December '24 Stock Pick

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October '24 Stock Pick

September '24 Stock Pick: A simple business in a not so easy industry averaging >20% ROCE, with no debt, a shrinking share count, and trades for ~10x Pre-Tax. What else do you need to take a small bite?

August '24 Stock Pick : Repeat after me, the economics of a business matter more than the short term blunders.

July Stock Pick '24: Trying to get better at paying up for quality

June 2024 Pick : A little update on where I stand with a prior pick and a new name.

Little Schedule Update: Just wanted to give a little update to all paid subscribers. Over the next two months, my posting schedule will be a tad different. I have some big life events coming down the pipe demanding my full a…

May 2024 Stock Pick : A boring business who supplies a critical home component with an A+ balance sheet and a shareholder friendly playbook. If you want excitement, this isn't for you.

April '24 Stock Pick : A solid margin of safety with asymmetric upside returns. Heads I win big, tails I don't lose much. I'm putting some chips in.

Builders FirstSource: Collected thoughts on the name I should have paid attention to long ago.

Frontier, Continuing to Turn Copper into Gold: EBITDA had positive growth YoY for the first time in a decade and the margin profile is changing. It's hard to argue with execution.

Bob Robotti's Thesis for LSB Industries $LXU: The chauffeur pitch from Bob's MOI Global Best Ideas 2024 presentation

March '24 Pick: After strong execution I am forcing myself to put some skin in the game after passing multiple times.

Netflix is Looking Full : After a ~200% return thoughts of trimming or selling have entered my head. Is it the right time to take money off the table or leave it alone?

Revisiting Risk With Howard Marks: Going back through the 3 separate chapters on Risk in The Most Important Thing to deepen my understanding of the variable that drives long-term success when controlled well.

February '24 Pick : An idea that posses both value and growth characteristics, which could see price appreciation after a massive constraint is removed and their "hidden asset" demonstrates its earning power this year.

Taking More Swings: This might fly in the face of all of the mantras of "waiting for the big salmon" but turning over more rocks and taking more swings will help with personal growth.

January '24 Stock Pick: A situation with a durable risk/reward that one could use to build a nice cornerstone of a portfolio.

Introducing A New Tier for WSG 🤠 : I want to feel the heat of sticking my neck out and becoming accountable. This will be great way to do it.

How to Internalize The Buffett Principals with Peter Keefe: "There’s this huge gap between being able to talk, as you said, fluent Buffett and Mungerese, but actually doing it, boy, is that hard."

Chris Davis, A Model for A Well Lived Investing Life: My biggest takeaways from his interview with William Greene about Berkshire, Trust, Dale Carnegie, and Staying Away From Weakness.

Markel, A Wise Man's Stock: A look into the 3 characteristics that define both Tom Gayner and Markel: Simple, Consistent, and Restrained.

Notre Dame's Head Coach Should've Listened to Warren Buffett: An article about simplicity and the art of not shooting yourself in the foot.