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LULU

A collection of 15 issues

Why “Affordable Luxury” Doesn't Compound

Programming Note: MBI Deep Dives will be off during the weekend and I will resume the daily posting cadence from Monday next week. Even though I sold my Lululemon position last year, I have to admit I don’t quite feel much relief for avoiding the 50% drawdown experienced this year.

Lululemon's Succession

Regular readers are likely aware that I have lost my shirt by investing in Lululemon. To add further salt to my injury, the stock started going up a bit only after I sold it. Joking (or lamenting) aside, Lulu’s board came to the same conclusion I did three months

Never Sell: Episode 10-Lululemon, Align, LLMs and Newsletters, Portfolio Holdings, Right for the Right Reasons

For the “Never Sell” podcast, Scuttleblurb and I published a new episode. You can listen to it here: Spotify, Apple, YouTube, RSS feed As the title suggests, we tried to cover a bunch of topics, but I wanted to highlight our discussion on Lululemon. Lululemon has been a big loser

Lululemon 2Q'25 Update

Over the last few quarters, there have been a murmur around Lululemon potentially needing a new management to right their ship. Given that they tripled their revenue in the last six years under Calvin McDonald’s leadership, I was reluctant to join this chorus. However, after yesterday’s call, admittedly

Amazon 2Q'25, Portfolio Change

A programming note: For my next Deep Dive, I am currently working on Union Pacific which I will publish sometime later this month. After Union Pacific, I will do a Deep Dive on ASML in September. You can find all the past 61 Deep Dives here. Subscribe Amazon 2Q’25

Google's response, Lululemon Community

Google shared couple of blog posts last week that seem worth highlighting. Google is experimenting with a new feature called “Web Guide” which basically looks like Google itself will write a “blog post” in response to your query but instead of links being hyperlinked (as they are in a typical

MBI Daily Dose (July 13, 2025)

Companies or topics mentioned in today's Daily Dose: Future of logistics, Rise of Dupes, Meta vs EU, follow-up on Wealth Ladder Austin Vernon argues that AI-driven autonomy and battery electrification may profoundly transform the labor-plus-fuel cost stack that makes trucking and last-mile delivery

Lululemon 1Q'25 Update

Disclosure: I own January 2026 $165 Call Options While the quarter looks mostly okay, Lulu’s guide is the primary culprit for the stock to be down 20%+ after-hours today. Before we get into that, let me recap the quarter first and then I will share some highlights from

Lululemon 4Q'24 Update

Disclosure: I own January 2026 $165 Call Options Since its IPO back in 2007, Lululemon always posted double-digit revenue growth every single year. While there was plenty of skepticism throughout 2024, they managed to eke out double digit growth last year. But 2025 topline guidance of 5-7% implies

Lululemon 3Q'24 Update

Disclosure: I own January 2026 $165 LULU Call Options While the overall market continues to hit All-time High almost every other day, Lulu has been battling the skeptics for much of this year. There is still a long way to go, but with the stock now up almost 50%