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    United health
    Medpace
    Netflix
    Coca cola
    Colgate palmolive

    All reporting

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      What’s happened to KLA today

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        ASML released a beat but modest guide. ‘China sanctions biting?’ KLA reacted in sympathy. However KLA don’t have China exposure at the cutting edge. Never have so it’s just another case of mis informed speculation.

        Nvidia fell 5% too but they have zero China exposure too, don’t need China. Ok 5% but it’s a product that costs them more to produce. In our opinion just noise.

        My view is a hard line on China is necessary and it’s a net gain to the West. Particularly when the West is consuming 100% of supply.

        The backdrop is record high prices so knee jerk reactions by I’ll informed Retail investors is not something new.

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          Unh took a kicked in the balls too, but recovering somewhat through the session, business as usual, and a buying opportunity on reduced outlook?

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            Thanks again Adam….

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              KLA has consistently proven everyone wrong. In any event the US(China) controls have been in play for 2 years now. In fact Nvidia has only just started selling their nerfed Hopper chip, the H20 in the last 2 quarters. The West's demand is much more than the ability to supply and that won't change for 'years'. China is a non issue. They are years behind and will always be so, which is a good thing. Huawei chips are dinosaurs compared to their US alternatives and the media are misinformed as to their(Huawei) ability. Their chips are double masked which means 2X processed which means they give very poor yields, cost a fortune to produce and are in very small supply. We have also discussed what a fast chip even means. Nothing without the ability to network 1000's of them together or have the software to run them. It's dog whistle self adulation from China, 'look we can produce a 5nm chip'. Good luck with your 'one' chip.

              Circling back to KLA. They do have significant China revenue at the sub 15 nm node but nothing material at the sub 7nm node. The US isn't interested in restricting the sub 15nm node. This is the sort of tech you find in cars and washing machines. Yet again, the market is mis informed. We will hear from KLA management very soon-they are always very conservative and transparent. If the past decade is anything to go by, the company will navigate any issues with great skill and competency. A great business with the best years ahead of them.

              Regards

              Adam

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                I'm liking the straight to the point, no BS explainations.

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                  Taiwan Semi reported their quarterly results, handily beating expectations and raising guidance significantly above consensus expectations. Driven by Sub 7nm nodes, particularly 3nm which is the architecture used by Blackwell and H200. Fascinating to see the market react to this 'news' which was pretty much known for some time. TSM always low ball their numbers, such is their conservatism. The sector gets thumped on Monday due to a related by tenuous link (ASML), Nvidia drops 5% to 130 and is back to 140 in pre market today.

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                    Great info again ….
                    Will we see KLA get a boost from this news thou

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                      Hi Ducati,

                      KLA is up $17 in pre market.

                      Here is what the CEO said in July whilst delivering their quarterly earnings.

                      1. We are encouraged by the continuing signs of a strengthening market environment at the leading edge and are increasingly confident in our plan for steady improvement throughout the remainder of this calendar year and into 2025.

                      2. AI continues to be a growth driver. We see higher wafer volume (check) and more complex designs (check) and growing in advanced packaging (check!-this is exactly where the very high growth is today)

                      The things to note. KLA does sell a lot of equipment and services into China. However the US restrictions are not new. KLA took the hit last year(on China) and are now back in growth mode so it appears the market is dwelling over issues which are in the rear view mirror. Most of Chinas semi conductor industry is focussed on DRAM/NAND and this is not really an area of concern to the US.

                      KLA had a long history of excellence and we will hear from management on the 30th.

                      Regards

                      Adam

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                        After hours market pleased with Netflix beating on all estimates.

                        Might be a bit of a good day tomorrow

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                          Pre-Market already @ 730 !

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                            Is Tesla part of any Portfolio

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                              Hi Ducati. No, Tesla is not held.
                              The valuation is predicated on Self Drive/Robo Taxi. The chances of seeing this before 2030 are slim. Solar and energy storage divisions make losses. Robots may pay off in years however there are many other companies competing in the sector. All the while one is paying an extreme valuation for a company that derives modest earnings from selling cars. Less money than BMW, which has a valuation 6% OF Tesla.

                              When all is said and done. If PHT had purchased the stock at inception we would be down 40%. Everyone may be wrong about Tesla . That is irrelevant to us because, as said, its valuation is based on faith(fact) and in this business, at least the way we run our business, we do not take huge leaps of faith-the numbers must stack up. That takes nothing away from Mr Musk, who is an exceptional engineer and even better at marketing his brand.

                              Regards

                              Adam

                              Regards

                              Adam

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                                Adam….as always appreciate the reply and info

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                                  Thanks Adam 👍

                                  Musk is certainly a character, but I bet some of his shenanigans (odd behaviours, potential bribery of US electors to name a couple of recent ones) actively put people off Tesla 👀
                                  I count myself amongst them, tbh - maybe cutting my nose off to spite my face, but sometimes you've gotta do you 🤷‍♂️

                                  eta: by why oh why has TSLA just popped 20% 😜

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                                    The week is not quite finished but what a week so far! The markets rejoiced at returning DT to the White House coupled with a further rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Corporate earnings remain resilient. An accumulation of positive factors driving equity indexes to new highs, as did other risk assets including bitcoin. The Dow made it's biggest advance since April 2020!

                                    Many holdings reached new highs also; Netflix, UNH, Nvidia, Meta, Vertex. Others turned positive overall-Twilio, Paypal. Every single PHT holding is 'in profit'.

                                    Nvidia has taken the honour of the worlds most valuable company ($3.65T), eclipsing Apples all time high valuation of $3.49T.

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                                      Thanks again for the update Adam…..
                                      Let’s hope Nvidia keep the ball up when the earnings come out on the 20th

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                                        The guide for Q3 was $32.5B. They have been consistently surpassing their outlook by $2B so we should see, circa $35B and net income of $20B or 80c/share (Non GAAP). The market will expect the Q4 outlook to be Q3(actual) +$2B. I think it will be a lot more than this. Perhaps +$8B ($45B?). It's a big number but the evidence puts it in-scope. We are at the point now where their actual earnings will start exceeding that of Msft and Apple.

                                        Nvidia are still in 'surprise' mode as opposed to potential chance of disappoint. Still constrained and most likely will be for 'years'. We will find out Nov 20th!

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                                          Earnings will be announced tomorrow, Nov 20 at around 9.20pm UK time and a conference call will follow, starting at 10pm, which we will be watching live.

                                          Wallstreet expectations, which is an average across a dozen or so analysts projections are:

                                          Non GAAP 75c
                                          GAAP 70c
                                          Revenue $33.12B
                                          The company guide was $32.5B.

                                          We expect a beat on the top and bottom lines, closer to $35B and 81c.
                                          The Q4 guide is all important. Will they guide Q3 actual +$2B or will they guide $40B+

                                          The market cares but I don't think it matters much whether they guide 38 to 42. With Blackwell sold out for F2025 it's largely academic. The company should deliver well over $200B in revenues next year and tax paid profits of at least $120B. Well ahead of any company in history.

                                          The interesting parts of the conference call will be the take up of Nvidia Enterprise, NIMS, progress with Spectrum X/Ethernet, Omniverse and their collaboration with Google on Quantum computer simulation.

                                          Only one more sleep!

                                          Regards

                                          Adam

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