John Boyd: Fighter Pilot, Investment Strategist
The Strategic Game of ? and ? – John Boyd, June 1987
The Strategic Game of ? and ? – John Boyd, June 1987
…but not great. Outside of the prospect of Bernie Sanders being President of the United States, this viewpoint, which has been stubbornly correct for a
“The amendment will, among other things, suspend Live Nation’s net leverage covenant under its existing senior secured credit agreement for the second and third quarters
“Value” has a number of different components all tied at the hip. Internally, we simplify by mentally handicapping companies as either “Buffets or Grahams” based
Stuart Miller, Executive Chairman, Lennar Corp.March 19th Conference Call “But as you all consider framing your questions, please remember that the national landscape continues to
This is the basic version of a letter we are sending to Classic Value Small Cap clients this quarter. These thoughts are applicable across all our
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was asked at a press conference on March 31st about the risks of purchasing redundant medical equipment: “We are broke.
There aren’t that many times in an investor’s career when the environment changes so much in a few weeks. The following interview on the ValueWalk’s
Call us crazy, but the thought occurred us in the last few weeks that there might be stocks that have gotten crushed in the last
Well…he has less competition. From the ViaSat files: SoftBank’s OneWeb Is Said to Mull Bankruptcy as Cash Dwindles (Reprinted from Bloomberg, by Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, Gillian
Klarman Sees Bargains, Baupost Seeks More Capital During Chaos (Reprinted from Bloomberg, Michael McDonald, 2020-03-19) Seth Klarman is bargain hunting. The value investor told clients
Dear CSC Partner: In this uncharted mess of circumstances in which we are presently all immersed, unless requested otherwise, we will try to keep our
BREAKING: We interrupt this regularly scheduled letter for a brief and likely useless take on “the virus.” The first issue is that when a
From the 2020 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter to Shareholders: Board of Directors In recent years, both the composition of corporate boards and their purpose
Our favorite new acronym (within an industry that has far too many) is “TINA”. TINA is not the name of a person or object. It
It’s nice to know we’re not alone…although it feels that way sometimes. Source: AYI Q1 2020 10-Q Looks like there were some other shareholders who
Negative Interest Rates and Assorted Fixed Income Weirdness One Claudio Borio, head of the monetary and economic department at the BIS, recently remarked of $14.8
Download Cove Street Capital’s January 2020 Strategy Letter Number 38: “Repetition Can Be a Form of Change.”
While I will cop to a mildly obnoxious habit of introducing references that almost always require an internet search, I also will start this year
Every December our firm is excited to spend time and money toward a charitable cause that is chosen by a different CSC team member each
‘The Second’ Is Best: How El Segundo Grew Into LA’s Premiere Office Market: Commercial Observer
We really wanted to like what we read in the recently-released proxy statement for Acuity Brands (AYI). In response to an awful say-on-pay result from
Female CEOs are not correlated any differently with success than their gender counterparts. CFOs However? Interesting. S&P Global Quantamental Research
Thank you FT for this little reference. Pulling from the recent Softbank investor presentation, we present two of their charts referencing some “problems” at WeWork.
JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin has launched an attack on two of his pub chain’s biggest shareholders, accusing them of hypocrisy on corporate governance. Mr
It could be worse. This was parsed from a recent piece written by the great defender of the American capitalist system, Carl Icahn. On Aug.
In a prolonged anti-value momentum-driven rally, it’s easy and natural to forget the long-term value proposition of a rebalancing discipline. The evidence and intuition underlying
Under the heading of things that just can’t last, today’s topic is venture capital firms continuing to invest in technology companies that consistently lose an
Selloff in Complex Investments Flashes Warning for Junk Bonds