Chinese researchers conclude that Ai cannot pick (Chinese) stocks successfully
The Slow Compounding Substack on Swedish Serial Acquirer Momentum Group
KNA Capital thinks that Howden’s has a great opportunity in the US (Via Flyover stocks)
Quick pitches for three cheap French Technology stocks
Another set of short musings from Graoully
A nice interview with Jensen’s Group CEO and Chairman
The Blackwood Research Substack has a great series of unusual stocks
Great deep dive into Software Serial Acquirer Vitec from the Slow Compounding Substack
A nice collection of 26 different UK stock ideas from the “British Alpha” Substack
A great story on the history of the Bloomberg Terminal
Latticework with a quite contrarian pitch on Nike
The Value don’t lie Substack with a good summary of what to look for (and avoid) when investing into turn-arounds
Already a few weeks ago, the Hidden Value Research Substack had a decent write-up on CTS Eventim
A very reflected travel report from a Japanese Investor visiting the US & Canada
Graoullie (or his Antagonist) on the history of Dior and the LVMH holding structure
Andrew Brown with an update on Exor Spa
Some good thoughts about the impact of Meta’s Muse on “Inertia loser” stocks
Corteva is spinning of its Seeds business soon. Good write-up from “Value don’t lie”.
Howard Marks on US interest rates, deficits and the Dollar
A decent deep dive into Rightmove from UK Dividend Stocks
The Hermit substack on struggling Swedish Serial Acquirer Green Landscaping
The Slow Compounding substack is “teeing up” a series on 12 less obvious, overlooked serial acquirers
The Quality Stocks Substack with a “Software is not dead” pitch
Warren Buffett now also stepped down as Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway after six decades
For the fans of “special effects accounting”: Prof Meintner on some creative IFRS accounting at Orange
The AI hype of the Weekend is a new type of model called “Jev”. It’s not as smart as an LLM, but much cheaper, faster and doesn’t hallucinate (Youtube)
Canada has hosted an interesting “invest in Canada” summit last week. Maybe time to look deeper into the Canadian stock market in more depth.
The Bear Cave Substack points out potential problems at Jackson Financial, this time in the form of some Reinsurance Alchemy
Dario Amodei’s Essay on “pacing AI development” is worth reading
Also the independent review of the Hugging Face “Swarm attack” is a good but scary read.
Emerging Value with an overview of interesting Argentinian stocks
Some very interesting insights from Prof Damodaran on Interest rates and stock prices
Andrew Brown (Dynasty) with an update on Belgium Holdco D’ieteren and Belron
Quality Stocks on Uber’s Delivery Hero acquisition (which could in itself be an interesting special sit)
Charlie Huggins with a decent “bucket list” of topics when assessing company culture
Some deep thoughts on writing with AI from VC legend Brad Feld
Some thoughts on how mRNA technology could move beyond vaccines
Nice 6M letter from Intrinsic Funds with deep dives into Mercado Libre & Nubank
A new Mauboussin paper on the wisdom and non-wisdom of crowds
A great presentation on UK Trusts at a discount via Swen Lorenz
An epic and well written introduction and deep dive into the (US) Power Market
Even in “everything goes” Texas, AI data centers face more scrutiny on power and resources consumption
Interesting profile on Bill Ackman from Fortune Magazine
Recommended: Sector Stories Substack with yet another well research post, this time on the luxury industry
Interesting deep dive into OpenAIs Business model from a Private Equity perspective
At least in the US, there is a growing bull market for “non-digital” media
Some good news for the environment: Removing “forever chemicals” from soil can be done relatively easily and cheap
A good reminder how far Elon’s companies are still away from any reasonable valuation levels even after the recent drop in share price
Upslope Capital’s 6M letter including their Magnum Ice Cream pitch
Dynasty Trust’s quarterly letter with a positive view on Travel stocks and a deep dive into EVT Ltd from Australia
A very good Substack article on the different ways Private Equity Managers fund their own commitments
Great article from Larry Swedroe on the 7 sins of Active Stock investing
Finally, the first Nuclear Fusion company is going public (backed among others by Jeff Bezos). Of course via SPAC.
US households are at an historic record exposure to the stock market
A new study says that the momentum factor is strongest at the last 6 trading days of a month
Is the AI Boom just a giant Real Estate Bubble ?
Wintergems with another “Danger Zone” portfolio check.
25 Short summaries of UK stock pitches
The Bear Cave Substack with a Short report on Private Equity Asset Manager StepStone Group
The Take-over wave of UK companies is expected to continue for some time
The Valuelytica Substack reviews its collection of Quant Investment strategies
An interesting Deep Dive into the rise of Costco’s Kirkland brand
Whenever Ben Evans drops a new slide deck, you should read it (AI, AI & AI)
Andrew Brown (Dynastie Capital) on Virtu Financial
The always excellent Sector Stories Substack with a deep dive into Sika
A superb summary of Elon Musk’s cult capitalism
10 Year anniversary letter of Value Shop Bireme
A nice and simple portfolio construction approach from European Hidden Gem Stocks Substack
Unfortunately, tech writer and blogger Om Malik passed away far too young
