Showing posts with label SPOT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SPOT. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

What We're Reading ~ 6/13/18


Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments [Michael Batnick]

Assessing the debt picture [Fat Pitch]

Mary Meeker's 2018 internet trends report [KPCB]

Netflix: inside the binge factory [Vulture]

Proprietary product distribution is better than sliced bread [25iq]

The cult of Peloton: reinventing the fitness industry [Adweek]

How millennials became the world's most powerful consumers [FT]

What's driving the billion-dollar natural beauty movement? [Fast Company]

Gucci strikes gold in China, thanks to youth who spend it all [Bloomberg]

How the game Fortnite captured teens' hearts and minds [New Yorker]

Spotify vs Pandora: which is winning the ad-supported game? [Billboard]

A worrying turn ahead for auto loans [WSJ]

NASCAR tries to keep pace in today's ridesharing world [Washington Post]

On watches: an investment on your wrist [NYTimes]

A framework for analyzing factor returns [OSAM]


Tuesday, May 8, 2018

New Graham & Doddsville Issue: Mauboussin, Greenwald & More

A new issue of Columbia Business School's Graham & Doddsville newsletter has been released.  It features interviews with Professor Bruce Greenwald as he retires, and Mark Cooper of First Eagle Management.  It also features a conversation with Michael Mauboussin of Blue Mountain Capital and Tom Digenan of UBS Asset Management.

Lastly, it also interviews upcoming fund launch: Rishi Renjen's ROAM Global.  Prior to launching, he worked at Maverick Capital, TPG-Axon, and Glenview Capital.

This time around, Graham & Doddsville also includes student investment pitches from the Pershing Square Challenge. 

1st place this year was a short of Stericycle (SRCL), 2nd place was a short of Credit Acceptance (CACC), and 3rd place was a short of Spotify (SPOT).  The issue also showcases pitches on short CH Robinson (CHRW), short Harvey Norman, and long Digicel credit.

Embedded below is the latest issue of Graham & Doddsville:



You can download a .pdf copy here.

And if you missed it, be sure to check out the recent past issue that includes interviews with Lee Cooperman, David Poppe, and John Harris.