Francisco Jose Ortiz
๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ? Welcome to the โ€œprice vs. valueโ€ part of investing. This week hasnโ€™t been pretty, and itโ€™s not just the US. China is down too (which matters for us because we have exposure there as well). Whatโ€™s driving much of this move is ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—˜๐˜…: Big Tech is signaling major spending plans (data centers, chips, infrastructure). Markets love growthโ€ฆ until they worry that it comes at the expense of ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ in the short term. Add a broad โ€œrisk-offโ€ mood (stocks down, crypto down, metals correcting), and you get the classic cocktail: ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜† + ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ-๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด + ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. My approach stays the same: - ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€. ๐—œ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฑโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ+ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€. - Volatility is normal โ€” itโ€™s the entry fee. When prices drop fast, I focus on whether the business is breaking or just the price. Thatโ€™s why I used this dip to add to high-quality names at levels I like for the long run: - bought $MSFT (Microsoft) around ~$400 - bought $AMZN (Amazon.com Inc) below ~$200 Could they go lower? Of course. But long-term investing isnโ€™t about buying the exact bottom. Itโ€™s about building positions in great businesses when the market is nervous. And this is also why ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป matters: not just different asset classes, but different geographies. When fear hits one region, having exposure across regions can reduce portfolio-level stress over time. Zoom out: thatโ€™s where compounding actually shows up.
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