Grab Holdings has evolved into Southeast Asia’s leading super-app with operations spanning ride-hailing, food/grocery delivery, and financial services.
Growth momentum has been strong, particularly since 2023 which was a pivotal year when Grab hit its first quarterly profit. That took place in Q4 2023 on $653 million revenue, up 30% year-on-year.
Under the hood,
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Alphabet (Google’s parent) has significantly ramped up research and development spending in recent years. In 2022, Google spent about $39.5 billion on R&D, which jumped to $45.4 billion in 2023. This ~15% increase was driven largely by higher personnel costs (adding thousands of engineers) and one-time charges like office space consolidation.
R&D now represents roughly 15% of Google’s annual revenue,
Stanley Druckenmiller has an exemplary history and track record trading so we wanted to investigate whether any opportunities leap out in his current portfolio.
Which positions, if any, are underwater? And are there any diamonds in the rough now that are on sale?
In Druckenmiller’s Duquesne Family Office there are 75 stock positions as of September 30,
CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) share price declined by over 23% over the past twelve months. Hurting shareholders was the recent leadership transition from CEO Karen Lynch to David Joyner, a shift that brought uncertainty to the company’s direction as investors questioned the company’s stability while facing ongoing challenges.
When CEO Elon Musk reported Tesla’s latest earnings results this week, few were excited by the numbers.
In fact, the share price immediately fell off a cliff in after-hours trading to $356 per share but within minutes a sharp bounce back occurred and, in the virtual blink of an eye, the share price was back over $400 per share.
Stanley Druckenmiller may be best known for his role with George Soros in shorting the British pound in 1992, which famously became known as breaking the Bank of England. That position resulted in a cumulative profit of over a billion dollars, and all while Druckenmiller was only in his late 30s.
At a time when many professional investors consider themselves in their early innings of their careers,
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If you only look at consumer trends within the United States, it might seem odd that Philip Morris’s stock has done so well. Aren’t people giving up cigarettes?
For the most part, they are, but the company has planned for the effects of smoking cessation programs. The share price speaks to Philip Morris’s success.
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Last year, Warren Buffett surprised practically everyone when he acquired more than 30% of embattled internet radio giant Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI).
At first, Buffett appeared to be taking advantage of an arbitrage opportunity, but subsequent purchases have suggested that the Oracle of Omaha is more interested in building a long-term position in Sirius XM.
The last several years have seen a series of tech cycles drive up the stock market. From Metaverse technology to the rise of generative AI, everyone from retail investors to hedge fund managers is looking to get in on the next huge tech development.
Going into 2025, it appears that the technology to go long on may be quantum computing.
As recently as 2020, few analysts could have predicted that Stanley Druckenmiller, a billionaire who used to manage Quantum Fund with George Soros, would invest in Citigroup, a multinational banking company with a reputation for mismanaging funds and contributing to the Great Recession.
Despite those facts, Druckenmiller’s firm, Duquesne Family Office, bought more than 327,000 shares in Citigroup last quarter.
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