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
A Netflix Doku on Abercrombie & Fitch looks like a “must watch” for any investor interested in retail stocks
The ProfitHunting blog on Aussie LNG player Woodside Energy
A good reminder that consistent outperformance of active fund managers is the wrong metric to focus on
Great take on Twitter by Prof. Damodaran and some very strategic thoughts on Twitter from Ben Thompson
Interesting background story on vending machines
The Q1 report from Bireme is worth reading (Netflix)
Kerrisdale is short the “Trump SPAC”. Even among all the shitty SPACs, this one smells especially bad
A Netflix pitch from Bireme Capital and a conversation with Evan Tindell from Bireme
A very good overview on “customer based valuation” for fast growing companies
Five timeless investing lessons distilled from Arlington Value’s investor letters
Four easy ways to combine Value and Momentum
Some insights from Ben Evans how online marketing is evolving (and killing TV)
Interesting story on 30 year old Crypto Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried
About that LME Nickel Short Squeeze and the potential consequences
Asian Century Stocks with a nice deep dive into Thai Beverage
Softbank’s Tech Hedge fund is being liquidated, with losses expected to reach up to USD 7 bn
Marc Rubinstein on the rise of fast payments (UK & Brazil)
Hybrid working V.1.0 doesn’t look very promising so far
Interesting notes from the book “10 1/2 lessons from Experience, Perspectives on Fund Management” written by Paul Marshall (Marshall Wace)
Maynard Payton with a great exercise: looking at the Energy consumption of all his portfolio companies
Annual letter to investors from Danish Fund manager Symmetry (23% CAGR since 2013)
Let’s start with a Goodie: Pareto Securities is holding its annual TechIT conference on March 30th. It is a virtual event and also open for non-professional investors. And it is good value because it is free.
GlobalStockPicking with a very nice write-up on Swedish MedTech RaySearch
In depth interview on the “metaverse” with a 19 year Second Life veteran
Marc Rubinstein on the current Russia issues of Airplane Leasing companies (AerCap)
Good deep dive into the “premium alcohol” market from Lindsell Train
A comprehensive market update from Prof. Damodaran reflecting the impact from the war in UKraine
Heat pumps look like a no brainer these days
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Sprucepoint Capital has released a short report on c3.ai
Great deck from Altafox about its activist campaign for/against Hasbro
Asiancenturystocks has a very comprehensive overview on Asian stock markets
Deep insights into Amazon’s ad business (these ads by the way annoy me big time as “power user”)
A good reminder from Ben Inker (GMO) on what mistakes to avoid in this market
Nice write-up on my former portfolio investment Installux
Ben Evans summarizes 10 big questions for the Tech sector in 2022 (and beyond)
Great feature on Roloef Botha, CEO of legendary VC Sequoia
Prof. Damodaran with a valuation Update of the FANGAM stocks
Some interesting thoughts on rising interest rates and banks from Marc Rubinstein
Slide deck on the Westwing investment case
Long deep dive into legendary Hedge Fund Coatue
On Spotify and its Podcasting business
A deep dive into Gaming company Take-Two and its Zynga acquisition
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