In this week’s finance media curation post, I am flagging another episode of a podcast we have explored before. The guest should also be familiar to most of you. I also indulge in a bit of “macro trippin.” Continue reading “Media Pin of the Week – More GMO”
Tag: Behavioral Economics
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”
Podcast(s) of the Week
It is time for another podcast of the week. I took the punishment of listening to lots of mediocre (and some great) pods for you and will now flag one (or a few) for your listening pleasure. Continue reading “Podcast(s) of the Week”
Foreign Value Factor ETFs Update
Back on November 24, 2017, I published a post entitled Best Foreign Value Factor ETFs. In that post, I looked at several options and attempted to compare and contrast them on the road to picking one for purchase. Since we just finished up the first quarter of 2018, I though I would take a look at the performance of these options since the prior post. Continue reading “Foreign Value Factor ETFs Update”
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?”
Resource Roundup: More CAPE
This is another in my “Resource Roundup” series, highlighting some resources that I hope you will find useful. Today, we are going to beautiful Newport Beach, California and across the pond to Deutschland to explore some CAPE-tastic things. Continue reading “Resource Roundup: More CAPE”
I’m Just Saving…Net Worth Update
This is going to be another personal finance diary entry, where I will briefly track my accumulation (or not) of assets. Continue reading “I’m Just Saving…Net Worth Update”
Retail REITs: Apocalypse or Opportunity?
For several months now I have been thinking about the retail landscape, more specifically, landlords who own rental properties occupied by retailers.
The challenges facing retail are well publicized and include the Amazonian “Death Star” obliterating all retailers and a number of high profile retail bankruptcies (recently, Toys R’ Us and Clare’s). I think the general consensus is that retail focused REITs are cheap, but for good reason. I may have a different view. Continue reading “Retail REITs: Apocalypse or Opportunity?”