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(legendary) VC Investor Sequoia Capital tells its portfolio companies to batten down the hatches

A deep look into US Pay TV which looks more and more like a Zombie product 

The march newsletter of spinoffstockinvesting (Registration required or read via RSS)

The Zephir blog thinks that Belgian stock Barco could be a buy now

Yetanothervalueblog is still positive on Airplane Leasing company Aercap

RIT (Rothschild Investment Trust) 2019 annual report

Congrats, the GlobalStockPicking blog is now 5 years old

Intro

Most readers know that I normally don’t do market comments, however this post will be an exception (and should therefore maybe ignored ?).

To be clear, I have no special information or personal opinion on how far the COVID virus will spread and what the ultimate effect of all this might be. Will there be a recession due to supply chain disruptions ? Will we see another stock market drop like 2002/2003 or 2008/2009 ? No idea, but in any case it makes sense to review what I think is the most reasonable way to behave for long term investors.

20 rules that might help you to survive, or at least sleep better

Situations like this are not unique and over the years I have created for myself some rules that might be helpful or not:

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Must read: Why the (VC backed) technology sector seems to look very similar to the US shale industry some years ago

John Kingham thinks that DIageo is a good company but overvalued

UndervaluedShares with a great feature on the Lundin Group and how to make money in the “Dark Corners” of the capital markets

Are travel related stocks now a “Buy” ?

The Rational Capitalist blog has an in depth look into Buffett’s share repurchases over the years

GlobalStockPicking likes Greatview Aseptic, a competitor to Tetrapak

A critical viewon the “secret sauce” of the Private Equity industry

A short thesis for Dunkin Brands

A very interesting article on US fast food franchises and what Chick- fil-A does differently

The UK Value Investor with a “post mortem” of his Aggreko position

ZephyrDatabase with the next installment of its All Belgian Share project

The 2019 annual report of the TGV Truffle fund

Some interesting technical observations on Tesla’s short interest

Now this imakes an interesting pair: Paul Singer’s Elliott goes activist on Masa Son’s Softbank