00:01200% this stock investment is up 200%
00:06since we told you about it and we are
00:10not here to Pat ourselves on the back or
00:13to tell you you should be following our
00:16investment advice we are just here to
00:18share our thoughts and if you happen to
00:22be also following and investing along
00:25with this you have seen a 200% return in
00:30this investment hey guys Zaman and
00:32Christina from Journey on today's video
00:35we are talking about our top stock picks
00:38from the past and moving forward in fact
00:41we are going to identify four
00:44Investments that we have been investing
00:46in over the past year two 10 years or
00:50more and we are going to give you our
00:52thoughts on whether or not we should
00:54stick with these Investments so not only
00:57that we are also going to be talking
00:59about the perform perance of these four
01:01specific Investments now on this channel
01:04you know of course we talk a lot about
01:06investing but we always encourage you to
01:08always do your own research and after
01:10you do your own research it's really
01:13important to take action that's why
01:15we're really focused on the performance
01:17of these stock Investments also because
01:19you will see by some of these
01:21Investments over 200% return if you
01:24would have taken action and hopefully
01:26you did you are seeing these same types
01:28of returns today I love that you said
01:31that take action because over the past
01:35years that we've been having our Channel
01:37you know we get a lot of negative
01:39comments about people that are so
01:41pessimistic about investing in the stock
01:43market we are huge advocates for
01:46building your wealth through investing
01:49in the stock market and of course there
01:51is risk involved but any type of reward
01:55involves some sort of risk it is up to
01:58you to identify how much risk you're
02:00willing to take on but if you are scared
02:03to invest if you are having your money
02:05in a savings account for years and years
02:08and years you have lost out on the
02:10potential growth in your wealth so let's
02:14start with our top pick and that is
02:16NVIDIA we started talking about this
02:18company last year before the whole AI
02:21boom that we are experiencing today
02:24happened now Nvidia is a technology
02:26company that specializes in the design
02:28and Manufacturing ing of Graphics
02:31processing units which are gpus and also
02:33related Technologies now Nvidia has made
02:36really significant advancements in AI
02:39they provide gpus and software that
02:42support AI research and applications so
02:45one year ago we started talking about
02:46Nvidia and artificial intelligence
02:49because we saw this as the biggest
02:51opportunity in the stock market you know
02:55at that time technology stocks were
02:57actually down there was a negative Sy
02:59sentiment surrounding technology stocks
03:02but Christina and I saw the writing on
03:04the wall if we are talking about growth
03:07in technology it was going to have to
03:10come from artificial intelligence and
03:12Nvidia was going to be pivotal in that
03:14growth and over this past year that has
03:17certainly been the case we have been
03:19listening to every earnings call for
03:22NVIDIA and Time After Time those calls
03:26have exceeded expectations and so after
03:29every earnings call you would see Nvidia
03:32stock just pop and so Nvidia is up 209%
03:36since we had our artificial intelligence
03:38video now just a quick note if you guys
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04:40well now for anyone that is considering
04:43also investing in Nvidia it is so
04:46important that you separate the hype
04:48from the substance it's always a lot of
04:50hype when it comes to technology and so
04:53continue to monitor how Nvidia is
04:56progressing the competition that is on
04:59the Horizon because at this point when
05:02you are at the top of the mountain there
05:04will always be others that want to get
05:06to that point and so if you choose to
05:08invest in Nidia our recommendation is
05:11that every earnings call you listen to
05:14and you're able to understand exactly
05:17what they are doing you also have to
05:20make sure that any investment that you
05:21make aligns with your risk tolerance
05:24which should match your asset allocation
05:26plan so when things start going up or
05:29below what you had identified for your
05:31asset allocation plan rebalancing is
05:34really important and this is important
05:35because like we said Nvidia has had
05:38incredible returns with those incredible
05:41returns you should also be rebalancing
05:43your portfolio and you know why we
05:45rebalance to maximize returns and
05:48minimize risk keep that in mind whenever
05:51you are talking about a hot investment
05:53which brings us to our next pick Nova
05:58Nordisk we first start started talking
05:59about Nova Nordic about 3 months ago but
06:02we had been watching it for some time
06:05and Nova Nordic is such an interesting
06:07company because it's a pharmaceutical
06:10company that has been investing heavily
06:13in weight loss and diabetes drugs if
06:16you've heard of OIC Nova nordics is the
06:19company that produces that and if you're
06:22watching tv anywhere in the world you
06:24have probably seen these weight loss
06:26commercials if you are on social media
06:28you have probably seen an influencer or
06:30a celebrity that has talked about their
06:32use of these weight loss drugs this
06:35company has been on fire so let's talk
06:37about the returns of Nova Nordisk now
06:39when we first started talking about it
06:41was just a couple months ago and since
06:43then the return has been 7% now get this
06:47over the past year the return has been
06:5175% and over the past 5 years the return
06:5649% so those are huge numbers over the
06:59past Last 5 Years but since we've been
07:00talking about it like I said only 7% now
07:04this is something that we still think
07:06there is so much huge potential with
07:08this particular investment and we think
07:11about this because of a couple reasons
07:13so the first is manufacturing capacity
07:16there is so much demand for these
07:18particular drugs produced by this
07:19company that Novo nordis cannot keep up
07:22with the demand the second issue is
07:25insurance so a lot of insurance
07:28companies in the US do not cover the use
07:31of these drugs for weight loss you see
07:33OIC was originally manufactured to
07:36address diabetes but what they have
07:39found is that it is a great weight loss
07:42drug as well but the problem is
07:44insurance companies are not covering it
07:47for weight loss and so in the US
07:50especially you have to have diabetes or
07:52something along those lines in order to
07:54have the prescription covered the next
07:57issue is cost this is a very expensive
08:01drug and because of the expense not a
08:03lot of people can afford to stay on
08:06these drugs and so hopefully the cost of
08:09these drugs comes down which means that
08:11more people will have access to this
08:14drug now there's a lot of controversy
08:16around weight loss drugs and we're not
08:18here to get into that in fact we did a
08:20whole video on the pros and cons of OIC
08:24and investing in these weight loss
08:26companies but from our perspective there
08:29are so much demand for these drugs that
08:31a company like Nova nordis is going to
08:33do very well but there is always
08:36competition and so this should be your
08:38biggest concern whenever you're
08:40investing in a company like this well
08:42there's actually two big concerns but
08:45competition is a huge concern because
08:47there are other companies like Eli Lily
08:50that are also producing weight loss
08:52drugs and the other issue are unforeseen
08:55side effects that surprise people with
08:58these drugs that could crash this
09:00company so again these are all things to
09:03consider if you are investing in Novo
09:04Nordisk We are continuing to invest in
09:06it we think that once it fixes its
09:08issues with manufacturing capacity
09:11insurance and cost and also as we're
09:12monitoring the side effects and the
09:14impact of the news that it could have on
09:16this company we think that there's a lot
09:18of potential so the next investment is
09:21vgt this is vanguard's technology ETF it
09:25has been up 30% over the past year now
09:28if you've been watching ing our Channel
09:30we started talking about vgt about 5
09:32years ago and since then it's been up
09:36182% now we have owned vgt for quite
09:39some time before we started this Channel
09:41and before we talked about vgt and over
09:44the past 10 years vgt has had a return
09:48500% so you know we love us some bgt we
09:52have been talking about it all the time
09:55we love that it's technology focused you
09:57know something needs to be said about
09:59technology technology has just been on
10:02fire over the last couple of years I
10:05mean it's been on fire really I guess
10:06over the last 10 years because of the
10:09growth in technology and when you invest
10:12in the stock market it's important that
10:14you invest with a plan and if that plan
10:18calls for investing in growth then you
10:21should be looking at investing in
10:23technology and pharmaceutical in these
10:26areas that have this explosive potential
10:29before return and vgt is a great
10:31investment because it invests in so many
10:35technology companies which allows you to
10:37spread that risk across all of those
10:39companies now this brings us to our last
10:43and final top pick and it is
10:47vti it is vanguard's total Stock Market
10:50ETF and a fan favorite around here for a
10:54very long time we have been talking
10:56about bti since day one now bti is up
11:0021% over the past 12 months and over the
11:04past 5 years it's up
11:0680% and for the past 10 years it's up
11:10161% so vti is an ETF but there's also
11:16vtsax vti and vtsax they're synonymous
11:20they're basically the same thing if you
11:22have been investing in both of those you
11:24have probably seen the exact same
11:26returns I bring this up because we often
11:28talk about B tsax so if you are
11:31interested in investing in those
11:32companies or learning more about them
11:34you must check out our playlist on
11:36investing in the stock market you can
11:38find videos on both of those Investments
11:40that do deep dives into their Holdings
11:43and many of the reasons why we are huge
11:45fans of these Investments so those are
11:48our four top Investments that we invest
11:51in and that we are continuing to invest
11:53in again if you are interested in
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11:57our entire stock portfolio and actually
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