During his recent interview with Tobias, multi-startup founder Chris Bakke from Laskie discussed The Wantrepreneur. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Tobias: There was this idea in San Francisco, and I was there, and I think it’s still– the wantrepreneur. What’s a wantrepreneur? How do you distinguish the real thing from … Read More
Ray Dalio: “I Was Such An Arrogant Jerk!”
Here’s a great presentation from Ray Dalio’s TED Talk a couple of years ago in which he shows a short clip of himself speaking to Congress, and Wall Street Week about his call on the debt crisis in the early eighties. Following the clip Dalio says, “I look at that … Read More
One Stock Superinvestors Are Selling
As part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple we’re always interested in superinvestors who hold the same stocks that appear in our Acquirer’s Multiple Stock Screeners, based on their latest 13F’s. Investors such as Warren Buffett, Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, Seth … Read More
UFO Cults – When Prophecy Fails
During their recent episode of the VALUE: After Hours Podcast, Taylor, Brewster, and Carlisle discussed UFO Cults – When Prophecy Fails. Here’s an excerpt from the episode: Jake: One of the things I was thinking about– well, let’s talk about the UFO part of it, and this ties back in … Read More
Value Hacking And The Pivot
During his recent interview with Tobias, multi-startup founder Chris Bakke from Laskie discussed Value Hacking And The Pivot. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Tobias: I love the idea of the pivot. I’m not in the startup VC San Francisco world. So, it might be me describing Goodnight Moon to you, … Read More
Lazard’s: Shareholder Activism – ESG Will Become A “Trojan Horse” To Advance Campaigns Where Management Has Failed
Lazard’s recently released their Review of Shareholder Activism – Q3 2020 which included answers to the following questions: When will activism fully return? Who will be most vulnerable? Will there be a new activist playbook? The new activist playbook includes ESG becoming a “trojan horse” to advance campaigns where management … Read More
One Stock Superinvestors Are Buying Or Holding
As part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple we’re always interested in investing gurus who hold the same stocks that appear in our Acquirer’s Multiple Stock Screeners, based on their latest 13F’s. Investors such as Warren Buffett, Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, … Read More
Mauboussin And The Rise Of Intangibles
During their recent episode of the VALUE: After Hours Podcast, Taylor, Brewster, and Carlisle discussed Mauboussin And The Rise Of Intangibles. Here’s an excerpt from the episode: Jake: All right. Well, Mauboussin has this white paper that came out, it’s probably a month ago now, I don’t know. I was … Read More
From Real Estate Tech To Recruiting Tech
Welcome to the captivating world of real estate with a fascinating interview featuring multi-startup founder Chris Bakke, as he shares his remarkable journey “From Real Estate Tech To Recruiting Tech.” In this insightful conversation with Tobias, Chris delves into his decade-long experience, starting from an early employee at a San … Read More
Terry Smith: The Ideal Company Doesn’t Pay A Dividend
In his latest interview with Fund Insiders Forum De Tijd & L’Echo, Terry Smith discusses a number of topics including why the ideal company to invest in doesn’t pay a dividend. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Question: How important is this dividend yield for you and your selection of … Read More
Tom Gayner’s Top 10 Holdings (Q3 2020)
One of the best resources for investors are the publicly available 13F-HR documents that each fund is required to submit to the SEC. These documents allow investors to track their favorite superinvestors, their fund’s current holdings, plus their new buys and sold out positions. We spend a lot of time … Read More
(Ep.90) The Acquirers Podcast: Chris Bakke – Startup Guru: Multiple Exit Entrepreneur On Raising And Investing Venture And Angel Capital
In this episode of The Acquirers Podcast Tobias chats with Chris Bakke from Laskie. He’s a multiple startup founder. During the interview Chris provided some great insights into: Value Hacking And The Pivot Beware The Wantrepreneur Starting And Scaling – Austen Allred, Co-Founder And CEO Of Lambda School Developing An … Read More
This Week’s Best Investing Articles, Research, Podcasts 10/30/2020
Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: The Great Equalizer (Verdad) Oh No, Here It Comes Again, That Funny Feeling (Epsilon Theory) Descriptions Aren’t Prescriptions (Farnam Street) Tobias Carlisle – Diamonds In The Rough (Premium) (Real Vision) Making an Impact (Jamie Catherwood) Who Owns the Stock Market? (Irrelevant Investor) ‘Our Recent Performance Sucks.’ … Read More
Thematic Investing
During their recent episode of the VALUE: After Hours Podcast, Taylor, Brewster, and Carlisle discussed Thematic Investing. Here’s an excerpt from the episode: Bill: So, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about some of what I perceive to have worked recently, what people missed. I guess that I … Read More
Stock In Focus – TAM Stock Screener – Oshkosh Corp (NYSE: OSK)
As part of our ongoing series here at The Acquirer’s Multiple, we provide this feature article titled ‘Stock in Focus‘ where we focus on one of the stocks from our Stock Screeners. One of the cheapest stocks in our Stock Screeners is Oshkosh Corp (NYSE: OSK). Oshkosh is a leading maker of … Read More
Bill Nygren: The Right Time To Sell A Stock
In the latest Graham and Doddsville Newsletter there’s a great interview with Bill Nygren in which his discusses a number of topics including the reasons to sell a stock. Here’s an excerpt from the newsletter: G&D: What is your approach to selling? Nygren : I’ve always thought that the reason … Read More
AQR: Ways To Improve Your Active Risk
In their latest paper titled – Was That Intentional? Ways to Improve Your Active Risk, the team at AQR discuss a number of intentional and unintentional active risks, and how investors can improve their active risk saying: Investors try to outperform their strategic asset allocation benchmarks by taking active risks. … Read More
Acquirer’s Multiple Stock $PBR Appearing In Marks, Simons, Grantham Portfolios
Part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple features some of the top picks from our Stock Screeners and some top investors who are holding these same picks in their portfolios. Investors such as Warren Buffett, Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, Seth Klarman, Ray Dalio, … Read More
$CVNA Disrupting The Used Car Industry
During his recent interview with Tobias, Joe Frankenfield, Portfolio Manager at Saga Partners, discussed $CVNA Disrupting The Used Car Industry. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Tobias: Let’s talk about Carvana a little bit because that is one that is a little bit more controversial. I don’t follow it closely, but … Read More
VALUE: After Hours (S02 E42): Mauboussin And UFO Cults, Small And Micro Value And Thematic Investing
In this episode of the VALUE: After Hours Podcast, Taylor, Brewster, and Carlisle chat about: Thematic Investing Mauboussin And The Rise Of Intangibles UFO Cults – When Prophecy Fails David Gardner – Don’t Sell Stocks Capital Cycle Theory For Software Small Value Is Really Cheap Buffett Caught The Perfect Wave … Read More