We will credit the Financial Times for this tidbit. Let’s assume a Chairman with a Forbes estimate of net worth north of $4 billion works
In a March 8th interview in the FT (which is behind the paywall, so I will summarize), Cliff Asness of AQR continues to lead the charge for why seven stocks won’t rule the world forever. And a few other non-original thoughts that are still worth repeating.
Even if one assumes this makes any sense, it will take a really long time to kill off the carbon transportation business.(Cars and Trucks) The
We “usually” hate corporate governance structures where there is unequal voting rights accorded to different share classes. And we are wary of “control” situations where
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir on CNBC this week: “I love burning the short sellers. Almost nothing makes a human happier than taking the lines
Yes, it is easy to see how “older and crankier” develops when the nouveau twitter gushes over a Buffet aphorism that was seemingly revelatory in…1986?
Stop and Buy This Book: The Counting House by Gary Sernovitz
Liberty Trip filed to both “delist” to the pink sheets and move incorporation from Delaware to Nevada.
Except from IAC’s Q4 earnings call:
Yes, I broke my “Don’t do Podcast” rule from the enlightened height of our own self-interest. And it’s a classic example of the world in
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
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.
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
