Tag: Activist

Stream of Consciousness #3: “Gone to Cash” Carl Icahn and Ryan Cohen

In this stream I write about a move in my trend account, a Carl Icahn interview, Ryan Cohen’s BBBY 13-D, and Nelson Peltz’s JHG campaign.

In this Stream of Consciousness I am going to write about some recent moves I have made in my portfolio, a recent(ish) Carl Icahn interview, and briefly discuss Ryan Cohen’s Bed Bath and Beyond 13-D filing.

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Bill Miller Explains Why I Own Coty and Avon

I own Coty (“COTY”) and Avon (“AVP”).  In the interest of transparency, please note that I am currently long and quite wrong on both. 

I have posted about Coty before.  I have been planning to post a brief thesis summary and update to document my thought process (or lack thereof).  Then, a few weeks ago, I came across a video of a very famous (and very articulate) professional investor essentially summarizing my thoughts on these two positions for me. Continue reading “Bill Miller Explains Why I Own Coty and Avon”

Resource Roundup: CNBC Buffett Archive

I might be going dark for a while as I fall into the rabbit hole of the CNBC Buffett Archive.  Before I disappear into the nebula of Berkshire Hathaway enlightenment, I wanted to flag it for your attention as it is really a neat resource. Continue reading “Resource Roundup: CNBC Buffett Archive”

Pod-tastic!

You knew that title was coming, didn’t you?  It’s time for me to highlight another interesting podcast.  [I wanted to get this out, so I can follow my usual tradition of posting at around 5:00 p.m. on Friday night.  That’s a good technique, right?]

The Berkshire Hathaway Annual meeting is this weekend (if you’re unable to attend, Yahoo Finance will be streaming the festivities).  So I thought we would look at some interviews related to the author of a book being featured in the Bookworm this year. Continue reading “Pod-tastic!”

Bed, Bath & an Abomination?

Bed, Bath & Beyond (“BBBY”) reported earnings on Thursday this past week.  While they “beat consensus estimates” the stock was down around 20% on the day.  More interesting to me is that retail REITs were down around 2% on the day based on the BBBY news.  I am going to take a quick look at BBBY the earnings report (and conference call).  Perhaps more interestingly, we will look at which of the landlords we previously examined has the most BBBY exposure. Continue reading “Bed, Bath & an Abomination?”

Conagra Brands Update

I am going to discuss the Conagra Brands (“CAG”) recent (03/22/18) earnings report.  The goal is to force myself to go through the report with a little bit of rigor and to document my assessment of facts (and how they impact my thesis) for future evaluation. Continue reading “Conagra Brands Update”

I pulled on a thread and found…a book

I found the book I am currently reading based on a little detective work involving a promising young investor and Warren Buffett.  The subject of the book seems to fit within a theme of successful wealth accumulators, so I thought I would share a little about both the book and the path which led me to discover it. Continue reading “I pulled on a thread and found…a book”