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David Sharek

David Sharek is stock portfolio manager at Shareks Stock Portfolios and the founder of The School of Hard Stocks. Sharek's Growth Stock Portfolio has delivered its investors an average return of 18% per year since inception vs. the S&P 500's 10% during that time (2003-2020). David's delivered five years of +40% returns in his 18 year career, including 106% during 2020. David Sharek's book The School of Hard Stocks can be found on Amazon.com.

Baidu Focused on Artificial Intelligence

Management at Baidu (BIDU) is focused on artificial intelligence, but 86% of company revenue is derived from online ads, so will this company be able to adjust?

S&P 500 Inflows Boost S&P Global

S&P 500 assets soared 38% during the last year, and that’s helped boost shares of S&P Global (SPGI), which makes licensing fees off these investments.

Align Continues its Fabulous Year

Align Technologies (ALGN) is having a fabulous year as its Invisalign clear braces are selling like hotcakes. But ALGN doubled in a year, is it too high to buy?

Amgen Continues to Beat the Street

Amgen (AMGN) continues to beat the street, and could be on its way to its fifth consecutive year of double-digit profit growth. Not bad for a safe stock.

Is it Time to Sell FANG?

The term FANG refers to Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN) , Netflix (NFLX) and Alphabet (GOOGL). These four are up an average of 38% so far in 2017. Let’s see if they are still good buys or if it’s time to sell.

Facebook Cleared a High Hurdle this Year

Facebook (FB) lowered profit estimates last qtr as it switched to GAAP accounting. But still the company was able to deliver 36% profit growth last qtr. Impressive.

SS&C Technologies Tracks BitCoin Funds

Crypto-currencies like BitCoin raking in money. SS&C Technologies (SSNC), is the biggest alternative-fund administrator in the world, can help manage these funds.

China Lodging Goes Parabolic As Profits Soar

China Lodging (HTHT) has more than doubled this year as profits have grown at a rate of 65% in 2016 & 2017. But after a parabolic run the stock’s too high.

Grubhub is Flying High While Signing Deals

Grubhub (GRUB) has been a big winner this year as it’s signed up new restaurant chains, signed a partnership with Groupon, and acquired Yelp’s Eat24 business.

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