Stock Talk Podcast Episode 172

We are back this week after rave reviews, a few crying babies, and further shock and awe at our faces-for-radio now revealed on our YouTube platform. We kick off this week’s show with a brief discussion on the strong stock market gains to end July following the worst first half in U.S. markets in 52 years. In our Your Stock, Our Take segment Ryan will take a look at a TV streaming platform Roku Inc. (ROKU:NASDAQ). The Pandemic stay at home star is down 72% year to-date and 86% from its 2021 highs. A listener asks if the stock finally offers value. Aaron is going to take you to school by looking into “Three things to never do when valuing a stock on a PE or price-to-earnings basis.” Brett is going to launch our legendary or famous investors series with a look into recent market darling Cathie Wood. Wood is an American active investment manager who is the current CEO and CIO of Ark invest, which was founded it in 2014. Incidentally, Roku is one of the top holdings in her flagship fund alongside well-known names such as Tesla, Zoom, Crispr Therapeutics, and Block. Brennan will handle our Star and Dog of the week. The Dog of the week is Datametrex AI Ltd. (DM:CSE) a Canadian-based IT company focused on, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence which collects and analyzes data – that is a bunch of buzz words. The micro cap is down 35% year-to-date and 61% since its 52-week high. The Star of the week is Enphase Energy Inc. (ENPH:NASDAQ), an energy technology company and the world's leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems. The stock has jumped 25% in the last 5 trading sessions and is up 61% year to date and was the top-performing stock in the S&P 500 in the last quarter powered by strong quarterly growth.