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Responsible Investor Portfolio Weekly Update, November 7th, 2020 | $TCEHY $NEM $BK $SYF $CLIX $GRUB $PCG $LVMUY $LRLCY $PEUGF $IMPJY $TERRF $DSV.CO $DANSKE.CO $BRK $UMC $JD $GOOG $ADSK $BYDDF

The US presidential election dominated the news cycles this week and still does. The global stock markets have welcomed the results that have been made available thus far and delivered a massive rally which offset last week´s steep decline. As the US get closer to finding out who their 46th president will be, there will soon be one less uncertainty to factor in the risk for.

Another piece of news which provided further tailwind to the US stock markets is the unemployment report that was published on Thursday and exceeded expectations highlighting the unemployment rate drop below 7%. The continuous outpour of increasing Covid-19 cases has been completely obfuscated by the US presidential election this week but this may change in the coming days as attention returns to coping with the pandemic.

The Stoxx index was up 5.4%, the Danish stock market grew by 6.4% and the Italian FTSEMIB closed with a 7.4% weekly gain. In the US the Nasdaq was up 8.9%, the S&P500 gained 7.3% and the Dow finished 6.8% higher. Our Responsible Investor portfolio was up 6.9%, broadly in line with the global markets. Three of our positions gained more than 10%, one of them is our recent buy, Chinese e-commerce stock $JD which finished 13.5% higher this week. On the currency front, the USD weakened relative to the EUR. This also bumped up gold as well as our mining stock $NEM.

The earnings season continues as companies keep beating estimates and guiding higher, on average. $DANSKE.CO reported earnings this week and benefitted from an upgrade by Morgan Stanley who increased their TP to 101kr per share while the stock is currently priced at 90kr. $BRK´s earnings are due today. Next week two of our Italian stocks will report earnings, $TRN.MI and $RWAY.MI.

Quarterly dividends are due for payment this week for two of our financial stocks, namely $SYF and $BK. We report on both capital appreciation and dividend yield so as to track total return for our positions.

The table below summarises the portfolio performance since inception.

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Responsible Investor Portfolio Weekly Update, October 31st, 2020 | $TCEHY $NEM $BK $SYF $CLIX $GRUB $PCG $LVMUY $LRLCY $PEUGF $WBD.MI $DSV.CO $DANSKE.CO $BRK $UMC $JD $GOOG $ADSK $BYDDF

It was a horrible week for the stock markets, the worst since March actually, with most indices suffering from more than 5% losses. The main concern continues to be the second wave of the pandemic which is inducing several governments to impose new lockdowns, however ‘soft’. The upcoming US presidential election is another cause of uncertainty as demonstrated by increased volatility levels: even though this coming Tuesday is election day, considering that many votes have been cast by mail, it is likely that the winner won’t be known until week after next or even beyond that. There is an unmissable Netflix special on US voting rights which is free to watch on Youtube.

Going back to last week, out of the markets we watch more closely, only Denmark had a more muted response and was only down 3.1% while the Stoxx was 5.4% lower and the Italian FTSEMIB suffered a 6.6% loss. In the US the Nasdaq was down 5.4%, the S&P500 5.6% and the Dow 6.4%. Here is an interesting video with a summary of the technical analysis for the US stock market: while valuation is the main ingredient in investing, momentum should not be ignored. Our Responsible Investor portfolio was down 3.9% which means that we have beat the market by 2%. Yesterday was the last trading day of October, which finished lower for most indices.

It was a big week for Q3 earnings with tech giants like $AMZN, $FB, $AAPL and $GOOG reporting on Thursday. Amazon had by far the most impressive top and bottom line numbers, while Apple somewhat disappointed. $TWTR dropped 21% the day after their earnings report came out: looks like an overreaction to me but I would not touch it until one of the two US president candidates concedes.

$NEM beat earnings doubling their profit yoy for what was their best quarter ever: the stock has had a good week compared to the various indices as investors turned to gold and I still consider it grossly undervalued based on the earnings growth projections.

$GRUB smashed their earnings on Wednesday. Their sales were up 54% yoy but the stock was down last week and followed the mainstream trend. The stock is poised for more growth based on estimates but it will be important to see whether momentum will be on its side too otherwise we will lock in our profits, pull the plug and put our money to work elsewhere.

$PCG missed on the bottom line while they matched revenue expectations: I will review our position and send an alert if I feel we need to act on our position. Finally $DSV.CO reported an earnings beat and finished the week with a 0.3% gain; they have also guided higher in terms of EBIT margin. Next week $DANSKE.CO and $BRK will report earnings.

We have made two buys on Thursday: $UMC, our first semiconductor play and $JD, a Chinese consumer mega-cap stock. I think they have a long way to go given their current a projected valuations but only time will tell!

The table below summarises the portfolio performance since inception.

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Responsible Investor Portfolio Weekly Update, October 24th, 2020 | $TCEHY $NEM $BK $SYF $CLIX $GRUB $PCG $LVMUY $LRLCY $PEUGF $WBD.MI $DSV.CO $DANSKE.CO $BRK $UMC $AAPL $JD $ADSK $BYDDF

The global markets were down this week, especially the European indices which are battling with rising covid-19 cases. The Italian stock market distinguished itself from the others thanks to Moody’s upgrading its outlook from negative to stable while maintaining the rating unchanged at BBB: the FTSEMIB recovered on Friday and finished the week with a 0.7% loss while the Stoxx was down 1.7%. The Danish stock market fell as much as 2.9% as the country saw the Rt growing again, effectively reversing the trend which was initially showing a containment of the second wave: despite this week’s fall, investing in the Danish stock market has been rewarding so far in 2020 as the Copenhagen OMX25 is up 22% YTD.

The US stock market indices were also down this week. Interestingly, the three main indices (Dow Jones, SP500 and Nasdaq) were mostly in sync in the first three trading days of the week, as if they were in waiting mode for the last US presidential debate which polarised the attention of the media and of the world on Wednesday night. While the debate was not as balanced as the ad by the two contenders of the Utah state, it did seems like a decent confrontation between Trump and Biden, especially compared to the first one. The last two trading days of the week, however saw the SP500 recover some of the losses and finish with a 0.4% decline while the Dow and the Nasdaq fell 0.85 and 0.9%, respectively.

$SYF beat earnings on Tuesday and announced a multi-year extension of the financing and credit card relationship with $WMT and Sam’s Club. It also declared a $0.22/share quarterly dividend which corresponds to an annual forward yield of 3.27%. The stock goes ex-dividend on October 30th and the dividend is payable on November 12th. Next week $NEM, $DSV.CO, $GRUB and $PCG will report earnings.

You will remember that we had reduced our $GRUB position last week: the stock is down 2.5% since then, so it was good call. I will be watching its price action to determine whether the time is right to exit the rest of our position. As stock prices follow earnings and earnings expectations it will be critical to see what results the company reports this coming Tuesday for Q3.

Last week we talked about three stock on our watchlist which can benefit from the (post-)pandemic world. Those still apply but again I don’t like the volatility levels and the nearing US presidential election date won’t help in the short term. This week I would like to add a couple to our watchlist: the first one is an EV play, BYD Company Ltd (ticker: $BYDDF), and the other is a semiconductor stock, $UMC, out of Taiwan.

Our Responsible Investor portfolio was down 0.8% this week whereas the market was 0.9% lower which means that we have beaten the market again, however marginally.

The table below summarises the portfolio performance since inception.

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