Earlier in March, we had a lesson in leadership with an Industrial executive giant, Dave Cote. Best known for his time as CEO of Honeywell, Dave has come back to the public markets as the Executive Chairman of Vertiv. We…
Estimated Reading Time: 14 minutes Click here to read this letter in PDF format. Speed Read: We remain encouraged, but not satisfied, by the out-performance in the quarter which restored the long term, through-the-cycle, track record back to our minimum…
Estimated Reading Time: 20 minutes Speed Read: The ESG craze that is heading into bubble territory is well-intentioned and we welcome the effort, but is doomed to fail as a box-checking exercise. More Nikolas and Volkswagens will be created as…
In early December we had a lively chat with legendary Builder Sir Martin Sorrell of S4 Capital, which we've owned since March 2020. Almost as if he wanted to front-run our white paper on value creation coming out later this…
This article is the 3rd in a 6-part series examining how the drivers of value creation are the same as sustainability drivers. We will outline these drivers in these 6 posts and show how recent ESG efforts to define business…
This quarter's 4-page letter discusses why we’re encouraged about the progress we’ve made on three fronts: 1) in performance (+15.4% in the fund, or 7.2% alpha), 2) further fundamental transformation at CTT which will be more evident in the quarters ahead…
This article is the second of a 6-part series examining how the drivers of value creation are the same as sustainability drivers. We outline these drivers in 6 posts to show how recent ESG efforts to define business sustainability fall…
This article is the first of a 6-part series examining how the drivers of value creation are the same as sustainability drivers. We will outline these drivers in the next 6 posts and show how recent ESG efforts to define…
Our first quarter letter’s discussion on paying more attention to the whims and fancies of Mr. Market’s focus spurred a few friends to recommend some great psychological summer reads. To quickly summarize the quarterly letter, System 1 thinking, the fast…
Click here to read the second quarter 2020 letter to investors. This one is highly analytical in picking apart our performance, exposures and factor drivers. In it, I explain why we’ve chosen companies off the beaten path, yet remain exposed…