Lou Whiteman
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I think that's the conclusion.
I'd note here, too, is like, oh, if you look at five years, Shopify is basically flat.
They're like up, I think, 1%.
Now, they've been up 80% and cut in half during that period.
So this is a company that tends to swing violently around different moods.
I own the stock.
To me, it's a definition of a hold.
If it comes down, it may begin to look interesting to add to it.
But we also have the weaker consumer still looming as a question mark.
I think this is just focus on the long term and not get too caught up on 20% versus 30% in any one quarter.
Look, they haven't done a secondary offering since 2021.
They have almost no debt.
They are investing with free cash flow.
I wouldn't sell these investments just because, unless you need to, and it doesn't look like they need to.
Matt can get into it.
I don't think that this is really a distraction on management's time.
I don't think they're out doing the Warren Buffett thing, reading through 10-Ks, trying to find companies to invest in, things like this.
This is trying to capture upside of partnerships.
I think, Matt, I mean, you can get into that, but this to me, I don't have a problem with.
Yeah, it's interesting because for one thing, we don't know exactly what Amazon is going to offer here.