Super Six is worth a quarter. This was asked at last Saturday’s Investing Club Annual Meeting how much of a recent investment portfolio should be allocated to an elite basket of technology stocks consisting of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, and Nvidia. This is the message shared by Jim Cramer. The Super Six are all club stocks. When you add in the non-club that owns Tesla, the group becomes known as the Magnificent Seven. “There are only six out of seven. … 25% of them are actually OK,” Jim said at the meeting. “Some might say that’s brave, but these are the most incredible companies I’ve ever seen.” What’s so scary about these stocks is that they “are constantly reinventing themselves.” said Jeff Marks, the club’s director of portfolio analysis, alongside Jim on stage. “They have enough cash to not only weather the potential storm, but to invest in the future.” With interest in generative artificial intelligence growing, “we’re going to see that play out now.” he continued. The club’s portfolio consists of 32 stocks and cash, with a super 6 ratio of almost 22%. Investors may wonder, “If these companies are so great, why not dedicate more of the club’s portfolio to them?” Perhaps some of you may be wondering why you would own anything else. The general answer is that diversification, that is, not putting all your eggs in one basket, is the key to diversification, as in 2023 the dominance of the Super 6 and Magnificent Seven has obscured the benefits of classic investment rules. remains an important risk management tool. Consider how to allocate a hypothetical portfolio of 12 stocks and 10% cash. This is about the same number of stocks that Jim recommends to retail investors to keep up their homework. Although the Super Six are talked about as one group, they are involved in a variety of end markets and investment themes, including AI, cloud computing, and digital advertising, to name a few. With these six stocks accounting for 25%, there’s plenty of room to gain exposure to other notable investment themes, such as the weight loss drug boom with Eli Lilly and the growing importance of cybersecurity with Palo Alto Networks. I am. It also focuses on high-end retailers like Costco and world-class industrial companies like Linde, which is one of only 12 stocks to beat the S&P 500 on a total return basis every year since 2019. Maybe. The lack of overlap with Linde, Costco, and Eli Lilly means we might consider giving these stocks slightly more weight than each Super 6 stock receives individually. That’s because when considering the weighting of exposures by end market, giving these stocks slightly higher weights can improve overall portfolio balance. Please keep in mind: These are just general examples of investment topics that people may want to touch on. I mention Eli Lilly, Costco, and Linde here because they are among the club’s 12 core holdings, along with the Super Six: Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Nvidia. As always with investing, everyone has their own goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon. It is expected to provide general guidelines to help investors build their personal portfolios. Among the 25% specialized in Super 6 are his three companies that are significantly involved in the digital advertising market. Alphabet through Google search and YouTube, Instagram and Facebook’s parent company Meta’s platform, and Amazon for e-commerce advertising. prime video. For example, Alphabet’s comments about the digital advertising market could move Meta’s stock price. There are also significant connections to the cloud computing business. Amazon Web Services is the industry leader. Microsoft’s Azure and Alphabet’s Google Cloud are the second and third largest cloud service providers. All three companies suffered a similar slowdown in cloud spending, or so-called “budget optimization,” from 2022 to 2023. The Super 6 companies overall are also connected to broader generative artificial intelligence deals to varying degrees. Investors are very interested in the topic of AI right now, and we believe the hype is real and think AI will drive further revenue growth for all of these companies over time. However, if sentiment changes and people want to lock in profits, you have to acknowledge that. When it comes to AI trade, everything is at risk of setback. Perhaps no stock is more closely aligned with AI than Nvidia. Nvidia’s high-performance chips serve as the computing foundation for most generative AI models. But investors also expect the adoption of AI to accelerate the growth of Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet’s cloud businesses, as they spend billions of dollars building out AI computing infrastructure. Meta is also spending billions of dollars betting on AI to drive engagement and improve ad targeting capabilities, driving more marketing dollars to its apps. While Apple may have less obvious connections to AI deals than its Super Six peers, some of the stock’s recent poor performance (down about 6% year-to-date) may be due to the iPhone maker’s This is due to the perception that the introduction of the system has been delayed. We incorporate popular technologies into our products. Investors are looking for more details on the strategy because there is optimism that cool generative AI features built into the next iPhone model could drive a major upgrade cycle. At Apple’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, CEO Tim Cook said the tech giant is making “significant investments” in AI and hinted at a big announcement later this year. Last Tuesday, employees were informed that Apple’s electric vehicle program would be scrapped and resources would be shifted to AI projects. To be sure, I’m not claiming that these companies are all “the same” and that their stock prices should move in lockstep to the point of percentage. Features that stand out among them may drive different levels of performance in the short and long term. For example, Nvidia’s stock price has outperformed the rest of the group over the past 12 months due to its tremendous revenue and profit growth. A leading enabler of AI computing. In his 12 months through January, Nvidia’s revenue more than doubled and profits soared 581%. Similarly, Meta has generated outsized profits over the same period, with growth of approximately 183%, a return to growth in the top line, and rapid growth in earnings per share thanks to management’s dramatic adoption of cost discipline. and increased by 73% in 2023. Comparing the two companies, Apple’s stock hasn’t fared much better, rising just 24% in the past 12 months. However, the company remains a major long-term winner, and its relative performance looks different over the long term. Apple’s five-year total return, including dividends, is about 329%, compared to Meta’s 202%. His Nvidia total return over the same period is more than 1,900%. This give and take is why we decided to own all of the Super 6 companies, even though Alphabet has been testing our patience lately, and why we have decided to own all of the Super 6 companies, while at the same time realizing the correlation between the two companies. We continue to keep this in mind. We recognize that these are some of the best companies in the world, but diversification means more than different ticker symbols. Understanding how stocks are linked creates an opportunity to build a balanced portfolio that balances risk and future return. (See here for a complete list of Jim Cramer Charitable Trust stocks.) As a subscriber to Jim Cramer’s CNBC Investment Club, you will receive trade alerts before Jim makes a trade. After Jim sends a trade alert, he waits 45 minutes before buying or selling stocks in a charitable trust’s portfolio. 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