Volatility, Headlines, and Active Opportunity

Sonu Chawla of Times Square Capital Management shares her investment philosophy, focusing on growth with a conscience, valuation discipline, and management assessment. Stocks discussed include Argenx, Carpenter Technologies, Cheniere, and JFrog. The conversation provides insights into how Sonu navigates market dislocations, valuation challenges, and sector opportunities.

Sonu's bio: Sonu is a Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst, and Partner in TimesSquare’s growth equity group. She is responsible for research coverage of the Software, Technology Services, and Internet & Communications sectors within TMT industry. Sonu joined TimesSquare in August 2018 from Pine River Capital Management, a multi-strategy hedge fund where she was a Senior Analyst covering TMT sectors across Software, Internet, Services, Hardware and Telecom. Her previous research analyst experiences were as a Senior TMT Analyst at Surveyor Capital platform of Citadel and an Analyst at Fred Alger Management. Sonu has an M.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and an M.B.A from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society New York. Sonu is conversational in Hindi.

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