Investment Management

Briefing: Brands with large online communities that create memes have an advantage. Intangible brand value is often an unappreciated component of equity valuation. Brain-Computer Interfaces have attracted considerable VC funding since Elon Musk started Neuralink and progress is happening quickly. Amsterdam unveiled self-driving boats for its canals. The IAC, Indy Autonomous Challenge happened over this past weekend, with the winner…

Briefing: This week’s new Bitcoin ETF invests in futures rather than actual Bitcoin. It’s an important distinction that we don’t think most people are aware of the difference. Software-based lending solutions are a natural and welcome evolution. The new leaders are early and will be dramatically better than their traditional counterparts. Increasing employment costs will lead to increasing automation. The…

Briefing: Investors should be aware of the employment trends in leading technology companies. Fewer people building the world’s biggest companies is another key driver of the increasing wealth gap. Taiwan is the most important piece of the global semiconductor supply chain by a wide margin. The tense relationship between China and Taiwan is a real risk to watch. Osbon Capital…

Briefing: Based on its popularity, we are highlighting FinViz this week as a very useful tool for investor education. Skepticism is a really expensive habit and investors should do their best to avoid being skeptics of the space industry. Over the past 40 years, public companies purchased 8x more equity through M&A and buybacks than they have sold through IPOs…

Briefing: The Treasury may issue a single $1 Trillion platinum coin to avoid the debt ceiling political circus and government shutdown. “Google” is the most popular search term on the Bing search engine, highlighting the winner-take-all nature of scalable technology businesses. Crypto exchange Binance processes over $50B in crypto derivatives transactions per day and may raise new financing at a…

Briefing: Quad-witching is impacting markets and Dec 17th is the next date to watch. Space and the Metaverse are the next frontiers for investors, creators, entrepreneurs and explorers. China will eventually need technology leadership, even if it doesn’t like its current cohort. Quad witching Financial markets are influenced by activity in the derivatives markets. Some active traders would go as…

Briefing: The risk curve is shifting further out for investors. Bonds have become extremely unattractive, especially when compared to the historically risky asset classes. AI models are learning more complicated tricks. There’s a new robot training to paint our streets. The NBA is opening ownership to PE firms with significant limitations, highlighting the importance of the owner’s mindset. Shifting Risk…

Briefing: Despite constant headlines of inflation, college tuition costs have barely increased. University tuition inflation is at 40-year lows and trending downward. Ray Dalio’s Pure Alpha fund returned just 1.8% annually for the last 7 years. He’s largely missed the growth of emergent internet and technology trends. El Salvador is taking a bold step forward with Bitcoin by making it…

Briefing: Global shipping issues are creating delays and pushing prices higher. This is a knock-on effect of the pandemic that will eventually return to normal. Augmented Reality innovation includes a new laser projector small enough to fit into a regular pair of glasses. Working from home… Global Shipping Bottlenecks As the Christmas shopping season approaches, you’ve probably seen warnings that…