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…
Before it was cool to dump on General Electric and its “we must beat the quarter” Jack Welch-era style management, in a public manner, David Cote did so by proving there was a better way. In his new book, Winning…
"The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise -- with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.…
We took a bit longer than normal writing our quarterly letter for the first quarter of 2020. Click here to read Confessions. Speed Read: Reporting our performance feels like entering my first confession, and I outline the important psychological effects…
We’ve posted a 4-page quarterly letter which you can read by clicking here. Speed Read: We briefly review the building momentum unwind lurking in ETFs, the terrible governance shifts that have been occurring, and the directly opposite approach to governance…
Despite the biotech industry having pockets of extreme and irrational ebullience, the largest part of the industry is systematically underfunded. It's also the highest-value-add part of the industry from a risk-adjusted basis. In this video we have a philosophical discussion…
There have been many words and frustrations published regarding the shift of investors from active to passive funds. To our knowledge there have been none highlighting the shift in psychology that takes place when investors transition to becoming passive index…
It’s been a year of significant growth for us. A year ago, we merely suggested to managers value creative actions they could implement at their companies. Today, we are effectuating change from inside our largest position. We’ve continued to lower…