Get ready for growth stocks to come roaring back to life says this top-performing manager. Here are his picks.

But value’s moment is fading, Sparrow told MarketWatch in a recent interview. “That period has ended, in our opinion, because the economy is slowing down, recently we had a weaker jobs report and housing data, so growths stocks will probably be back in favor and over value,” he said. (Read a February interview with Gerald Sparrow).

As for stocks set to benefit from that turn, he shares a few ideas from the portfolio, starting with Coupa Software COUP, +0.43%, a cloud platform for business spend management that drives corporate digital business transformations. Their “sweet spot is supply-chain management so companies who want to increase their business, or become more efficient, and go digital and control their supply chain, this is the company they’re using,” said Sparrow. Coupa shares are down 26% year to date.

His next pick is MongoDB MDB, -1.17%, which helps companies organize, store and access their large databases. AstraZeneca AZN, +1.46%, Cisco CSCO, +0.07% and SAP SAP, -1.58% SAP, +0.18%, are just some of its customers. Wall Street analysts are predicting 33% sales growth for this year and next, he said. Shares of MongoDB have climbed 41% so far this year.

DoorDash DASH, +1.62%, which specializes in completing that “last mile” of deliveries, is his next pick. That refers to “anything that can replace us going to the store,” said Sparrow. The company delivers for retailers like Walmart WMT, +0.28% and PetSmart, and is making life convenient for shoppers, in an Amazon-esque way, he said.

While Wall Street is predicting sales will grow 61% this year and slow 20% next year he remains a fan. “I’m a frequent flier in the DoorDash ecosystem and I know how good it is and I know how convenient it is, mentally,” he said. DoorDash shares are up 54% this year so far.

Another pick is Snap SNAP, +4.71%, the parent of Mobile messaging app Snapchat, which he refers to as a “camera company.” Wall Street is expecting sales growth of 67% this year and 47% next year for the company that lets people live in the moment. Sparrow notes Snap’s forays into augmented reality, and partnerships with Disney DIS, -0.14% for entertainment and dating app Bumble. Snapchat shares are up 65% this year.

His last pick is Singapore-based Sea Ltd. SE, -0.67%, which happens to be one of his biggest holdings. The consumer internet company has stakes in gaming, e-commerce and digital financial services. While he has few foreign stocks, Sea stood out because of its extremely high growth rate — in June, the company reported a total GAAP revenue gain of 158%, said Sparrow. Sea is up 71% this year.

What the above stocks have in common is the digital economy, said Sparrow.

“If they’re not storefront companies like Snapchat, Sea, they are the pipeline and the wiring for the digital economy like Coupa’s software and Mongo’s database,” he said. “And as the economy continues to move online, entertainment, financial services — that’s where the growth is.”

Running on empty, all over

Energy, or rather a lack of, is a hot topic for Monday. Thousands of gas stations ran dry in the U.K. on Sunday, while power outages in China have closed factories and darkened households. Goldman Sachs boosted its Brent crude BRN00, +1.64% outlook to $90 by the end -2021, calling Hurricane Ida the most bullish in U.S. history. Oil CL00, +1.70% and natural gas prices NGV21, +4.90% are climbing this morning.

Pfizer PFE, -0.57% has started a Phase 2/3 trial of a COVID-19 oral antiviral candidate for adults who are living with someone who has tested positive for the virus. The pharmaceutical company believes, if successful, the therapy could stop COVID before it can replicate.

Tesla TSLA, +2.75% is expanding driver access to its beta “Full Self-Driving” feature, despite regulatory concerns, while a proxy group is urging a board shake-up and greater corporate accountability.

Durable goods orders are ahead, to kick off a week that will bring us updates on inflation, home prices, manufacturing and consumer confidence. We’ll also hear from a ton of Federal Reserve officials this week, including Chair Jerome Powell.

The markets

Along with energy prices, stock futures ES00, -0.25% YM00, +0.05% are mostly higher, though those for the Nasdaq-100 NQ00, -0.72% are off as the yield on the 10-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, 1.493% has hit 1.48%, a level not seen since June, while the 30-year TMUBMUSD30Y, 2.016% topped 2%. German stocks DAX, +0.37% are leading Europe SXXP, -0.14% higher after the Social Democrats beat the center-right bloc led by departing Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Bitcoin BTCUSD, -0.24% and other cryptocurrencies are moving up, after China jolted the market last week with a ban that could see lingering effects.

The chart

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