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    • Travis HoiumTravis Hoium
      ·08:43

      The 2026 Oil Panic

      If oil $WTI Crude Oil - main 2605(CLmain)$ isn’t on your mind right now, it should be. We may be in for one of those generational moments in the energy industry as Iran and the rest of the Middle East sees both supply and transportation impacted. Here are some things I think I know that may be wrong. The U.S. Is a Net Oil Exporter If you haven’t spent time playing on the EIA website…maybe you won’t find this fun. But I think it’s fascinating. This is a table I’ve had bookmarked for more than a decade, and it tells a lot about what’s going on in the world of oil. For this portion, I want to focus on net imports. You can see that in 2005, the U.S. was a net importer of 12.5 million barrels of oil per day. Today, we’re a net exporter of 3.1 milli
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    • Travis HoiumTravis Hoium
      ·08:41

      AI's Return on Agency

      This week, I built a tool to demonstrate how quickly wealth can compound depending on your starting balance, monthly contributions, and time horizon at different growth rates. The Asymmetric Portfolio, for example, started from nothing, and I invest $500 per month. If I generate a 15.0% annualized return, the portfolio would be worth $3.46 million in 30 years. After two years of returns closer to 30%…I hope I can beat a 15% return. But historically, that’s a high bar. You can see an image of the tool below and play with it yourself by clicking on the image. I don’t show this to show off my coding skills. I have none. And if you look closely, the numbers below are correct, but the graph is wrong, so AI is still making mistakes. I point this out because building this tool required exactly ze
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    • Travis HoiumTravis Hoium
      ·03-20 15:45

      $HIMS Growth Upside and $UBER-$RIVN Deal Dynamics: Strategic Moves in Healthcare & EVs

      Market Insights: Growth and Strategic Moves in Healthcare and EVs $HIMS could see significantly higher Q4 2026 growth than consensus, driven by acquisitions and new product launches, potentially hitting ~$1B in revenue. Meanwhile, $UBER’s partnerships and optional vehicle purchases highlight its strategy to commoditize suppliers, while $RIVN faces cash pressures and delayed deployments, making further deals likely. Strategic clauses and R&D spending point to Uber hedging its risk while accelerating autonomy initiatives. 1. $Hims & Hers Health Inc.(HIMS)$ Analysts are expecting a 22.4% Y/Y growth rate at Hims & Hers in Q4 2026. That might be wrong by a wide margin because: - Eucalyptus acquisition ($100M+ per Q) - Novo deal - Peptide la
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    • Travis HoiumTravis Hoium
      ·03-14

      Scale Wins: Netflix Demonstrates Why Demand Drives Value

      I didn't understand $Netflix(NFLX)$ 10 years ago, but I learned lessons from that mistake. 1. Users > Profits: In a digital business, it's critical to reach scale. Profits don't matter on the path to scale. 2. Delay Taking Price: Margins are low? Who cares! See #1. 3. Suppliers eventually have to bend the knee to the one who owns demand. You don't say, "I'm going to watch Sony's K-Pop tonight." You say, "I'm going to watch Netflix." Demand matters above all else. Owning the customer is the ultimate goal. The companies we CHOOSE to interact with are the ultimate winners on the market. On the internet, the power goes to the company people CHOOSE to interact with every day. $Netflix(NFLX)$ in streaming
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    • Travis HoiumTravis Hoium
      ·03-14

      The market's biggest winners are playing a different game entirely

      Finding 10x investments isn’t about running the best DCF model or guessing next quarter’s earnings better than the next guy. History shows that the market’s biggest winners have gotten their strategy right early and simply ridden massive waves to incredible heights. Maybe they didn’t know what they were doing at the time (ex. Google’s founders didn’t know what they had on their hands early on, whereas $Uber(UBER)$ founder Travis Kalanick did), but we can learn from the last two decades of investing to project out the next 10x (100x?) stocks. Today, I’m going to dive into how we should understand changes in discovery and distribution should be understood by investors and why, sometimes, going for scale above all else is the best strategy. Pre-Inter
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    • Travis HoiumTravis Hoium
      ·03-10

      This Is How Recessions Start

      In hindsight, the recession in 2008 was obvious. Consumers had gotten over-leveraged, and rising oil $WTI Crude Oil - main 2604(CLmain)$ prices eventually put too much pressure on the consumer to handle. Oil wasn’t the direct cause, but it was a sign of the peak, a push over the edge, whatever you want to call it. The parallels to this moment don’t end there. What else peaks in early 2008? You guessed it…jobs. Higher gasoline prices aren’t the cause of a recession, per se, but when they spike, it can lead to economic catastrophe. According to a BLS report on 2024 consumer spending, transportation accounts for 17.0% of the average consumer’s bills. If gasoline prices rise by 100%, that number may rise to 20% or more. And then compromises start
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    • Travis HoiumTravis Hoium
      ·03-08

      Duolingo's Asymmetric Potential: Short-Term vs Long-Term Investing

      The $Duolingo, Inc.(DUOL)$ thesis laid out in the spotlight article is relatively simple. Build scale in the language market Expand into new education modalities (language specialist to education generalist) Chess and math are early examples Bundle growing content suite for one simple, compelling monthly fee Democratize education at scale This would create a flywheel in education as more scale gives Duolingo the economics to develop more modalities, which would make the bundle more valuable, and so on. It’s similar to what $Netflix(NFLX)$ did with content, providing more content value for subscribers over time. But there’s a conundrum for Duolingo economically. It could run a profitable business today wit
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    • Travis HoiumTravis Hoium
      ·03-03

      $HIMS Eyes Multi-Billion-Dollar Peptide Boom as 19 Key Compounds Gain Traction

      Peptides could be a new multi-billion-dollar market for companies like Hims & Hers $HIMS. What are these peptides, and what do they do? Here's what you need to know about all 19 peptides in question today, 14 of which may soon be legal to compound (according to RFK) 👇 1. BPC-157 Note: These infographics are made by Gemini and are for informational purposes only. 2. Thymosin Alpha-1 (Ta1) 3. Thymosin Beta-4 Fragment (TB-500) 4. AOD-9604 5. CJC-1295 6. Ipamorelin Acetate 7. Selank Acetate (TP-7) 8. Semax 9. GHK-Cu (Copper Peptide) 10. GHRP-2 11. GHRP-6 12. Epitalon 13. KPV 14. Kisspeptin-10 15. Melanotan II 16. MOTS-c 17. PEG-MGF (Pegylated Mechano Growth Factor) 18. Emideltide (DSIP - Delta Sleep-Inducing Peptide) 19. Cathelicidin LL-37 For SG users only, Welcome to open a CBA today and
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    • Travis HoiumTravis Hoium
      ·03-02

      There's a good reason some stocks are down big in 2026

      Why have SaaS and growth stocks taken it on the chin in 2026 while boring businesses like Walmart and Coca-Cola rise? It’s all about math. I’m not going to make you do math today, but I do want to show why the math behind analyst models is driving the market to strange places so far this year. Terminal Value Explained In Re-Rating the Stock Market, I wrote about how changing expectations for future free cash flow can cause investors to value stocks differently. What that article missed was the tangible calculations behind how investors think about valuing companies…at least on an academic level. In theory, stocks are valued based on the present value of all future free cash flows. That’s an easy statement to make, but it’s fraught with assumptions that I generally think are BS because we c
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    • Travis HoiumTravis Hoium
      ·03-01

      FIGS, TSLA, NFLX, WBD, DNKGF Diverging Paths In Growth And Profitability

      This group reflects a market that is sharply distinguishing between disciplined execution and fragile narratives. FIGS, Inc. has rewarded patience with a 130% gain, while Tesla, Inc. continues to navigate uneven growth momentum. Netflix, Inc. strengthened its strategic flexibility by avoiding a leveraged deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, preserving balance sheet health. Meanwhile, DraftKings Inc. demonstrates that scale and revenue growth alone do not ensure sustainable profitability. 1. $FIGS, Inc.(FIGS)$ Sometimes, a thesis takes a while to play out. Figs is now up 130% in the Asymmetric Portfolio. That's a surprise to me too! 2. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ TSLA growth has been negative 4 of the last 8 quarter
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