Our read here is that both companies will ultimately end up winners. We are long QCOM but have no idea on the time frame for this investment and it has yet to make us any money. This Bloomberg piece is … Read more.
Check out our blog post on EFX. We saw an opportunity that was contrary to public thinking except this is one place where Wall Street analysts got it right. Most that we follow came out in support of EFX stock … Read more.
Equifax EFX is down to around $98 losing almost 40 points from $140 just days ago on that revelation that 143 million people with sensitive data such as social security numbers , birthdays and addresses had been stolen by an … Read more.
China to Ban Sale of Fossil Fuel Cars in Electric Vehicle PushBloomberg NewsSeptember 9, 2017, 5:54 AM MDTRegulators are working on a timetable of the ban, Xin saysChina joins U.K., France to phase out combustion-engine carsChina will set a deadline … Read more.
Today, Bristol announced that Opdivo (PD-1)/ Yervoy (CTLA-4) in CM- 214 study for 1L mRCC (kidney cancer) was stopped early after meeting its OS endpoint, ahead of Street’s expectations. I think this bodes well for the pivotal small cell lung … Read more.
Buys Beleaguered COTY had an officer add another $1.3 million to his stake after Coty drops 20% after disastrous earnings report. Note Mr. Huber is an officer of the company and has not shown very good timing as he is … Read more.
A Tsunami Of New Shale Production by Richard Mason Chief Technical Director Hart Energy 2017/08/04 1,004 26 Fasten those seatbelts. Oil and gas has a been busier than commonly understood and the tsunami of accelerating field work in first-half 2017 … Read more.
This year’s annual ritual, the Enercom Oil and Gas conference in Denver, kicked off with a recurring theme: Commodity prices are low, producers are lowering costs, and producing more. Nothing here to make you want to jump on the black … Read more.
The Fund has returned 33.02% net of fees over the last twelve months ending June 30, 2017 versus the S&P 500 return of 17.90%. When you beat your benchmark by 84% you should crow about it for a moment as … Read more.
I have often said the probability of the next crash lies greatest with computer glitches that cause investors to lose confidence in the pricing system, either by design by cyber-terrorists or computer glitches. This story from FT reinforces this. Multiple … Read more.
We are making the annual pilgrimage to Denver’s Enercom next week. Dozens of CEOS and top management from mid to small market oil and gas companies pitch the investment merits of their companies to the buy side. There is also … Read more.
One we have a sizable position is ARRC ARES Capital Corporation, is one of if not the largest of these BDC companies that basically are mezzanine lenders to midtier companies. It’s a good business today as the larger banks are … Read more.
You will hear a lot of explanations of why stocks had their worst week in two years. The truth of the matter is no one knows. Sure there are a lot of explanations and perhaps its just the sum of … Read more.
Sax Angle Partners put up very good numbers for June, up over 5.5% for the month. We did that in spite of finding very few equities corporate insiders were willing to buy. With the market at all-time highs, it’s natural … Read more.
Any number of things could derail the benign climate for equity investing. This is one of them. It could happen as early as November elections but I couldn’t handicap when Republicans will gain control. With the current policy of exclusion, … Read more.
Do you believe in the word typical when it comes to the economy and stock market? If so you might find this chart interesting. Where do you think we are in the cycle? I would have to say we are … Read more.
A very knowledgeable contact of mine best described as a military atache’ with deep mideast connections,knowledge, and experience says things in Iraq and region are far worse than the public knows. He expects ISIS to attack Baghdad imminently as soon … Read more.
I’m not complaining, really. June was the Fund’s best month of the year. I’d prefer a bull market to a bear and there is not doubt we are in the mother of the all time greatest bull market. Just look … Read more.
There is something very unsettling about this market. Perhaps there is no better example than the news of Twitter appointing a new CFO today. Twitter is up over 4% at the time of writing on their appointment of Goldman Sach’s … Read more.
Last year Charlie Munger took much pleasure at castigating Doug Kass as the selected short seller of Berkshire stock. The utter disdain Munger and probably Buffett had for short sellers was best summed up by Munger’s comments “We don’t like … Read more.
Window dressing is a strategy used by mutual fund and portfolio managers near the year or quarter end to improve the appearance of the portfolio/fund performance before presenting it to clients or shareholders. To window dress, the fund manager will sell stocks … Read more.
GoPro IPO and Google’s Nest & Dropcam Deal Leave Ambarella Sitting Pretty By Rick Munarriz Ambarella (NASDAQ: AMBA ) seems to be hanging around the cool kids these days. Its two biggest clients — wearable camera leader GoPro and … Read more.
Candid Winmark Leader John Morgan Has No Filter by John Mowers We picked up a sizable position in the last two days in a very unglamorous business with quite compelling financials. I thought this interview with the CEO was interesting. … Read more.
We have recently purchased several of these dogs as insiders have been barking loudly about the opportunity. Seriously this is one of the few areas in the market where insiders are buying. Names we own include PSEC, TCRD,CPTA, ARCC. CPTA, … Read more.
We are long TIPS, short TLT. This is a trade that will need leverage to work well but it isn’t very volatile. Iraq meltdown is a wildcard though and we have a light position on now. Another firm core CPI … Read more.
Ebay will be well served to move quickly to replace departing PayPal President David Marcus with their recent purchase of Braintree President and Founder, Bill Ready BILL READY CEO , Braintree Bill Ready is the CEO of Braintree, one of … Read more.
Value investing is considered riskier than growth investing. At least that’s what they teach you in modern portfolio theory as taught in business schools today. Value investor’s want to purchase a stock trading below what they consider its intrinsic value. … Read more.
Everyone in my business is consumed with beating the market. What if I told you I knew a sure fire way to beat the market? It’s simple really. Buy the SPY, the S&P 500 ETF, on margin. You’ll beat the … Read more.
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