Investment Q&A

Q: Whar are your thoughts on Pure Storage after big drop?

Best of the season{almost}

Cheers, Chris

Q: I was wondering what your thoughts are regarding the acquisition announced today. This is Lumine's first public company acquisition and is an interesting strategic shift which could make it an even more acquisitive company. Can I get your thoughts on this acquisition and Lumine going forward.

thank you

Q: Many software stock, such as CSU, sold off hard last quarter because of concerns about disruption by AI. Now that the these companies have all reported Q3 earnings, were there indications that this fear was misplaced? Or that AI is actually improving their earnings? Or is it simply too early to draw any preliminary insights?

Thanks

Q: Do you have any information on the impact Nvidia's share repurchases are making on the float or the comany's PE? Have they cancelled a significant % of shares? Is repurchase accelerating in any visible way with the current "pause" in share price increase? Thanks!

Q: Follow-up comment re: usefulness of customer data in training AI agents, you say.... "The key of course is adapting quickly before customers even start to consider their own solutions." I do not share this view that customers with time can complete with LMN.

My point is the detailed data on vast numbers of customers within a vertical can not be replicated, and is the CSU/LMN/TOI superpower...to train AI agents specific to their customers needs. Customers could have all the human intelligence and time, but without the vast data to train the AI agent the result will be inferior.

Your reply implies a customer and LMN have equal capabilities to develop AI agents, my thesis is they are not.

All of this to ask 5i confirmation that your view is existing CSU data sets to train AI agents is not an 'essential' ingredient....and customers can 'equally' develop effective AI solutions for their business.

Q: How would you know when CSU's price action has "settled" and that it is safe to add in? What indicators would you look for?


Price today is $3321.04. Morningstar gives CSU a fair value of $3,744.01. And it is a rare event in its history that CSU's price falls below its fair value.

Would you add to it today?

Q: Your thoughts on the below is much appreciated.

I understand Salesforce developed its own autonomous AI agent - Agentforce - I heard one 'expert' describe that this is special because the quality of the AI agent is determined by the quality of 'training data' the agent is fed. Salesforce apparently had unique data sets, their agent is working and their profit is now rising. Mark Leonard (CSU) during his webcast (few months ago) to discuss AI and the CSU business family - described their depth and understanding of thousands of businesses is not easily replicated....

I seems to me that LMN is well suited to take similar advantage. Your thoughts please.

Thanks again for your thoughtful replies.
Glenn

Q: NDVA's price as of today $181.46
NCDA's fair value given by Morningstar $191.38
Given NVDA's incredible run in the past few years, I have a hard time wrapping my brain about the idea that NVDA is actually "cheaper" than its fair value.
Would you add to NVDA at this point?
I have a significant position in NVDA already so I am very invested.

Q: Why the big drop in SP. Earningd looked good.

Q: What do you make of Michael Burry's comments about there being an AI bubble? Thanks,

Jason

Q: Can you give me your opinion on the actual state of these shares Astera labs and Arista networks ? And how you see their possible evolution in the next future (1-2 years)?

Thank you in avance and thank you for your professional service

Q: I currently own MSFT and GOOG . MSFT is at a loss((down 20%) in a Registered Acct and I am reviewing switching to GOOG or AMZN for better returns. I am currently 10% of portfolio in on GOOG so am pondering the switch to GOOG. Do you think a bounce is expected with share price of MSFT in the next 6-12 months is possible?

Q: Why is Celestica so volatile? Having just lost money on a stock, I'm gun shy to lose more on another one that I might be buying at a high. Do you have confidence buying here at this level? I know we can't be certain but do you think it's one of the better tech stocks to buy into today? Thanks.

Q: Can you comment on the latest acquisition of Topicus in Denmark : scalepoint … this looks like a typical acquisition for them

Q: SHOP had a breakdown/glitch in their system yesterday that caused the stock to tank. This is probably the achilles heel of systems like Shopify. Reliability is so important. What impact do you see it having? My take is its news today but will be forgotten tomorrow if remedial action has been taken and they assure clients and the market it's now under control. Is this similar to your take?

Q: Other than a crappy market, what happened to DTOL and why?


Sheldon

Q: Good morning,

Could I please ask for your general thoughts on this company. Earnings seemed (?) strong but it plunged. Smaller-cap, but might it be a buy/hold? All your comments necessary!

Have a good day, and thanks!

Q: Hello,

You have been a champion of DSG and less so of ENGH.

ENGH provides 5.94% dividend, might be a dividend trap??
Both are down 30% +/- 1 yr.

I would have punted DSG 6 months ago, but didn't, due to your endorsement.

Credibility is important - maybe I'm missing a subtle distinction.

And I made the decision to keep it.

Thank you
Feel free to modify my question re: DSG /ENGH to put you less on the spot. I think it was Buffett who said "if can't handle your equities dropping 50% you shouldn't be in the stock market". I can handle it, but still don't like it.
All the best

Q: I see Volkswagen has licensed QS’s latest battery fabrication process called “Cobra”. Risks persist certainly but it is a milestone achievement. My take on the company is they may make batteries for the auto industry in the US but they will try to generate significant revenue from having other world wide businesses make them and collect royalties. There is a danger other companies will try to reverse engineer the batteries so money will need to be spent protecting their patents.
It never gets easy!
Jim

Q: I would like to hear your updated thoughts on this company. I believe that it trades at a Price/Sales between .3 to .35 which seems cheap. It seems overlooked somewhat maybe?
Thank you