Last month (May 21st, 2025), we launched a portfolio consisting of the seven stocks our social media community just won’t shut up about. The concept was simple: using a $1,000 starting balance, invest in seven extremely disruptive companies that our favorite social media investing influencers mentioned the most (with the most enthusiasm) over the past month, using our discretion to pick the best of the bunch. The portfolio was equal-weighted at launch and will be rebalanced monthly to optimize risk.
Before we get into the nitty gritty, we want to mention that ‘The Nag 7’ is one of our focus portfolios at NeedleStrat, and we will continue to refine our methodology as more information becomes available. As such, this is a volatile portfolio, and we will continue to provide updates on choices, performance, and rebalancing as we adapt. With that in mind, let’s get into ~the deets~.
01. Our Initial ‘Nag 7’ Contains Trailblazers and Disruptors in High-Growth Industries
At launch, our Nag 7 portfolio included the following stocks: Palantir (PLTR), Robinhood (HOOD), Sofi (SOFI), Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Oscar Health (OSCR), and AST Spacemobile (ASTS). We have not rebalanced the portfolio to date.
Why Do We Like These Stocks?
1) Palantir (PLTR)
Despite being one of the hottest names in the market, Palantir still has a lot of room to run. In fact, we have heard whispers of Palantir being ‘undervalued’, despite trading at an earnings multiple of 580 (in simple terms – the stock is extremely expensive compared to the revenue they generate).
Why would we buy a stock that’s so expensive?
Well, the easiest way to explain it is to note that we are still in the infancy stages of Artificial Intelligence, and Palantir is one companies that is best-positioned to win long-term. They have a premium product, tons of business and government relationships, a massive data universe, and frankly, a leader with a clear vision, which we see as a net positive despite some of his ~antics~.
2) Robinhood (HOOD)
We have been hooked on HOOD for a long time now, and for good reason. If you walk up to any American under the age of 30 and ask them how they invest their money, a vast majority of them (that invest their money) will probably mention Robinhood at some point in the conversation.
Robinhood has an enormous user base of young investors with higher risk tolerances who stand to benefit from ‘The Great Wealth Transfer’ from Boomers and Gen X to their younger generational counterparts. Because Robinhood has a best-in-class user interface and was among the first to provide access to Cryptocurrency, Options Trading, Futures Trading, and Events Markets, they made their platform incredibly ‘sticky’ making it difficult for their user base to leave because they like the experience so much.
On top of all that, they have a great leader in Vlad Tenev, who has great relationships with policymakers and a clear vision for the future of the company in terms of product innovation, expansion opportunities (to new countries, etc.), and a potentially endless pipeline of new customers as a result of the ‘Invest America’ initiative, which will presumably drive huge volumes of new users to Robinhood at birth.
And if that isn’t enough, it’s also a top candidate to enter into the S&P 500 in future rebalancing periods. Needless to say, people are pretty hooked on HOOD.
3) Sofi (SOFI)
This one was not really on our radar for a long time, but so many of our favorite X accounts like it that we had to learn more. In fact, we had the luxury of learning about Sofi by downloading the app as a new user and going through the experience with an open mind to see what we thought of the platform.
In short, we loved it (so much so that we use it for our Nag 7 portfolio). The app is simple, user-friendly, and visually appealing. It provides tons of different options for saving, spending, and investing, and even gives investors unique access to some really exciting funds. For example, the ‘Private Markets’ tab gives investors access to the ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX), which has stake in private companies like SpaceX, OpeanAI, and EpicGames, among others.
On top of that, Sofi might stand to benefit from Robinhood’s ‘risk-forward’ approach. Sofi feels like a much more ‘child-friendly’ app than Robinhood (despite access to options and leveraged ETFs). We were discussing internally, and if we were to start an investing account for our children, we would probably prefer Sofi to Robinhood to avoid giving our children access to sports betting at birth.
This company is still very young and has a lot of room to innovate and grow. Seems like our community got this one right. Time will tell!
4) Hims & Hers Health (HIMS)
For a while, our team had only heard of Hims & Hers from YouTube ads, primarily on shows like Bob Does Sports. That got our marketing brains thinking – this is a really smart way to target a cohort that is about to deal with serious male pattern baldness, so we looked into it further.
The first thing we noticed (aside from a lot of Buzz from investing influencers) was that HIMS is a cash flow machine (one of the best positive indicators of future stock performance). Their business model has led many to call them ‘the future of healthcare’, and their new business partnerships with companies like Novo Nordisk (for WeGovy, which is similar to Ozempic) and Zava (kind of a European version of HIMS) give HIMS a ton of room to expand, along with the capital to continue investing in growth.
Given Hims & Hers Health continues to remain relevant with younger age groups, we think it will continue to perform well for a long, long time.
5) Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Despite its stock cratering in recent memory, AMD is still well-positioned to win in the semiconductor space. New partnerships (such as their engagement with Microsoft’s Xbox), and relative strengths in AI Inference technology (vs. companies like NVIDIA) suggest AMD will likely continue along its long-term growth trajectory barring a broader market downturn. Plus, market sentiment is incredibly bullish even though the stock has been on the decline. As such, we think the stock is undervalued at its current price point.
6) Oscar Health (OSCR)
We had no idea about Oscar Health before we heard about it on X, but now that we do, we find it pretty exciting. As everyone in America knows, our health system is a living nightmare, due in part to the lack of efficiency (among many other factors) in the insurance claims process.
Oscar Health is leveraging AI to elevate that experience for patients and providers alike. In doing so, OSCR aims to make the entire end-to-end experience far more seamless and stress-free than it is today. We are still in the early innings of this field and if Oscar implements this technology effectively, they will surely gain share in this dinosaur of an industry (however, we see a lot of exciting developments in the space).
They also have great fundamentals. Consistent revenue growth, strong free cash flow, and considerable institutional interest, and a low earnings multiple indicate this might be a good one to get in on early.
7) AST Spacemobile (ASTS)
When we heard about the capabilities of ASTS and the almost instant massive subscriber growth upon launch, we were immediately interested. Plus, the name Spacemobile is pretty cool. Adam to add logo images above each
02. So far, the portfolio is doing well!
Robinhood is our best performer to date (+10%), followed by Palantir (+6%), AMD (+3%), ASTS (2%), Sofi (2%), HIMS (1%), and Oscar Health (1%). The Nag 7 portfolio is already up 4% and is showing a lot of potential for growth! *Remember to include some of those screenshots from the account
03. In Conclusion
P.S. For those of you who don’t know – ‘The Nag 7’ is our spin on ‘The Mag 7’ (The Magnificent 7), which consists of some of the largest, most exciting names in the stock market like NVIDIA, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Tesla, Meta, and Apple.
