Portfolio Update
Focus Growth Strategy Update
A Q&A with portfolio managers Damon Ficklin and Dan Davidowitz.
In this midyear update, Polen Focus Growth portfolio managers Damon Ficklin and Dan Davidowitz answer five key questions clients are asking. They discuss their observations of the market, their investment philosophy and process, and why they remain optimistic about the future.
Questions
- 0:53 - How has the growth of AI impacted the holdings in your portfolio?
- 5:00 - Can you discuss the thesis around Amazon given the weighting and the strong recent run?
- 8:35 - Why not own NVIDIA?
- 11:18 - What is the best benchmark or metric to hold Focus Growth against over the long term?
- 13:15 - Has your process or philosophy changed based on recent performance?
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