This is another book that I have been waiting for to read for some time. Jim Simons is maybe not a household name in investing, but his Renaissance Technology fund (Rentech) has clearly on of the best track record of any investment vehicle in recorded history. However, other than some other famous investors, Rentech was (and still is) so secretive that hardly anyone had a clue how he/they did it.
Interesting view on the “streaming wars”: It is not a “winner takes it all” game (Netflix, Disney)
The finance industry is increasingly using SPVs to trade hot startups Pre-IPO (Search result)
Gread “post mortem” on Restaurant Group Plc by John Kingham
A very critical view on online advertising
AQR/Cliff Asness thinks it is time to “tilt” towards “value stocks”
November update from Stock Spin-off Investing
Norway proves that there is still a lot of oil left in the North Sea
Valuesque with a great post on extremely creative accounting at Grifols
A great collection of (less frequent) news sources for investors
UndervaluedShares on J.G. Boswell, a little known OTC listed company holding a lot of land (and water rights) in California
Good advice: Forget about stock market Calendar anomalies
The yetanothervalueblog with an October update (very comprehensive…)
Great post on what makes Costco such an unique company
Investors experience burn out, too
The “beer King” Anhauser Busch Inbev has seen better days
Interesting thought: Value stocks have performed in line with historical expectations but the anomaly is the performance of growth stocks
Third Point (Dan Loeb) Q3 letter
A very deep look inside the technology behind Elastic, one of the current SaaS superstars
Oddball Stocks on the problems with “sum of part” plays
Some recent updates on the GlobalStockPicking blog portflolio
“Super Pumped”, written by NYT reporter Mike Isaac is a very recent book about Uber, the world’s first and biggest ride hailing company. The book covers Uber from the very beginning until the most recent events when founder Kalanick was forced out by investors and replaced by Expedia CEO Dara khosrowshahi.
Ding Dong: Next round in the fight between the Financial Times vs. Wirecard
Must Read: Valuesque on Related Party transactions
Notes from the SFC Sohn conference: part 1, part 2
Neil Woodford’s fund empire has collapsed in Record Time
The Fall 2019 issue of Graham & Doddsville
Prof. Damodaran on the IPO vs. Direct Listing question
Swen Lorenz with an interesting post on Virgin Galactic’s upcoming “Back door” listing
Prof. Damodaran on valuing vs. pricing IPO stocks
Will “Value Investing” ever make a come back ?
Interesting statistics on outperfomance of active stock managers (hint: High conviction helps…)
Good Q&A session with Bill Nygren (Oakmark)
Ben Evans thinks that Machine Learning (ML) is the new SQL
Valuesque with 2 good posts: 1) Adjusting for Hyperinflation (Unilever) and 2) Securitization transactions (Schaltbau)
John Kingham on (long term) lease obligations & IFRS 16
Ben Thompson on Uber and other “Tech” companies that interface with the real world
Direct Listing vs. IPOs with VC legend Bill Gurley (Podcast)
An update from the Stock Spin-off Investing blog
Fascinating story about “Yuutai Investing” in Japan
Safal Niveshak on the “death of businesses”
The Brooklyn Investor doesn’t think that we are in a stock market bubble
However, FTAlphaville is concerned about the “Big Balance Sheet Economy”
A good long read on Moats (for startups)
The Aleph blog is back with thoughts on Value Investing’s potential comeback
GlobalStockPicking does a portfolio review
Prof. Damodaran on Venture Capital pricing & WeWork, Uber and Peleton
European banks seem to under invest into IT
And finally Safel Niveshak with 5 sure ways to destroy your wealth
And the next 10 shares in this series:
Nr. 20: Magforce AG
123 mn EUR Nano-Medtech company claiming to develope a cancer cure. Sales so far negligible. Not my area of competence, so “pass”.
Nr. 21: Bijou Brigitte AG – ISIN: DE0005229504
value and opportunity 