Incremental Insights #11

Booking Holdings – Shares are on sale once again!

Global OTA leader with 40%+ market share, strong financials (12% revenue CAGR, 33% FCF margin), and evolving into a one-stop travel shop. The recently initiated dividend also makes it an intriguing dividend growth play. Shares are down 14% in recent months potentially creating a good entry point.

Mr. Market Miscalculates

Mr. Market's mood swings: From euphoria to panic and back again. How investor psychology drives market volatility and creates opportunities for those who can keep their cool. The latest from Howard Marks on the human side of investing.

How to Spot an Impending Bear Market

Learn about the 4 phases of market cycles, how to spot potential downturns, and why diversification matters more than ever. Insights from Goldman Sachs' Peter Oppenheimer on market history and future trends.

VeriSign (Ticker: VRSN) with Buyback Capital (Podcast)

A government-licensed monopoly with 67% EBIT margins, 50+% free cash flow margins, and minimal capital reinvestment needs.

Logan Paul sued Coffeezilla and it's Crap (ft. Coffezilla's Lawyers)

I can’t remember who said it but to paraphrase, the minimal viable product for Crypto is crime.

Case in point is every money-hungry social media influencer jumped on the crypto bandwagon and pushed some sort of crypto project and most of them turned out to be a scam.

Of course, Logan Paul will not miss out on this and he created Crypto Zoo, a game that supposedly would make lots of money for its players but cost them money. Now, Logan Paul is suing the one guy who is holding him accountable for his actions.

Incremental Insights #22

Cash! Is Warren Buffett bracing for a market downturn? Berkshire Hathaway's cash reserves have swelled to over $300 billion, sparking widespread speculation. However, this massive cash pile might not be purely bearish positioning. Instead, it's likely a consequence of Buffett's extraordinarily successful Apple investment.

Why Chris Hohn & TCI Own GE Aerospace

Chris Hohn runs the multi-billion dollar hedge fund The Children's Investment Fund (TCI). As of 2022, the fund generated annualized returns of over 18%. In 2023, TCI's return soared to 32.7%. TCI achieves these impressive returns by focusing on a select few great businesses with

Incremental Insights #21

The Ten Best Companies in the World From Visa's global dominance to Hermès' luxury legacy, the 10 powerhouse companies reshaping the business landscape and what makes them the 10 best global companies. Pricing Power Everywhere Companies with pricing power have significantly outperformed the broad market over long

From MTV to Mammograms: Unexpected Lessons in Risk Management

In 2020, former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis announced that she had stage 3 breast cancer. She discovered the tumor during a self-examination not through a regularly scheduled mammogram. She revealed after her diagnosis that she had actively avoided mammograms, despite having a family history of breast cancer. Her reason? She