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• Lesson: The S-curve
• Timeless Content: The Warren Buffett Way
• Thread: Investing Visuals
• Resource: Estate planning 101
• And more!

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Friends,

Let's revisit what's happened to NVIDIA over the past year...in Three Acts.

Act I

It's June 2023. NVIDIA shareholders are sitting pretty. Revenue is shrinking right now, but it won't be that way for long. ChatGPT was released eight months ago, and demand for NVIDIA's GPUs is expected to sky-rocket.

With management's forecast for 64% growth in the second quarter, investors are tripping over themselves to buy shares. Since ChatGPT's release, the stock has tripled. NVIDIA is now a $1 trillion company.

Act II

Convinced NVIDIA can't possibly go any higher, many investors (ourselves included) stay on the sidelines. That's too bad: the 64% revenue growth management predicted was actually low-balling it (it came in at 70%).

But that's not the real story. By the end of the year, NVIDIA is clocking revenue growth of 265%. Not only that, net profit margins were north of 50%!

NVIDIA is selling the picks and shovels of the AI revolution -- and it's the only major vendor for the time being. The stock has doubled since Act I -- now a $2 billion company.

Act III

Act III is today. Instead of trying to predict where the stock will go, we can focus on a more fundamental question: Where are we on the AI-adoption S-curve?

Every major technological breakthrough goes through a period of adoption. What seems like a small, niche product can go mainstream and explode overnight. We've seen this pattern repeatedly over the past century.

The only question that NVIDIA (and Super MicroComputer, and AMD) investors should be asking themselves is this:

Sadly, we don't have the answer to that question.

But we are certain that this is the right question to be asking.

We also firmly believe that over the long-run, knowing which questions to ask is even more important than your predictions about the future.

Wise questions help inform the stocks you put in your portfolio, their allocations, and -- in the end -- your overall returns.

Wishing you investing success and a future full of beautifully wise questions,

- Brian Feroldi, Brian Stoffel, & Brian Withers

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One Piece of Timeless Content:

The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom is a classic investing book. If you've never read it, check out this 8-page summary. It contains a quick overview of Buffett's approach to investing. I love point #1 the most: "Never follow the day-to-day fluctuations of the stock market."

One Thread:

Brian Feroldi @BrianFeroldi 10 handcrafted visuals by @safalniveshak every investor should see: 1. Stock Selection Framework 8:19 AM • Aug 13, 2023 1976 Retweets 8396 Likes Read 124 replies

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One Resource:

With Nvidia's stellar stock performance over the year, investors have become interested in the industry. If you fall into that camp, you should check out this microchip investing overview.

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