Process. Interesting. Re-read annually. Deleted half the lists and ideas in the “get to it later” email folder. Reading outside the obvious. Hacking the CSC
Thanks for Re-Tip from the Byrne at the Diff for something I have read periodically since 1983. Translation? The world’s a big place and you cannot
Murray Stahl has been referenced here before. Google away on him and Horizon Kinetics and sit down for some long reads. A great writer he
I lifted this from a recent Financial Times piece. What I will add for the intrepid reader is a longer time horizon. It is correct
This was from a recent Wall Street Journal article. I would simply like to be on an investment committee being pitched “let’s give the kid
revise the definition of “accredited investor” from high-net-worth individuals to anyone who passes a federally mandated exam
If nothing else but by not being REALLY early. And it’s not fair to whomever they are to suggest that the letter lacks little detail
Yes, I signed up. Unless you are an accountant or a banker, you would probably rather go to the dentist than listen to a speech
Yes, there are some people who think it is fun to read the 1977 to 1997 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letters on the Beach. It is
This is a speech given in 1998 by Arthur Levitt, the SEC Commissioner. He obviously had a sense of the nature of man and money,
While the “Institute” was ripping up a Graham-esque curriculum to focus on climate change and DEI initiatives, this dude was having a field day with
Sometimes you just don’t know people. Or what drives them. And so mistakes can be made when you try to equate what seems to add
In a nutshell, valuations matter. Good past performance tends to attract and avalanche of money which raises the valuation of said investment bucket which steals
From CNBC as Noted in Grants: “In finance, when you’re playing defense, you’re almost certainly losing,” [Ken] Griffin said to Citadel’s new class of summer
I am normally loath to add commentary on the macro yack d’jure as I simply can’t imagine you woke up this morning wondering, wow, I
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” The former wrote the attached piece,
Charlie Munger, the former vice chairman at Berkshire Hathaway, has a take on drawdowns worth quoting in detail: “I think it’s in the nature of long-term
Anyone who uses electrical components is a giant importer. This is a good look at what is happening on the border now. Not pretty. To
Read this: Now pull up the chart of Constellation Software. Operators are standing by.
I think this cut and paste from a recent email might apply and be helpful to any lurkers. Operators are standing by. Now that
Rarely has a man been so quoted and so rarely followed, except maybe Christ and Mohammed. “Dude, I was at Berkshire with my buddies…are you
Yes, it’s corporate governance season and I have spent two awful periods of time recently: watching the LA Kings and the stupendous waste of time
The company is Global Indemnity(GBLI). We own it where we can, and I own it personally. We have written about it before, here. Cheap, weird,
The trend is the idea that a Board of Directors should effectively pay greenmail to a departing Director in order for him/her to shut their mouths and go away.
And I don’t mean 124 word Tweets. Annual Reports, 10-K’s and Proxies are “basic” and one would think everyone reads them so where is the
From Research Affiliates: Small Caps, Big Opportunities: Investing Beyond Large-Cap Stocks By Que Nguyen, Xi Liu, and Mario Albuquerque In today’s market, the historically wide
I will admit to a man-crush on Fernando. This is on the money if I feel like expressing an opinion on the last week. Spoiler
