Maboussin with a deep dive on market share
Reading texts on paper seems to be more efficient than reading on a device
Nice write-up on HongKong’s Swire Pacific from Michael Fritzell
Marc Rubinstein makes the case for UK Banks as potentially interesting investment
Interesting pitch for FEMSA from Patient Capital
Insider Ideas thinks that Ocado might be worth a deeper look
Mark Suster thinks private (VC) valuations will need to reset
Former “Growth Darling” Saga Partners trying to explain -75% performance in the first 6M 2022
A great check list to identify interesting stocks “off the beaten path”
When Brad Feld, who has written the best book on Venture Capital, offers a free course on this topic, you should sign up.
Time machine: The “Burning Platform” memo of the CEO of Nokia from 2011 (why didn’t I buy Apple and Google back then ?)
Bireme Capital with a deep dive into their Twitter “special situation” investment
Some deep thoughts on when Share buy backs make sense and when not (Autozone, Altice US)
UK households seem to be hit most by high Natural Gas and Energy prices in Europe
Bireme Capital with a nice “post mortem” on their Tencent Music investment
Vitaly Katsenelson explains why he invested into Uber
Symmetry with a deep dive on GiG Media from Sweden
Interesting deep dive into bankrupt Crypto Fund Three Arrows Capital and its founders
Fred Wilson (AVC) summarizes his expectations for the Ethereum “Merge” towards Proof-of-Stake
Air Conditioning technology seems to be ripe for disruption
Timeless advice from Charlie Ellis for “Investing Amateurs”
Rob Vinall has released his half year letter and has announced a big surprise: Andreas Lechner will join him officially as partner
Iceberg research published a quite entertaining “short attack” on Victoria Plc, a UK flooring roll-up
Great write-up from Augustusville on Millicom (TIGO)
Failed Chinese fast grocery delivery MissFresh is a great case study for similar businesses
Former Tech Champion Intel looks like a train wreck these days
ProfitHunting with a write-up on Aluminium Producer Norsk Hydro
A very interesting article about the obscure market in Listerine royalties
The Rational Walk blog on why researching companies that are too expensive might actually make a lot of sense
The “Uber leaks” picture a horrible company
SPACs were never a good idea for anyone except the promoters and even Bill Ackman is sending money back to investors
Interesting post on AMETEK, a company that compounded nicely over several decades
Companies with difficult to pronounce names might be systematically undervalued
Chrysalis and other “listed VCs” seem to be far behind the curve in valuation of their holdings
Some interesting details on “Twitter vs. Musk”
Another interesting background article on Tiger Global
Elad Gil on the current state and future of Venture Capital (Twitter Thread)
A good reminder that Wealth doesn’t flow anywhere when stock prices go down
Ray Dalio thinks that Stagflation is coming
Excellent write-up on Fuchs Petrolub from Augustusville
And a great Sony Deep Dive from Asia Century stocks
Why the “long tail” promise in streaming never happened
Brad Feld thinks startups should prefer “clean” down rounds to crazy structures
A deep dive into the factors why Nuclear Power is so expensive
Despite some popular home runs, Biotech Stocks as a group have underperformed over the long term
The Value Shares blog likes Vopak (German)
Searching4Value likes Croatian Pharma stock Krka
Bill Gates has released his “5 books for the summer” reading list
TikTok seems to have become essential for Music labels
Not surprisingly, Wall Street Banks earned very well during the SPAC boom
And another long read on SPACs and upcoming regulation that would make the promoters actually liable (and therefore kill SPACs altogether, thank god)
“Undermoney” seems to be a very interesting book according to this review
In case you need a reminder: Market timing is not working
“The Superinvestors of Augustusville” looks like a promising new stock blog/substack
Interesting reference to a 1950s Spin-off and a very interesting sounding Special Situations Book
The Private Equity sector looks quite shaky based on the recent behaviour
Nice write-up on Apollo Global (although I would not invest there)
An interesting essay on streaming – Unbundling vs. Bundling etc. from the former CEO of Sky
NotBoring on the Terra-Luna implosion
Why the US has an infant formula (milk powder) crisis
The UndervaluedJapan Blog celebrates its (slightly frustrated) 10th anniversary
Rare feature on Chris Hohn (TCI Fund)
John Hempton is angry about the Management of Swedish Match because of the proposed take over
There is some evidence that “Bond King” Bill Gross was indeed a great bond investor
Wired story about Shein, the Chinese Ultra Fast fashion company
A not so positive take on Spotify
Some very deep (and not very optimistic) thoughts on inflation by Prof. Damodaran
A nice pitch for Medios AG from VERUS (German)
Nice post on some lessons learned from “master capital allocator” Tom Murphy (Capital Cities)
A good thing to remember: Warren Buffett’s (short term) market timing skills are not that good
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