🏆 King of the Jungle Update - Monkey takes the crown! After being underwater for year one of the contest, Krzysztof has dramatically surged ahead in the last twelve months, and has grown his $200/month contributions into $8,000 with consistency and patience📈 Palantir Valuation Reality Check - Luke dismantles a YouTube commenter's dangerous logic that "Rule of 40 means you can ignore valuation." Here why PLTR's market leading 98% Rule of 40 score still doesn't justify its unsustainable revenue multiple🏠 Opendoor's Risky Pivot - Krzysztof defends his speculative position in $OPEN as they transition from failed iBuying to asset-light platform. Luke bares his Badger's claws at this "meme stock" approach to investing⚡ IREN Energy's Breakthrough Moment - From Bitcoin miner to AI infrastructure powerhouse - why IREN's partnership with Nvidia and potential hyperscaler ambitions caught Luke's attention enough to finally join Krzysztof as an investor🎯 How to Get Started Investing - Responding to new Patreon Hugh's video question about picking stocks for his pension. The badger and monkey break down their beginner-friendly approach: start small, pick companies you understand, do at least one hour of primary source research per stock"💡 The Power of Primary Sources - Why reading company investor decks and listening to earnings calls beats following stock tip newsletters. Plus our favorite tools for fundamental research📊 Portfolio Management Wisdom - Why diversification matters even for 'generational' companies, the psychology of winning and losing streaks, and lessons from IREN's volatile trading history🌴 Thank you for supporting Wall Street Wildlife on Patreon!💵 Your support helps us continue bringing you valuable insights and unfiltered investment discussionsSegments:00:00 Cold Open - Investment Psychology00:48 King of the Jungle Contest Update06:41 The Compounding Journey - From $1K to $8K12:42 Opendoor Deep Dive and Debate30:17 Palantir Valuation Controversy44:11 IREN Energy's AI Pivot01:08:05 Hugh's Question: How to Get Started Investing01:23:43 Research Methods and Primary Sources01:31:15 Closing Thoughts and Travel Stories**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:https://patreon.com/wallstreetwildlife**********Find more episodes of the podcast at ⁠⁠⁠wallstreetwildlife.com⁠⁠⁠ where you can also get our "10 Laws of the Investing Jungle" free PDF download, and you can follow us at:⁠⁠x.com/7LukeHallard⁠x.com/7FlyingPlatypus**********Fiscal.AI is the Complete Stock Research Platform for fundamental investors. With its beautiful design and institutional-quality data, Fiscal AI is incredibly powerful and easy to use.Get 15% off any premium plan with:https://fiscal.ai/wildlife**********Listen to the Chit Chat Stocks Podcast for discussions on stocks, financial markets, super investors, and more. Follow the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTubehttps://open.spotify.com/show/4SBtOWGEOmD9pmltgIXO8r**********To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out:⁠https://www.portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard**********Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack:http://firephilosophy.substack.com**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********Fed up with the stock market giving you a hard time?- Invest like seasoned pros with over 40 years in the game- Discover the world's leading companies- Sharpen your best investing practices and ditch the worst- Learn how to start investing- Essential investing principles to boost your returnsInvesting for beginners,how to start investing,Palantir stock,PLTR stock analysis,Rule of 40,IREN Energy,IREN stock,Nvidia AI,AI stocks,Opendoor stock,OPEN stock,stock market,stock picking,fundamental analysis,portfolio management,stock debate,value investing,growth stocks,Bitcoin mining stocks,Wall Street Wildlife

We jumped into the dividend investor's den on the Dividend Talk podcast to prove it's not only possible, but powerful. In this special crossover episode, we get grilled on how we built our portfolios, how we handle terrifying market crashes, and why growth and dividend investing might have more in common than you think.Get ready for a hilarious and brutally honest conversation about what it actually takes to live off your investments.In this episode, we reveal:🌴 How to TRULY live off a portfolio of growth stocks, even when it crashes 37% the month after you retire.🎙️ The origin story of Wall Street Wildlife (and why one of us stole the other's best stock idea).🔥 Growth vs. Dividend Investing: The ultimate showdown and where our strategies overlap.🧠 The psychology of conviction, managing fear, and why you need an investing 'pack'.📜 Our 10 unbreakable "Laws of the Jungle" for long-term investing success.✂️ To sell or not to sell? We break down our biggest disagreements on trimming winners.📈 Deep dives on Google, Greggs, Nintendo, Wise, and the battery stock one of us is obsessed with.Enjoy the episode, and let us know which side of the debate you're on! 💸🔗 You can hear more from the host of Dividend Talk's at:https://dividendtalkpodcast.com/https://x.com/DividendTalk_https://x.com/European_DGI**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:https://patreon.com/wallstreetwildlife**********Find more episodes of the podcast at ⁠⁠⁠wallstreetwildlife.com⁠⁠⁠ where you can also get our "10 Laws of the Investing Jungle" free PDF download, and you can follow us at:⁠⁠x.com/7LukeHallard⁠x.com/7FlyingPlatypusWall Street Wildlife is also on Instagram @wallstreetwildlife**********Fiscal.AI is the Complete Stock Research Platform for fundamental investors. With its beautiful design and institutional-quality data, Fiscal AI is incredibly powerful and easy to use.Get 15% off any premium plan with:https://fiscal.ai/wildlife**********To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out:⁠https://www.portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard**********Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack:http://firephilosophy.substack.com**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********Fed up with the stock market giving you a hard time?- Invest like seasoned pros with over 40 years in the game- Discover the world's leading companies- Sharpen your best investing practices and ditch the worst- Learn how to start investing- Essential investing principles to boost your returnsgrowth investing,dividend investing,how to retire early,financial independence,FIRE movement,living off your portfolio,growth stocks vs dividend stocks,Wall Street Wildlife podcast,Dividend Talk podcast,stock portfolio management,investor psychology,when to sell stocks,market crash,Google stock analysis,GOOG,EOSE,RKLB,GRG.L,investor mistakes,long-term investing

One of our stocks is up 1,200%... so why are we thinking of selling? In Part 2 of our King of the Jungle portfolio review, the gains are bigger, the valuations are scarier, and the debate gets heated. We break down the massive winners, the surprising losers, and the tough decisions that come with managing a high-growth portfolio. These are our highest conviction plays and biggest winners of the last 18 months!

Here's what we cover:

🚀 12-Bagger Alert - Luke reveals his massive winner that's delivered a 1,200% return since the portfolio started. Is this performance sustainable, or is it time to trim at these valuations?

💰 The Great Conviction Debate - Why Krzysztof's worst performer (Chainlink) gets one of his highest conviction ratings, and why Luke's best performers are getting conviction downgrades due to "egregious valuations" $LINK

🌍 FinTech Global Domination - Deep dives into Wise (preparing for US dual listing), Nubank (conquering Latin America), and MercadoLibre (Luke's 9-badger conviction play that's becoming the Amazon of South America) $WISE $WIZEY $NU $MELI

⚡ The AI Infrastructure Play - Krzysztof breaks down Astera Labs' explosive growth in AI data center connectivity, plus his controversial thesis on IRIS Energy's Bitcoin-to-AI pivot strategy $ALAB $IREN

🛡️ Cybersecurity Reality Check - Luke's honest assessment of CrowdStrike and Palantir at today's astronomical valuations. Great companies, but are they investable at 28x and 100x sales respectively? $CRWD $PLTR

🚀 Space Race Showdown - The ultimate growth story showdown between AST SpaceMobile (building cellular networks in space) and Rocket Lab (Luke's 12-bagger that's literally going to the moon) $ASTS $RKLB

🔋 The Battery Bet Results - Krzysztof's obsession with EOS Energy pays off with a 344% return in their head-to-head bet, crushing Luke's 155% Axon gains. Is this the future of American energy independence? $EOSE $AXON

⚖️ Valuation vs. Conviction - How to manage exposure when your best companies become your most expensive stocks. Luke's trimming strategy for managing winners vs. Krzysztof's "never sell" philosophy

📊 The Scorecard Revealed - After starting $500 behind, Krzysztof has delivered 112% returns in just 7 months to nearly catch up with Luke's steady 65% year-to-date gain. The competition is heating up!

Segments:

00:00 Cold Open & Portfolio Philosophy

12:40 Wise

21:12 Nubank

25:35 Tesla

34:40 BYD

41:20 Astera Labs

48:06 Zscaler

55:33 IREN Energy

01:05:20 MercadoLibre

01:13:04 Nebius Group

01:16:50 CrowdStrike

01:24:59 AXON Enterprise

01:29:37 AST SpaceMobile

01:36:39 Palantir

01:44:10 EOS Energy

01:51:53 Rocket Lab

02:00:02 The AXON vs EOSE Bet & Final Scorecard

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