You have to scrap historical and business cycle mental models when you have an entity (Putin) with a big stick (nukes/supply disruption) incentivized to inflict max pain. This isn’t a black swan it’s fucking war.
If you cover TMT binge watching all his episodes (Zuck, Ilya, Demis etc) will get you 10x further re understanding path function of AI over next few years vs anything sellside has written:
Now might be a good time to resurface this nugget from META’s 10k last week re benefit from TEMU/Tok spending like drunken sailors before user retention turned negative late last year. Skeptical this repeats in ‘24:
@Restructuring__
Think he’s better off picking ten higher profile large (but not mega) cap tech/HC names that he follows privately with his own models built and ready to pitch deeply with two pager writeup when it’s time to recruit. Less compliance risk same impact at interview point.
I know we dunk on him a lot, but every day that goes by Dalio’s Jan 2021 prediction that half the country won’t accept the outcome of the ‘24 elections and states will ignore federal seems increasingly prescient and it scares the shit out of me
@fchollet
What percentage of existing engineers would you say are “architecting the mental model” and how many are mindlessly implementing/maintaining? And within that small % that are architecting… what if the top decile had 100x capacity… how deflationary is that for the other 90%
For the folks on here still on selllside (or younger) who haven’t yet landed a buyside seat… would highly recommended reading his daily blasts while it’s still free. Closest mirror to what my daily research intake looks like by far without paying brokers.
Here's my pitch why you should sub to TMT Breakout (link in bio):
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@MercurialCharts
@Oilfield_Rando
What if I told you the US actually subsidizes the rest of the world pharma R&D… chicken and the egg freeloader problem. Marginal cost to export is low but development and risk taking cost is high. Not to say much isn’t broken but definitely a primary factor worth understanding.
$GOOG just nuked 28 employees involved in the sit-in protests, stating clearly it will fire future disrupters:
“Their behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive, and made co-workers feel threatened.”
“If you’re…tempted to think we’re going to overlook conduct that
A) don’t think it’s a coincidence that they picked someone who sold his last co to AMZN and reported directly to Jassy in case Satya pulls out B) don’t it’s coincidence that Kyle Vogt who cofounded Twitch w/ Emmet resigned today… likely will raid Cruise for talent replacement
TEMU launched in the U.S. in late 2022 and spent $3b in the U.S. in 2023 on marketing. Vast majority likely goes to META with small amount presumably to SNAP/YouTube as Tok directly competing for shoppers via Tok shop which launched in September.
@DoombergT
@TwainsMustache
Assimilation is one of our greatest strengths vs other developed economies and severely under-appreciated in our world of demographic decline
never felt more comfortable holding entire PA in short-dated T-bills and Gold. Cash is not trash and sometimes choosing not to play is the right move… particularly for those of us who prof run money and are inherently beta exposed career-wise. Tail-risks are fattening.
@TheLAPurchaser
We’re PMs - Our largest consumer long is based on a positive anecdote our wife briefly mentioned in direct contrast to our analysts channel checks.
The world will be able to judge the relative quality of the governance at
@Harvard
,
@Penn
, and
@MIT
by the comparative speed by which their boards fire their respective presidents.
In other words the U.S. ad market is really growing MSD to HSD at best this year barring recession on an organic basis and when you normalize for FX tailwinds last year for euro customer spend after dollar weakened.
It is with great sadness that the Simons Foundation announces the death of its co-founder and chair emeritus, James Harris Simons. Jim was an award-winning mathematician, a legendary investor and a generous philanthropist.
AI likely good enough for facial rec from just features exposed - if he wasn’t born here he should be immediately deported. Any relatives who are here via a visa should as well. If WWW 3 goes down these people are a liability to put it mildly.
There is a very real scenario where over the next 18mo Xi concludes that having access to frontier AI models is a massive geopolitical advantage and will pull forward a Taiwan invasion with the explicit goal of denying access by destroying TSMc. Surprised this isn’t discussed.
@boutique_banker
Hit back with: "The human spirit is more powerful than any drug and that is why it needs to be crushed from an early age." ……And then staff him on the most mind-numbing deal possible 🤝
@liensofnewyork
they keep using more slang everytime they call to make you feel they are more “in” than the next recruiter - carve, chop, juice, yards, paper, bleeding, tape, elephant, whale, tourist 😵💫
@PyajamaPandaBBQ
@SafeGamble
@ElbridgeColby
The sooner Europeans realize this is the sentiment among the majority of Americans the better off they’ll be. Deluded into hearing what they want to hear from a minority in DC/Davos.
I was today-years-old when I learnt that stocks rallied when Hitler invaded Poland in Sep. ‘39 (short covering/“less bad”) and only cratered nine months later with the invasion of France in May ‘40 😳
@StonksY2K
All the downside without the upside as NVDA has shown it can take price without remitting much to its primary supplier. Furthermore if Xi invaded TW INTC likely gets preferential treatment in the subsequent rebuild. Your logic has merit but it’s certainly not black & white
@midtown_rob
@IgnoreNarrative
I see the Miami sunset through high rise glass windows, next to me is Orlando Bravo who embraces me like a son as he tells me he is honored to be leading a 14x EV/S buyout of my worst performing name, we crack a couple Modelos to celebrate
Vice President Harris Announces $5.5 Billion to Boost Affordable Housing, Invest in Economic Growth, Build Wealth, and Address Homelessness in Communities Throughout America via
@whitehouse
@BucknSF
Don’t underestimate incremental usage that comes with driving costs to approaching zero. Interesting anecdotes would include what companies like ACCD do around hc insurance space where they handhold people through their benefits. Can imagine similar use cases in financials etc
@ElbridgeColby
Great point but a counter argument is that the incremental cost of labor in China is already too high and uncompetitive and rural migration will only accel this. Given on-shoaring the ability to incentivize foreign investment will be an uphill battle…
@EHunterChristie
@ElbridgeColby
You’re looking at it the wrong way. If someone as pro-Poland as Bridge feels the need to remind them that they are not in secure enough footing to opine on internal politics…imagine how poorly a growing majority of Americans feel towards the “freeloaders” within NATO/Brussels
My Administration is cracking down on illegal, surprise overdraft fees.
We’ve already secured $30 million in refunds for about 170,000 account holders.
And we won’t stop there.
I’ve mentioned something like this before, but, if any of my companies goes public, we will prioritize other longtime shareholders of my other companies, including Tesla.
Loyalty deserves loyalty.
@MRatable
How confident are you that Monday morning any ceo with deposits at a regional - tech or otherwise - says to themselves “why would I risk my bankers also mismatching duration” - and shift to JPM. Local lending gutted. No horse in this race but contagion is real.
In 20 years of doing this
@BillAckman
may be the most intimidating person I've ever seen. He's smart, persistent and deadly. Luckily so far I've been on his side on every issue he takes on. But if I was his enemy and saw him walking down the street I'd cross to the other side
@EBITimDuncAn
If goal is buyside L/S & sector coverage/analyst is decent, take it and start looking for lateral to one of the multis that are expanding down there in a year or two. Just my $0.02 obviously if you have fam ties or relationships it changes calculus but suspect more PMs will move
@WallStCynic
Easy to talk shit from miami… I get you don’t like the guy and feel he unfairly pumped his stock to blow you up on the short side but he’s putting a much needed spotlight on an objective crisis
@BucknSF
@MRatable
This is a duration mismatch problem at its core. Tech deposit base is more volatile so you see it first… but after infinite QE I’d bet my left nutsack you can find bankers in Nebraska sitting on similar imbalances. So when CNN starts running the ‘08 analogies people WILL panic
@TwannsWorld
Once you have even an hour to spare daily join a high-end gym with good looking people even if your building already has one. Motivates you and sleep/nutrition tend to follow once you get into a rhythm. Listen to earnings calls while you workout if you need to justify to yourself
Reminder that the U.S. is the safest place on earth and where capital looks to flee to in a crisis… and often geopolitical risks are more than priced in
I was today-years-old when I learnt that stocks rallied when Hitler invaded Poland in Sep. ‘39 (short covering/“less bad”) and only cratered nine months later with the invasion of France in May ‘40 😳
@artificialcapit
I suspect the target audience for these posts are startup CEOs who don’t know how to quickly access transcripts and are impacted by the growth rates of the dominant players in their space…
@CapitalValor
More people should read “lords of finance” imho - war time FX moves and implications to allies were a common dilemma in the early part of the 20th century
@HoyasFan07
🇪🇺’s consistently frame this stuff in terms they don’t actually believe, but need to cling to, in order to justify 🇺🇸 support following decades of under-investment. It’s sad really. The sooner they frame the issue honestly the sooner they can make inevitable defense investments.
Hot take, most of this “manufacturing boom” is due to rapid increase in construction costs/tight labor. Not a single dollar of the CHIPS act has been distributed. (Source: National Highway Construction Cost Index published by US Dept of Transportation)
@MadThunderdome
@junkbondinvest
Binary. Either they navigate downturn well (I.e. positive contribution margins without material reduction in volumes/opex cuts) or don’t. Zero equity or 10x with no in between. Bonds reflect inventory held less discount for hot market HPA declines. Betting against=poor R/R
@adcock_brett
You should take a deeper look at the data and how they qualify “school shootings” - it’s terrible but not nearly to the frequency implied by the often cited data
Am I the only one who sees this and thinks “wow, his pushing back on the migrant problem into an election year likely caused DC to put a target on his back”… or have I been overly red-pilled 😵💫
@Rebrand_As_Y
Not based on data but intuition is we wildly underestimated how much frequency of travel could increase for a relatively small portion of the population (recently retired boomers feeling rich + very single/DINK millennials with no children and WFH)
@acemoney21
I couldn’t agree more.
@ElbridgeColby
had done a great job of making that argument with a realist/logical lense. The moralist pushback and emoting coming from Brussels and DE as a result just highlights how out of touch the EU is vs growing U.S. sentiment ex the “elites”
@skooookum
Conspiracy theory: China is preparing to ramp its airline manufacturing globally similarly to EVs via BYD and is using low-grade sabotage to overcome its primary obstacle (inertia by airlines due to safety record via BA/Airbus monopoly)
@BucknSF
@MRatable
I get the anger, I understand the vitriol. Moral hazard is fair. But the cost and lag of replicating the regional footprint by the big banks will devastate small biz for years… like clapping with glee as your rival drives a truck into your own home and say “nice, let it burn”
Pornhub owner MindGeek is acquired by PE firm Ethical Capital Partners; MindGeek had $460M in 2018 revenue, and sources say it had ~50% profit margins at times (
@patricianilsson
/ Financial Times)
@HoyasFan07
@ElbridgeColby
😭
@ElbridgeColby
your publisher needs to hire an animator asap and put out an abridged/cartoonized edition of SoD so you can just reply with visual excerpts