Posted On August 24, 2020
We are upgrading Yet Another Value Blog (YAVB). Thanks to all the support from our readers and our premium members, we are announcing a few minor and a few major upgrades to the site. What does the upgrade mean? Well, we upgraded our servers and back end code, so all the major functions on the […]
Posted On August 17, 2020
I had a lot of interesting conversations about the cable / telecom sector on the heels of my podcast with The Science of Hitting. I wanted to share some of the thoughts coming out of those convos, so I've done so in bullet form below. Honestly, the conversations have been really interesting, so please feel […]
Posted On August 7, 2020
Just a quick update on the podcast.
Posted On July 16, 2020
Twitter is probably the most interesting company in the world today. I mean that from both a strategy perspective and from an investment perspective. From a strategy perspective, I'm not sure there's ever been a company created so much value for its users and captured so little for itself (I liked the chart below from […]
Posted On June 23, 2020
Hi! Welcome to Part 6 of Yet Another Guide to media stocks. Today’s post will cover how I'm thinking about investing the publicly traded sports plays in the post-Covid world. Before diving in, I’d highly encourage you to check out the intro section to the guide, which goes over why I’m doing this and dives […]
Posted On May 29, 2020
Some random thoughts on articles that caught my attention in the last month. Note that I try to write notes on articles immediately after reading them, so there can be a little overlap in themes if an article grabs my attention early in the month and is similar to an article that I like later […]
Posted On May 19, 2020
Earlier today, I put up a post on how confused I was by the current environment (the post was aptly titled "Confused"). Judging by my DMs / emails, I'm not the only one who's confused, and a lot of people felt a little relieved that there was yet another person who was bewildered by the […]
Posted On May 19, 2020
I mentioned this a few weeks ago, but I don't think I've ever spent so much time thinking about the "macro" picture. Honestly, I don't like it. My passion lies in looking at individual businesses and quirky situations, not trying to decipher the the trajectory of the economy or how a virus will spread / […]
Posted On April 12, 2020
In general, I've tried not to think much about macro over the past few years. I much preferred to think about micro (company specific) ideas. Obviously, Corona has thrown a lot of that into question: for a lot of companies, whether they're investable or not depends on how long the economic shutdown lasts. As an […]
Posted On April 7, 2020
Over the weekend, Berkshire filed a filed forms that showed them blowing out of their positions in Southwest and Delta. It was a pretty surprising move: Berkshire had been buying pretty aggressively as recently as a month ago, Buffett had been singing the airlines praises pretty consistently for the past few years, and Buffett had […]
