Podcast #71 – Model portfolio year-end review
The time has come for the year-end review of our model portfolio, a collection of 15 stocks that we selected in January as our core investments for 2021. The chart above illustrates the torrid time the last quarter has been for growth stocks and our model portfolio. As growth investors, you get somewhat accustomed to volatility but this year has been especially turbulent as investor sentiment swung back and forth due to a series of world events. This was the year to be an index investor as the S&P steadily climbed and ended the year up almost 30%.
Podcast #68 – Structuring the 2022 model portfolio
This week we give consideration to the structure of our model portfolio for next year. These are the companies we believe will achieve market-beating returns in 2022 and beyond. In this portfolio structure episode, we consider the megatrends that are likely to shape the world around us for the years ahead and decide what proportion of the portfolio to devote to each of them.
Podcast #59 – Model portfolio Q3 review
It’s time for the Q3 review of our model portfolio, a collection of 15 stocks that we selected in January as our core investments for 2021.
Following a nice recovery in Q2, the model portfolio was steadily making gains during the third quarter, but on the 22nd Sep the market started trending downwards and growth stocks were hit harder than the general market, and the model portfolio lost 15.1% in value by the end of the quarter while the S&P lost only 6.1%.
Only eight out of the 15 stocks are showing positive returns from the inception of the portfolio in Jan, with just six of those beating the S&P. However in most cases, this underperformance is not a result of the company failing to execute, and was driven by macro-economic factors impacting the value of future cash flows, which growth stocks are far more dependent on than more mature companies.
In today’s episode, we dig into some of the key stories and updates for each stock in the portfolio.
Podcast #46 – Model portfolio Q2 review
It’s time for the half-year review of our model portfolio, a collection of 15 stocks that we selected in January as our core investments for 2021. The sell-off in growth stocks earlier this year made for grim reading at the end of Q1, but many of these stocks have rebounded – ten of the stocks in the model portfolio are now up from our start date, with nine of them beating the market (S&P 500).
Unfortunately, a couple of big losers are dragging down the overall return. While it’s probably too early to declare that “growth is back!”, our portfolio performance at the end of Q2 is much closer to the benchmark of the S&P 500 index. In this episode, we dig into some of the key stories and updates from the portfolio.
Podcast #40 – Square deep dive
Square was founded in 2009, when glass-blower Jim McKelvey found he was unable to complete a sale because he couldn’t accept credit cards. He discussed the problem with his friend Jack Dorsey, and they co-founded Square, initially selling a cost-effective mobile phone accessory that allowed small businesses to accept credit card payments. This has since expanded to over 30 products and services for both sellers and consumers.
Square is one of the Telescope Investing model portfolio stocks, and in this week’s pod Luke & Albert deep dive into the company and discuss recent developments for this fast-growing player in the e-payments space.
Podcast #37 – Managing a portfolio
In this week’s pod, Luke and Albert answer some listener questions on portfolio management and talk about how they approach starting, adding, trimming and sometimes exiting a position
Podcast #35 – Gravity with Zippy Capital
This week, Luke & Albert are joined by Zippy Capital, to discuss Gravity, a South Korean gaming company, and publisher of games based on the Ragnarok franchise, which is extremely popular in South East Asia.
Podcast #33 – Model portfolio Q1 review
In this week’s episode, Luke & Albert check in with their model portfolio and see how the stock picks have performed in the first quarter, but more importantly, how the businesses have fared and whether or not the investment theses have changed.
Our investment plan for 2021
At Telescope Investing, we’re firm advocates of the long term buy and hold approach. We try our best to make sense of the world, and then to make forecasts about the needs and demands of the world a year or ten years from now, and then we try to find the companies that we think are best positioned right now to serve that need.
In this article, Luke describes how these principles were used to create the 2021 model portfolio
Podcast #22 – Model portfolio first half
In this week’s episode, Luke and Albert reveal the first half of their model portfolio for 2021, covering the megatrends of e-commerce, fintech, medtech and entertainment. They also answer a listener question about one of the best problems to have as an investor – what to do when one of your stocks grows to become an oversized position within your portfolio