularities that caused a share price

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to create over 20% yesterday let's find

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out more in this video whether these are

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buys holes or

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selles so yesterday almost everyone in

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the market was waiting for nvidia's

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earnings because Nvidia is one of the

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most valuable companies on the planet

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today and their earnings didn't

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disappoint they in fact reported better

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than expected earnings uh here's a quick

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summary so their revenue came in at $30

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billion which was 1.3 billion above

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expectations their earnings per share

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came in at 68 cents which was a bit of 4

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cents and they raised their quarter Tre

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2025 guidance to

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32.5 billion in Revenue which was um an

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increase of8 billion uh in terms of year

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on-year increase which to me is the most

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important thing their revenue came in

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for the quarter at 30 billion which is

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up 15% from quarter 1 but more

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importantly year on year

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Revenue excuse me is up

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122% and the let's see the earnings

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which are Gap diluted share earnings was

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up 168% from a year ago and non- GAP

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earnings was up 152% from a year ago so

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as an investor when I take a look at

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this I asked myself this question when I

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first valued this stock it's based on

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certain growth projections so when these

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earnings report come in is it in line

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with the growth assumptions I made in my

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valuation in in the case of Nvidia so

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far pretty pretty good it is in line in

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fact it's slightly above uh what I

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projected in my valuations so in case

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you don't know I think I mentioned it

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before my latest valuation for NVIDIA

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there's no change for the valuation and

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my valuation is at uh let just take a

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look uh

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$122 so that is my intrinsic value of

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Nvidia now because Nvidia there is again

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a bit of uncertainty of their future

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growth so I like to have what I call an

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optimistic growth projection or rather

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base case and a more pessimistic like if

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everything goes wrong and they don't

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grow as much as people think then what

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are the shares worth okay so for my

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pessimistic valuation it is

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$94 so that is my conservative valuation

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that is my base case valuation so this

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is what I call my valuation range

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so once I know my valuation range it

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becomes very simple right as long as the

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stock price goes below the intrinsic

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value and I've got a margin of safety I

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would happily add more shares okay now

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but given I already have kind of like a

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full position in Nvidia Nvidia is

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already about the fifth largest position

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in my portfolio so I would not add more

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unless it gets much much cheaper okay so

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what I do for all my subscri rers in the

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ultimate investors Playbook is that I

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will update the intrinsic value of every

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stock every month but of course you can

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do it yourself you can always uh

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download my intrinsic value calculator

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as part of the whale investor cost learn

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how to Value the stock really simple

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takes 10 minutes to to do it and you can

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do your own valuation okay so you can

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see for every stock I've got my

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valuation

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range and I also identify at least three

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to four buy points where I would add

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shares and these buy points are based on

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technical analysis based on support

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levels so you can see that for

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NVIDIA my support levels where I would

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add shares as an investor would be 105

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that is my first buy level right which

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gives me a margin of safety below the

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intrinsic value 105 the next support

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level to add would be

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$95 these are the black lines Next Level

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to add will be 75 and finally $71

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so given that I already have quite a bit

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of Nvidia shares I won't add more even

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if it drops to 105 because to me at 105

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is it's okay it's below valuation but

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it's not super compelling right so I'll

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only add more personally if it gets uh

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to nearer $95 so what I did a few days

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ago which I sent the notification to my

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subscribers was I sold cash secure put

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options at 97 strike price and I

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collected a premium of about about close

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to $2 premium right so which means if

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Nvidia stays below $97 in 30 days I'll

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be assigned Nvidia shares at $97 strike

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price minus the premium I collected my

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average purchase price for more Nvidia

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be $95 which I think is a damn good deal

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okay but I think for now I don't think

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Nvidia will drop below 97 it looks like

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uh it dropped 7% aftermarket hours and

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today if you take a look at the

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pre-market you can see Nvidia is trading

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at a pre-market of 121 right now so

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unlikely that right now it's going to

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drop below 97 and unlikely I can add any

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shares

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yeah okay but having said that if I was

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an investor with no Nvidia shares and I

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wanted to start buying would I buy at

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this price no I would right because it's

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right now at a fair value it's at a fair

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price but as an investor we want to only

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buy when it's below the valuation so we

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get a margin of safety so again as a new

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investor to edit for the first time I

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want want I want to get it at least at

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105 so does it mean that it's going to

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go to 105 of course not we can't predict

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the future if it doesn't so be it buy

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something else there a lot of efficien

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see if it goes to 105 great opportunity

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to add more Nvidia now you know the

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funny thing is that you know some people

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would would be asking they say but you

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know Nvidia has gone up so much uh in

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the last two years or so and is it the

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end of the run for for NVIDIA is it you

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know is is it at top of the bubble and

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they like to compare it with

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Cisco those of you who are old enough

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will remember that during the dot Boom

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the dot boom started in late 94 1994 to

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2000 so that was a time where people

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went crazy all the internet is going to

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change the world and everything a dotom

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people bought and share price went up

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even for companies that were not making

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money right now at a time Cisco was the

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most important

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company uh for the internet uh

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Revolution right because Cisco was

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involved in building the backbone the

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infrastructure of the internet very

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similar to Nvidia which is now building

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the infrastructure and backbone of the

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AI Revolution so it's a pretty good

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comparison right so true enough Cisco um

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you know their revenue was growing their

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share price was growing and eventually

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of course the bubble burst because it

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got ahead of itself and then it

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collapsed and slowly it's it's coming

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back up taking a long time to go back up

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so people are saying hey is NVIDIA also

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at the end and this is a very quick

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question to answer that question let's

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put them side by side and let's see if

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we can find any

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similarities so first let's look take a

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look at a dotcom bubble or doom boom

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which turned into a bubble so the dotcom

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boom started in late 1994 and it peaked

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in the year 2000 where the bubble burst

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so it was a six-year Run for the do boom

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so during during this six years Cisco

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which again was the most important

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company the AI sorry in the internet

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Revolution uh their revenue during that

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six years their revenue increased 1,

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1400% which is 15

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fold and at that time their share price

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increased

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4,100 which is

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42 times okay so where is NVIDIA now

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based on this comparison so the current

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AI Revolution started with the launch of

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cck GPT which was late 2022 in fact

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November 2022 so from then to now which

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is August 2024 it's about 1.7 years so

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if you compare that 1.7 years to 6 years

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you know there's still a couple of years

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to go if you want to do that comparison

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okay now so far in this 1.7 years what

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has happened to nvidia's revenue

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nvidia's revenue has increased

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400% or fivefold which again is nowhere

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near Cisco's Revenue that increased 15

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fold so in other words Nvidia could

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still have a long Runway to go in this

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AI Revolution all right at the same time

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from the start off that that AI

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Revolution check GPT launching Nvidia

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stock price has increased

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830 on 9.34 which some people would

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think W it's already gone up nine times

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how much higher can it go hey Cisco went

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up freaking 42 times 42 times we could

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be just at the beginning okay so because

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of that no I ain't selling I'm not

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selling my Nvidia shares I'm holding it

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for the 42x yeah okay will he get it I

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don't know he will get there I think so

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right maybe more maybe less but you know

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somewhere around there now having said

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that you may say but Adam if you are so

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confident it's going to go up so much

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more why you just going and buy more now

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why because remember nothing goes up in

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a straight line the stock price will not

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go up every day every week every month

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every year for for the next four years

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right there will be big ups and downs be

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like a roller coaster so I don't want to

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jump in while it's you know still near a

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high I want to get in after a wave down

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like Buffett always says you got to be

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greedy when everyone is panicking

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everyone is fearful people think we're

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going to die that's when you get a damn

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good price that's when you buy at a

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share price way below the intrinsic

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value get a marginal safety okay by the

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way if you take a look at Cisco Cisco

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went up 4,000% the share price but

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during that sixe run Cisco's stock price

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had multiple declines or Draw Downs of

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between 20 to 30% during its ascent so

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similarly I can tell you that although I

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think Nvidia can still grow tremendously

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in the next 4 years there will be

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crashes we wouldn't call it crashes

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there there will be pullbacks or Draw

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Downs of 20 to 30% there will be I can

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guarantee you that in fact who knows

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right now we could drop another 20%

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right we could I don't know right so

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there will be opportunities to add more

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in the future so uh that's why I would

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say don't chase the girl when a girl

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runs away don't chase the girl wait for

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the girl to run into your arms when

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she's fearful because she'll always get

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fearful once in a while or guy whatever

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is your your gender preference right let

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me talk about super micro computer smci

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holy all right the the stock price

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is down like uh what 64% from the high

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from 1229 it's down 443 and pre-market

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it looks like it's going down more to

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427 430 so of course I've got questions

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from people is this a buy is this an

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opportunity to buy a stock when it's

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down so much when it looks like it's

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really undervalued and people are

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panicking first let me set the record

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straight okay if you guys recall 6

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months ago I made a video about smci

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because it was one of the hottest stocks

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and I said at a time that my intrinsic

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value calculation was

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$1,006 okay and I said if it goes below

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that to these buy levels hey could be

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something to buy all right I said that

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and

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then uh after smci crashed especially

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the last few days people say hey you

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said this cheap what's going on Adam

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obviously these people didn't read my

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followup post okay because after I

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created this video I did more research

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into the company and I said oh I

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don't think I'm going to buy it anymore

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all right I found some things that were

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really

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concerning and I actually posted this on

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all my social media including YouTu

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YouTube and this was 6 months ago and uh

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it was there right and uh I said that

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yep Al although smci looks like a very

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profitable business with revenues

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growing and blah blah blah however I had

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a few concerns that do not meet my

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investment criteria as you guys know I

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only invest in the top 1% of companies

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in the world that are very very very

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safe that are very predictable that are

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very consistent and once I find there

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could be something wrong no thank you I

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I don't buy that right that's the reason

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I don't buy snowflake or or or pelatin

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or or Tesla because you know all these

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companies that's there always something

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wrong which no thanks I'm going to avoid

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them right so for smci what did I find

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wrong uh number one the company has

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inconsistent negative free cash flow in

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certain years so whenever a company has

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got revenue growing profits growing but

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free cash flow negative usually there's

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something wrong there's a red flag they

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could be doctoring their account and

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I've seen that before in other companies

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like in Singapore one company called uh

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high flux and another one that was if

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I'm Nobel group same issue right uh so

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when I looked at it I say okay I think

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something's wrong I'm I'm going to avoid

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that yeah next high customer

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concentration risk a significant

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percentage of Revenue comes from a few

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customers that was another concern they

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don't have a very strong economic mode

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right so basically smci their products

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they look like eeka shelves okay right

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and while their mode is stronger than

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Dell and h HP it is not strong enough uh

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a mode and economic mode for me to be

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comfortable in um at the same time their

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core components used in their servers

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are commodity components that can easily

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be replicated by other players right so

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because of that I I said to my

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subscribers I shared on my social media

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I said I won't buy this stock all right

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so to set the record straight I I

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already said so don't buy it yeah now

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but to be and and after that what

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happened was obviously the stock started

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going down

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okay but then what happened was two days

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ago Hindenburg which is a research firm

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that specializes in finding companies

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that engage in fraud and they shot these

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companies they said that they found that

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smci uh they accused smci of um

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doctoring their accounts now now this

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was something that is very hard to

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predict okay now I didn't predict it

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myself I didn't predict it myself right

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so and the whole thing came down there's

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no way to predict it but it happens okay

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so the stock created in the in the last

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two days so the question is uh is this

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an opportunity to buy and from my

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experience I will never touch these kind

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of stocks here's the thing I love great

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companies when they're hit by bad news

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all kinds of bad news like they miss

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their earnings they miss their revenue

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China we I'll buy it because these are

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solvable problems these are short-term

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issues but the moment a company's

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accused of financial irregularities once

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they accused of do doctoring their books

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I will never touch this company why few

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reasons number one You Don't Know How

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Deep The Rabbit Hole goes when there's

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smoke there's fire and whatever

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valuation I did where I calculated the

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intrinsic value which was ,000 is based

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on data that I thought I could trust

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based on revenues and and earnings right

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but now if you tell me that all these

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are doctored they are misrepresented

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then what's the intrinsic value it could

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be anything right the value of the stock

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could be a th000 it could be 500 it

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could be freaking zero all right so you

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know no thank you I'm not going to buy

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this kind of stock it's kind of like in

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a marriage for example if your husband

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or or wife makes a mistake you know for

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example the

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uh you know they lose their job their

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business goes bus you stick with them

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through thick and thin all right because

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they can solve the problems but the

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moment you catch your husband coming

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home with lipstick on the shirt or a

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condom drops off of his pocket the

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marriage is over right you know that you

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can't trust this guy anymore okay and

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the worst thing is that if you caught

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him cheating before and it's not the

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first time and in fact this is what is

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happening to super micr computers so it

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is not the first time they're being

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accused of fraud they were accused

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before they admitted it yeah we we did

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it they paid a fine and they're doing it

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again or looks like they're doing it

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again right so that is really scary so

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this is from the report of Hindenburg

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and they found glaring accounting red

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flags evidence of undisclosed related

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party transactions sanctions that they

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went against export control failures and

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customer issues in 2018 by the way I did

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read read this before I forgot that I

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read it and now it became clear in 2018

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super micro was temporarily delisted

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from NASDAQ for failing to file their

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financial statements and by August 2020

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the company was charged by the SEC for

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widespread accounting violations so they

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did this before they were caught

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cheating before it's not the first time

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and it was related to $200 million in

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improperly recognized revenue and

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understated expenses resulting in AR

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officially elevated sales earnings and

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profit

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margins here's a scary thing Less Than 3

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months after paying 17.5 million fine

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for their

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wrongdoing they fired those Executives

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who were dishonors but 3 months later

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they rehired these top Executives that

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were directly involved in the accounting

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Scandal it's like okay let's do it again

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right right it's like again

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you know you caught your husband

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cheating he broke up with with his that

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girlfriend he was affair with and then

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he meets That Girl Again okay and a

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former salesperson told us that almost

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all of them are back almost all the

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people that were let go that were the

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cause of the of this

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m how the hell do you pronounce this m

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sense oh that's beyond my english

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comprehension they are back okay so yeah

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because of that you know what I'm not

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going to touch this stock if I was in

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this stock I would just get out I would

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just get out now again is it possible

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that after I sell the price rebounds

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back up of course it's possible right I

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can predict the short-term movement all

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right but I'm not willing to take the

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risk because I've seen this movie before

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companies that are accused of financial

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fraud if it is really really bad the

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company can go to zero right so if I own

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the shares I rather lose 30% of my money

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or 40% than freaking 100% and for those

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of you who are not old enough to

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remember these two companies really

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taught me this lesson to avoid companies

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once they accused of financial fraud the

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first is

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Worldcom Worldcom was the second largest

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Telephone Company in the us at the time

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and Worldcom was in the Dow Jones

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Industrials average was one of the

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biggest companies in the world and in

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the S&P 500 and it was selling at $55

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per share and once they were once they

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started to be accused of financial fraud

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their CEO resigned and the the stock

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basically went to zero another one is

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Enron again Enron was one of the biggest

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companies in the world so these are not

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small companies these were huge Dow

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Jones Industrial S&P 500 and Enron was

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named America's most Innovative company

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for six consecutive years it was one of

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the biggest energy commodity companies

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in the world and from a share price of

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90 sorry $86 again once they found that

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the revenue and profits were fraudulent

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they were all faked right stock went to

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freaking zero so all I can say is and

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this is something I teach in my

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investing course that once a company's

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accus of financial fraud get out just

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get the F out all right so that's it for

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