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Thoughts

Exclusive commentary and insights from Team CSC's deep fundamental research, repeatable investment process, and culture of continuous improvement.

Category: Specific Stock Ideas

The Markel 2018 Annual Report

Worth reading at least the first six pages. A class act that we stupidly sold long ago when it seemed “expensive.” Before tripling again. Whether

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YELP

This is a relatively new purchase for Cove Street and we are delighted to see something thoughtful and intelligent to assist our cause. “While we

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A Time-Tested Way to Lose Money

(Business Wire) — NEW YORK — November 17, 2017 Real Industry, Inc. (NASDAQ: RELY) (“Real Industry” or the “Company”) today announced that it has initiated

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Satellite Potshots

— Download this post as a PDF — “Is there not A tongue in every star that talks with man, And wooes him to be

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Wash, Rinse, Repeat

From the 2016 Liberty Media Annual Report Dear Fellow Shareholders, The past twelve months have seen the continued structural evolution of Liberty Media. Most notably,

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A New Beginning

Forestar Announces CEO Transition, Management Promotions and Board Retirements  ************************  September 28, 2015 06:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Forestar Group Inc. (NYSE: FOR)

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Forestar

Download a press release from Forestar Group Inc. (Ticker: FOR)

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The Reluctant Warriors

A friend of ours who works for a well-known activist firm summed it up perfectly when he said, “We are living in the era of

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Tessera: Our Vote is In

Our premise is simple: we bought Tessera because the stock was cheap and we received nearly free optionality on either the development of a new

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Hello Ruby Tuesday

A few weeks ago, Cove Street was asked to present a small cap stock idea for the 2013 Small-Cap Investing Summit. Our analyst Ben Claremon

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All About CSC

Cove Street Capital Calling

Despite having twenty-eight years in the investment management industry and the natural cynicism that comes with experience, I nonetheless retain the ability to be amazed

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Specific Stock Ideas

Buy a Used Guitar, Not the Stock

In my analytical career, there is a laundry list of things I have studied for investment purposes, including such topics as life insurance, cement, pet

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