By: Ben Claremon | Principal & Portfolio Manager We are often evaluated by our current (and potential) partners based on our most glaring successes and
In a world that swims with absolutely awful and irrational economic ideas, this piece somehow manages to sink below the daily discourse and establishes a
Sirius XM CFO David Frear discussing the rumor that Sirius will buy out Live Nation: We kind of get the need for people to sort
Charlie Munger on the Psychology of Human Misjudgment: Harvard University, 1995
From The Journal of Investing: What Happens to Stocks when Interest Rates Rise?
Cosmetic Improvement? The latest survey of US Consumers by Bespoke Investment revealed something both depressing and very interesting. The survey, in its fourth year, regularly
From AQR Capital Management’s Journal of Portfolio Management
Can’t See For Miles The perils of technology forecasting, particularly regarding energy – Mark P. Mills Railroads, the automobile and aircraft, chemistry and pharmaceuticals, electricity,
From the “Adjusted Earnings” disease to privately funding and valuing Unicorns, to the (“alleged”) Theranos fraud, to zero covenant lending, to the spectacle of Elon
From JP Morgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon’s Letter to Shareholders 2018:: There are some modest negatives or potentially important differences (than during the last crisis): •
A friend of mine, Richard Lewis, runs a very interesting blog called Latticework Investing. Richard is a huge Charlie Munger fan and provides a great
Consolidated Tomoka Investor Presentation – 2018 Annual Meeting
From The Financial Times: Recently the financier Bill Miller donated $75m to the study of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. The size of the gift
“We’re in Omaha, let’s say you had bought the Union Pacific Railroad yourself, like we bought the BNSF, and you had bought it a year
(Bloomberg) – Companies rebranding themselves as cryptocurrency firms aren’t the only ones benefiting from bitcoin mania. Crypto Co. today disclosed a private stock sale to
As we close out the year, I would like to “note” one Steve Duneier, who is frankly difficult to describe, as one can imagine after
From a November 2017 Counsel on Foreign Relations interview by Co-Chairman Ermeritus Robert Rubin of David Swensen, CIO of Yale University. So for most of
One of Wall Street’s Favorite Metrics Is Now Getting Mocked | Bloomberg
BITCOIN: J.P. Morgan boss Jamie Dimon: “It’s a fraud. It’s worse than tulip bulbs. It won’t end well. Someone is going to get killed.” In
Some universal ideas that are entirely relevant here.
Being gluttons for punishment, this is the entire Bezos collection. At least we haven’t been short. Reprinted from the 1998 Amazon Annual Report Work Hard,
While he is reigning terror on the rest of portfolio, these are thoughts we share from Jeff Bezos. First, never use a one-size-fits-all decision-making process.
Risk—the extent of loss that a person or an organization can withstand without having to significantly change spending habits. THIS drives a lot more market
From the Grants Interest Rate Observer: P.P.S. To root out speculative excess, a periodic mission of the Beijing financial police, is easier said than done
by Eugene Robin | Principal, Research Analyst The so-called “Trump Rally” has been fascinating to watch from our vantage point. For one thing, it has
Strings Attached — a 2007 write-up of the vintage-guitar market. ‘Gits in Yer’ 401k — 2006 commentary on vintage guitars as a long-term investment.
John Hussman is an economist who runs some mutual funds. He has been bearish and miserably wrong for a long time, but he is thoughtful
