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Musings: Pareto’s Law, Fed Independence, and Retail Traders Gone Wild
Alex here with your latest Friday Macro Musings…As always, if you come across something cool during the week, shoot an email to alex@macro-ops.com and we’ll share it with the group.Latest Articles/Podcasts/Videos — Your Monday Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] — I look at buy climaxes, wild speculation, some strangely muted sentiment, and positioning data, then get…
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Episode 12: Building A Great Product w/ Robert Koyfman, Founder of Koyfin.com
Rob Koyfman is the founder and CEO of Koyfin.com. Rob has a tremendous background in the world of finance, investment and trading. He’s a CFA Charterholder and former Goldman Sachs VP.In 2015 Rob left the corporate world to start Koyfin.com. A one man operation. Rob grew Koyfin into a fast-growing financial analysis website. Rob’s vision…
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Ackman Nets 50%, More Investor Letters & Housel’s Latest Long-Form
Hope you’ve had a great week so far! Lots going on in the value corners of the markets. As always, we’ve got a bunch of Q4 Letters to roll through.But before we do that, check out my latest podcast with Cliff Sosin of CAS Investment Partners. I had a blast listening to Cliff spout off…
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Your Monday Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] #20
Try as one might, when one looks into the future, there is no such thing as ‘complete’ information, much less a ‘complete’ forecast. As a consequence, I have found that the fastest way to an effective forecast is often through a sequence of lousy forecasts. ~ Paul Saffo Good morning!In this week’s Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] we look at buy…
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Illiquid Stocks: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Illiquid stocks are the last frontier for investors seeking an informational edge. It’s the wild west of financial markets. A stock picker’s dream. But it’s not all glam and gold on the lower end of the liquidity spectrum. Illiquid stocks are as great as they are dangerous. Like anything, it’s what you don’t know that…
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Musings: A Dangerous Idea and an Italian Defense Stock Ready To Launch
Alex here with your latest Friday Macro Musings…As always, if you come across something cool during the week, shoot an email to alex@macro-ops.com and we’ll share it with the group.Latest Articles/Podcasts/Videos — Your Monday Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] — I look at Democratic Primary probabilities, then give a coronavirus update along with potential regional economic…
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Episode 11 – Long-Term & Differentiated Thinking with Clifford Sosin, CAS Investment Partners
Clifford Sosin runs CAS Investment Partners. The fund is a value oriented partnership focusing on investing in great businesses at discounted prices to their future value.Here’s what we talk about in today’s podcast: Cliff’s early days at UBS The genius of the bankruptcy system How Cliff finds ideas Mental models Specialty Retail Stores: Party City…
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More Ideas From Your Favorite Value Investor Letters
After a brief stint of daily content, I’m back with your weekly favorites. From here on out, expect your normal Wednesday morning Value Hive in your inbox. We’re back in the saddle.If you haven’t had a chance to check out my latest podcast episodes, you can find them here: Episode 9: Dave Waters, Alluvial Capital…
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Be Fire and Wish for the Wind
“Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire. “Likewise with randomness, uncertainty, chaos; you want to use them, not hide from them. You want to be the fire and wish for the wind. This summarizes this author’s non-meek attitude to randomness and uncertainty. “We don’t just want to survive uncertainty, to just about make it. We…