Regulation can be viewed as the Full-Time Employment Act for Lawyers. Some things are complicated both in their nature and the way change can morph
Doomscrolling in financial market journalism and commentary was so “way before” the current cellphone doomscrolling phenomena. And I am sure it was popular on stone
The mind can wander. This is a big corporate bankruptcy, and you haven’t seen many of them, given the sheer tidal wave of dollars that
“Based on analysts’ LinkedIn profiles, we identify a robust negative correlation between the expressive tone conveyed in their self-presentations and forecast accuracy, particularly among male
This has become a recent new, large position. We buried the Lede in our Strategy Letter, so here it is unvarnished for those afraid of
The very long cycle of ridiculousness continues in financial markets as judged by investor behavior in the usual suspects of “meme, crypto, return of the Spacs, credit recycling vs Chapter 11’s, the blind acceptance of Continuation Fund pitches and Washington DC output.”
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
