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Asit Sharma

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642 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

I think this could be, for me, a 9% to 12% grower.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

Dave said 10% to 12%.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

We are aligned here.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

Workday with lower risk could be a really interesting investment.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

I think Zscaler, because of that cybersecurity market that's ever-growing, because the AI piece is going to outperform, but it's not a given.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

Workday, don't sleep on it.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

Tim, since the markets seem to be extended a bit, valuations are near all-time highs, everything feels so shaky, let me just go to loss aversion, because that might come into play for some of us in the coming months if the market retraces from here.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

I think that's maybe a misnomer.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

I feel like it should be life affirmation.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

Not loss aversion, because this is something very primal in us, right?

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

When we build anything like a shelter over our heads, or we build up a little bit of money, we want to protect our ability to survive.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

So really, what loss aversion is, it's something coming from deep within ourselves, which says, I don't want to lose this and go back to a worse position than I was before.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

Now, that makes a lot of sense when you're thinking about a roof over your head.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

It makes less sense when...

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

When you are thinking about a long-term asset that's going to appreciate because a business that you've invested in is growing its cash flows because they're in a market which hopefully has a lot of demand and the business is well-run, I could go on to describe a very nice investment scenario.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

But just to keep this short,

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

Thinking in terms of what the future could look like is a very powerful antidote to that very quick and reactive place that we get to when markets start to shake and to quake.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

I didn't mean to rhyme that, but there you go.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

Tim, you've been great at pointing this out over the years.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?

Our lizard brain really wants us to just react and have instant relief.