The coast seems a little clear, Monster Truck Rain excepted. Since I dread writing this time of year from the standpoint of “predictions for any
Almost a year ago to date, financial markets had a mini freeze over some high profile examples of “liquidity issues” in the banking sector. Our
Last week the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued final rules for special purpose acquisition companies (Spacs). IN 2024! Final Rule Special Purpose Acquisition Companies,
Buffett was basically saying to Wall Street firms: “Even if you hire 100 brilliant Ph.D.s to run your models, no sensible estimate will emerge.” These
Full kudos on the young man who came up with this scheme. But if there ever was an idea that is ripe for abuse it
Statement Dissenting from Approval of Proposed Rule Changes to List and Trade Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Products
It doesn’t matter whether company size is measured as assets, market value, sales, revenue, or number of employees — bigger firms pay more … way more.
The Verdad people do interesting work. That they tend to conclude with our internal bias towards toward small and value makes them even more fascinating.
”But what if you found out that key data underlying that breakthrough were actually wrong?” Academic research is fun-ish. A problem with making money from
The idea of regulation and the establishment of a legitimate exchange is to ensure that phony and fraudulent ideas DON’T go public in the first place.
Let’s be clear. Investing money is really about one of at least three things: structuring a pool of capital to meet stated goals, simply making
A sneaky little cull from the Financial Times this week on the world of Private Credit. Some in long pants might recall the former Citi CEO calling the top in 2007.
This is the FINRA proposal allowing investment managers to include specific return targets when raising money from “qualified” pools of money. If I knew I
We bought our Mutual Fund for $1 when we started Cove Street. It might have been overvalued on an NPV weighted for back-office commitment. This
The good folks at Verdad do quantitative work that exceeds our personal time commitment to the quantitative. So they are part of our read widely
Rigorous investment analysis involves the consideration of all “known” variables as well as a wide swathe of qualitative considerations of unknown unknowns to the best
“Generally speaking, it pays to stay away from declining businesses. It’s very hard. You’d be amazed at some of the offers of businesses we get
The calendar third quarter of 2023 was a messy one for financial markets at large, and we were not immune to its lack of charms.
The International Energy Agency has forecasted that demand for fossil fuels will peak before 2030. “I don’t think they’re remotely right . . . You can build scenarios, but
Somewhat obvious relevance to what we do here from a New Yorker profile of Lionel Messi: The legendary striker can often be found off the
And it deserves widespread distribution. SEC Charges Newell Brands and Former CEO for Misleading Investors About Sales Performance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2023-210 Washington D.C., Sept.
By Dawn Lim, Layan Odeh and Linly Lin (Bloomberg Businessweek) — In its heyday, Fenway Partners snapped up a fleet of companies from outposts overlooking
I would think the general institutional investor that is in Private Equity funds understands that they are buying into a pool of investments, each of
The world turns. New people are born and eventually move off the couch and into something resembling employment. And thus new generations of nonsense about
From Bloomberg article Rogers Wins as Court Blasts ‘Unreasonable’ Antitrust Czar August 30th, 2023 (Bloomberg) — A court ordered Canada’s competition body to pay millions
From Berkshire Annual Meeting 2023: What gives you opportunities is other people doing dumb things. And it’s — and I would say that — well,
From industry rag FundFire: Janus Henderson CEO Ali Dibadj is making no secret of his goal to buy private credit capabilities, saying in an earnings
