Netflix, Disney, and Even Stranger Things

In case you were too busy “Netflix and chilling” to notice, Netflix’s (“NFLX”) market cap is essentially equal (Barron’s $) to that of Disney (“DIS”).   NFLX is spending about $3.1 billion more dollars per year than it is able to bring in (“burn”).  DIS is gushing about $10 billion net cash per annum after all of its investments and all of the money that Scrooge McDuck uses to wipe his tail feathers.  I have seen stranger things…but probably not since the year 2000. Continue reading “Netflix, Disney, and Even Stranger Things”

Mr. Greenblatt Comes to Town

Joel Greenblatt is one of my favorite investors to follow.  He recently did a couple of interviews which provided an interesting contrast.  In one interview, he threw some shade on the “value factor” in the other interview he recommended a value factor fund as a good investment for retail investors to hold over the long run. Continue reading “Mr. Greenblatt Comes to Town”