Is Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) a Smart Long-term Buy?

Alger Spectra Fund recently released its Q3 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. Class A shares of the Alger Spectra Fund outperformed the Russell 3000 Growth Index during the third quarter of 2020. You should check out Alger Spectra Fund’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of 2021.

In the Q3 2020 Investor Letter, Alger Spectra Fund Fund highlighted a few stocks and Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) is one of them. Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) is an e-commerce company. Year-to-date, Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) stock gained 11.4% and on December 29th it had a closing price of $236.26. Here is what Alger Spectra Fund said:

“Alibaba is the dominant ecommerce platform in the Chinese economy. where ecommerce remains underpenetrated and fast growing. It is also a leading player in China’s cloud computing, big data analytics. digital media and entertainment markets. The performance of shares of Alibaba reflects investor excitement about its ability to exploit the large addressable market opportunities in ecommerce and cloud computing because of state-enacted barriers blocking foreign competitive entry.

Additionally the accelerating pace of consumer spending in China is one.of the world’s greatest growth stories and Alibaba is a prime beneficiary.”

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Last week, we published an article revealing that Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) was one of the 10 best large cap stocks to buy right now according to billionaire Ray Dalio.

In Q3 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) stock increased by about 8% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers believe in Alibaba’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) is ranked #4 among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.

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