Estimated reading time: 18 minutes. Click here to read this in PDF Format. When Defense Misfires “Offense wins games. Defense wins championships.” This past quarter, much of my curiosity has been focused on the differences between offense and defense. Given…
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…
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…
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…
"Not all those who wander are lost." JRR Tolkien One of the most frequent monsters in investors’ collection of nightmares is “thesis creep.” This is when the dynamics have changed to the point where you can barely recognize the original…
Chris penned our third quarter letter on his first year anniversary with the GreenWood team. Speed Read: Exor exemplifies why "dead money," is a truism that is never true when skin in the game is involved, as Builders continuously compound…
We have posted our brief quarterly letter, which you can read by clicking here. Speed Read: Our underperformance this year reflects irrational prices that have become even less rational, particularly with the view we have on the board of our…