May 30, 2023
Hope you had a great long weekend. Flagship continues to excel year to date, +14.15%¹ YTD vs. S&P 500 +10.29%, while over the last 12 months, Flagship is +10.29%¹ vs. the S&P 500 +5.45%. This is primarily driven by three factors:
1) We placed big bets on tech “Generals” that are paying off: It’s a tale of two markets. The chart below says it all, and we have meaningful exposure to 5/7 names listed. Our thesis was that stormy market conditions would fuel the Generals’ ability to take share. There may be turbulence in the broader economy, but this is a stock picker’s market.
2) We’ve had good stock picking elsewhere. As the AI race heats up, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has nearly doubled (+98%) YTD as investors see AMD as a key enabler of AI proliferation. Uber (UBER) is up nearly 50% YTD after a successful Uber One rollout, combined with easing driver supply issues. Lastly, our high-quality industrial company Transdigm (TDG) is +26% YTD and near all-time highs, as our thesis that commercial aerospace would continue to recover post-covid plays out nicely. Laggards YTD include Charles Schwab (SCHW), which has been dragged down in the banking crisis, and Thermo Fisher (TMO), as healthcare has underperformed the broader market.
3) We’re employing thoughtful risk management. Most clients don’t know that we’re doing the above while running low net exposure. Of every $100 invested in Flagship, we’re holding ~$18 in opportunistic cash (earning 3.2% APY) to take advantage of downturns. When the market takes a dive, we take the opportunity to buy low. We believe several more opportunities will come.
After a challenging 2021, we still have some work to do on our all-time returns compared to the benchmark, but we’re in a great rhythm right now and feel great about our positioning moving forward.
We’ll be out with our full monthly recap in the coming days to discuss the other strategies on Titan.
–Your Flagship Investment Team
Performance represents a hypothetical account as 05/26/23, using Titan’s investment process for an Aggressive portfolio, and does not reflect actual performance of a Titan Client. Performance results are net of advisory fees and include the reinvestment of dividends.
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