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BUY HEAVY! 9 Stocks I’m Buying for My $2.9 Million Portfolio

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Joseph Hog (“Bow Tie Nation”) shares his weekly 9-stock watchlist and discusses catalysts from an upcoming big earnings week, plus several macro/crypto themes. He also mentions a separate upcoming video about a potential Treasury bond crisis and a market crash.

Stocks and instruments mentioned (tickers)

Cybersecurity / software

  • CrowdStrike (CRWD)
  • Palo Alto Networks (no ticker given)
  • Zscaler (ZS) (mentioned as another holding)

AI / semiconductors / cloud software

  • Nvidia (NVDA)
  • Marvell Technologies (MRVL)
  • Alphabet / Google (no ticker given)
  • Broadcom (AVGO)

Enterprise software / AI agents

  • Salesforce (CRM)

Retail / index-related / AI negotiations

  • Reddit (RDDT)
  • S&P 500 (index; no ticker)

Healthcare / oncology biotech

  • Tempest AI (TEM)

Crypto and crypto-adjacent equities

  • Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) (no tickers given for the crypto themselves)
  • Marathon Digital (MARA)
  • Circle Internet Group (CRCL)
  • Strategy (MSTR) (MicroStrategy)
  • Coinbase (COIN)
  • iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA)
  • Grayscale Mini ETH Trust (ETH) (ticker shown as ETH)

China / AI spending / cloud

  • Alibaba (BABA)
  • Cloudflare (NE)

Other portfolio holdings / risk management

  • Super Microcomputer (SMCI)
  • Symbotic (SYM)
  • SoFi Technologies (SOFI)
  • SoundHound AI (SOUN)

Debt / infrastructure macro items

  • Treasury bonds (no specific ticker)
  • Mentions US debt at ~$40 trillion (context for crypto strength)

Key events, catalysts, and numbers

Earnings week highlights (timing + expectations)

CrowdStrike (CRWD) — reports Wednesday

  • Performance: Stock up 62% YTD (also says up 66% for his holding)
  • Revenue expected: +23% this year
  • Earnings “leveraged” up: +32%
  • Valuation caution: ~40x price-to-sales
  • Options move: implied ~6% move (up or down) after earnings
  • Price target: average $211 (~+11% upside); downside targets also exist
  • Behavior: he has started taking profits after the run

Nvidia (NVDA) — reports Wednesday

  • Performance: Stock up 16% YTD
  • Quarterly sales: $92B
  • Expected quarter sales growth: +96%
  • Expected earnings: ~$29/share (“nearly double”)
  • Valuation: ~20x price-to-sales and 24x forward earnings
  • Relative valuation: mentioned as roughly a 25% discount to last-year valuation
  • Risk: stock has fallen after every earnings report over the last year (typically < ~3%)
  • Upside catalyst: H200 chips shipping to China in small batches
  • Analyst targets: average $300 (~+40% upside), high $425

Salesforce (CRM) — reports Wednesday

  • Performance: Stock down 22% this year
  • Market fear: AI “agents replacing traditional seat-based software”
  • Street expectations: sales growth +10% to +11% for the quarter
  • Valuation: ~4.5x sales vs 6+ historically (potential re-rating)
  • Price targets: JP Morgan $250; City $24 (likely a transcription error)
    • Average $238 (~+16%), bear $160
  • Framing: he suggests it could be a short-term trade, not an easy long-term hold

Marvel Technologies (MRVL) — reports Thursday

  • Recent momentum: referenced last week +13%, earnings Thursday
  • Google/Alphabet deal:
    • Google parent gets the right to buy up to $12B of MRVL shares at $26/share (~7% ownership)
    • Current MRVL price cited: $251 (implies valuation/ownership impact risk)
  • Expected growth:
    • Sales +35% this quarter
    • Sales +40% for the full year
    • Earnings +42% this year to ~$45/share
  • Valuation: ~23x price-to-sales (contrasted with ~10x last year)
  • Options market: implies ~8% move after earnings
  • Analyst target: average $280 (~+11%), low target implies about -28%
  • Bias: take profits and wait for a dip due to expensive valuation

Other watchlist items (non-earnings catalysts / themes)

Reddit (RDDT)

  • “Roller coaster” since late-July recommendation:
    • +28% on S&P 500 inclusion
    • -15% on the fade
  • S&P inclusion mechanics: ETFs must buy; JP Morgan estimates +16.7M shares (~8% of shares outstanding)
  • Expected catalysts:
    • Potential $1B payday from a settlement with Anthropic
    • Negotiations with Google to let its search train AI models
  • Expected range: $170–$200 per share

Tempest AI (TEM)

  • Performance: +26% last week; +16% since mid-July
  • Catalyst: favorable Phase 3 results for a cancer vaccine (Maderna and Merc named in subtitles)
  • Validation: supports TEM’s $1.5B acquisition of Personnelis and focus on minimal residual disease / precision oncology
  • AI angle: momentum linked to use of a large clinical/genomic dataset for AI-driven precision medicine

Crypto rally + crypto equities (momentum)

He attributes the move to:

  • US Treasury increasing bond buying (more liquidity)
  • Worry that US debt could hit $40T

Last week performance:

  • MARA +30%
  • CRCL +28%
  • MSTR +26%
  • COIN +24%
  • ETH and BTC +20%+

Alibaba (BABA)

  • Earnings reaction: down about 6%
  • Weekly performance: less than 2% down overall
  • Core issue: AI spending up; profits down 75% YoY
  • Spending detail: $10B per quarter on AI model + cloud infrastructure
  • Positive: cloud services revenue up 45%
  • Target: $150+ (he says he bought back/recommended in late June; stock up 30%+ since)
  • Argument: companies are flocking to Chinese AI models to manage costs; describes its model as “comparable” to Anthropic’s Fable

Cloudflare (NE)

  • Performance: -11% last week, but still +5% from his mid-June recommendation
  • Thesis: gateway for AI agents—routes AI to the most efficient path
  • Growth expectation: 30%+ expected this year; revenue cited as $2.9B
  • Analyst targets: average $343 (~+23% upside); bear $136
  • Reason for drop: attributes selloff largely to profit taking after a strong run

Portfolio holdings + risk management tactics

  • Super Microcomputer (SMCI)

    • Claims an internal investigation found no evidence senior management (beyond already-indicted) was involved in chip smuggling
    • Notes “smuggling Nvidia chips into China” by director Wally Louu and others
    • Remains invested but uses covered-call-like risk management:
      • Sold calls with strikes $27 up to $40
      • Through January expiration (positions expected to be closed over ~5 months)
    • Still sees upside but says he’s “tired of the roller coaster”

  • Symbotic (SYM)

    • Up 65% even after a YTD drop; believes it revolutionizes warehouse/logistics

  • SoFi Technologies (SOFI)

    • Up 12% since he added it back
    • Mentions a buy/back-up level: at least $20/share

  • SoundHound AI (SOUN)

    • Sole “loser” in top 10 holdings; down 20% since adding back last year
    • Earlier trade: recommended under $4 (Feb 2024), sold near just under $20 late last year
    • Reason to hold now: earnings pop suggests continued growth; cites 40%+ sales growth and “moving closer to profitability”

Methodology / frameworks explicitly referenced

No single step-by-step framework was fully laid out, but the video references repeatable decision rules:

  • Earnings-driven timing: focus on near-term earnings catalysts and implied options move %
  • Valuation discipline: contrasts expensive vs cheaper historical price-to-sales multiples (e.g., CRWD ~40x, NVDA ~20x, MRVL ~23x vs ~10x earlier)
  • Profit-taking / entry on dips: for extended runs (notably MRVL) he recommends taking profits and buying dips rather than holding through volatility
  • Options-based risk management (covered-call strategy):
    • SMCI: sells calls at defined strikes through January to help manage downside / position size

Explicit recommendations / cautions

  • CRWD: likes cybersecurity but says valuation is “too expensive near term”; implies buy dips, not chase
  • NVDA: potential buy if AI spending persists; notes expectation risk because shares have tended to fall after earnings
  • CRM: could be a surprise if agentforce growth exceeds losses, but he frames it as hard to own long-term—likely more of a short-term trade
  • MRVL: take profits due to expensive valuation and sentiment risk; wait for a dip
  • RDDT: expects support from S&P inclusion buying + additional catalysts; targets $170–$200
  • TEM: positive clinical catalyst validating the platform; supported by Phase 3 results
  • NE: upside tied to AI agent “gateway” positioning; notes downside fear with bear target $136
  • SMCI: holds despite management concerns, using calls to manage risk
  • Crypto note: crypto/crypto equities benefit from liquidity; no explicit hedging described

Disclosures / disclaimers

  • No explicit “not financial advice” disclaimer appears in the provided subtitles.

Presenters / sources

  • Presenter: Joseph Hog (“Bow Tie Nation”)
  • Named sources/organizations: Bank of America, JP Morgan, City (price target issuer), analysts (noted as “36/25”), and referenced companies/management (e.g., CrowdStrike leadership, Nvidia CEO Jensen Wang—spelled as “Hang” in subtitles), plus Anthropic and Alphabet/Google as partners/catalysts

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