Weekly dispatches
Every week, I send out an email with observations about markets, investments, and random other subjects. These emails will help you shape your world view, they will teach you new investment strategies, and they will also give you new ideas that you can research further.
MOST POPULAR WEEKLY DISPATCHES
How I work (part 2): The 10 worst mistakes of my investing career
The value of going against groupthink
Riches among ruins (part 2): my 5,000% investment adventure in war-torn Iraq
Ferrari – the company, the stock, and my car
11 highlights from our dinner with Kuppy
Sark – bidding for the Barclay estate and going public
USA – the unstoppable juggernaut?
Hungary investor trip – what we learned
"The art of execution": how to manage your own portfolio
Signature Bank – why the 36,000% rise in 7 months?
The stock of infamous Signature Bank has risen by a factor of 350x since October 2023. What’s the story, and is there more to come?
MarketReader – helping to understand markets in real time
MarketReader is a new tool designed to understand markets in real time. Its founder, Jens Nordvig, wants it to be available to millions of investors.
How to run a concentrated, global value investing portfolio – by Isaac Schwartz
New York-based portfolio manager Isaac Schwartz is passionate about global, unconstrained, and value-focused investing. What can we learn from him?
Allfunds – a takeover target in wealth tech
Allfunds is one of Europe’s hidden technology champions. A lucrative bid is probably just a matter of time.
Ørsted – will Denmark’s fallen angel rise again?
Ørsted, the Danish market leader for offshore wind farms, has suffered a serious fall from grace. Will it turn around?
The battle for ASOS – crunch time?
Online fashion retailer ASOS is struggling financially, but its 23m active customers are a valuable asset. Two billionaires and a hedge fund are vying for control.
Asana – the world’s largest ever insider purchases
What made the CEO of American software firm Asana carry out USD 1bn+ of insider buying?
Block – an easy double thanks to America’s underbanked?
Down 70% from its 2021 high, the stock of fintech company Block could soon start to recover.
Big Technologies – betting on illegal immigration
Will Big Technologies follow defence stocks as another non-consensus investment about to boom?
SJM – time to dip into Macau?
SJM Holdings was ground to a pulp by Macau’s ten-year bear market. Can it ever return to its former glory?
AppFolio – the future Microsoft for property managers?
AppFolio aims to be the operating system for property managers. Another “capital light” way to get exposure to real estate?
Weird Shit Investing – inaugural conference and manual
A new bi-continental event for the misfits and iconoclasts of the investment industry. Plus a free manual with fresh investment ideas.