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$CAVA vs $BROS here ?
It’s been beat down to $62, people may be eating less of it when saving money but I still see it has a cult following ? I’m leaning a bit more into bros at these prices just because coffee is cheaper for a consumer.. what do yall think at these …
McDonald's stock good time to buy?
I've been looking into McDonald's after its recent decline and wanted to get opinions from people who follow the company more closely. From what I can tell: It's down roughly 25% from its recent highs. P/E is around 21, which seems more reasonable than before. Dividend yield is close to …
Hedging & value strategies regarding AI bubble (discussion)
Before we get into it: Please focus on discussing risk management & positioning in regards to the luring burst of the AI bubble and refrain from arguing that there is no bubble - in the interest of this subs actual purpose. Certainly nobody knows **when** the AI bubble will burst, …
Built Where Amazon Wasn't
# The Thread That Compounds Amazon built an e-commerce and logistics empire across North America and Western Europe. What it never captured at scale is Latin America, Southeast Asia, or South Korea, three fast-growing consumer economies where local operators moved first, constructed their own logistics networks, layered in *fintech* services, …
Copart: The High-Quality Compounder Going Through a Temporary Hiccup.
**Description**: Copart owns an online salvage vehicle auction platform, which sells damaged and total-loss vehicles. The company effectively sits in between insurance companies and buyers (such as rebuilders, licensed dismantlers, recycled parts resellers, individual hobbyists, used-car dealers, and exporters), providing the marketplace to exchange these vehicles. Copart also offers other …
15 Investment write-ups to look at
Company write-ups from Substack, all published within the last week. Not my work - sourced from Giles Capital's weekly compilation: [https://gilescapital.substack.com/p/giles-capital-weekly-week-29-b61](https://gilescapital.substack.com/p/giles-capital-weekly-week-29-b61) # Americas **Rebound Capital** on [**Amazon**](https://reboundcapital.substack.com/p/deep-dive-amazon-updated) (🇺🇸 AMZN US - US$2.6tn) AWS has a $364bn contracted backlog and silicon cutting compute costs roughly in half. Fair value sits well …
GE Aerospace ($GE) 2nd Quarter Due Diligence article
Here is my due diligence for GE Aerospace, I try and prepare such documents every quarter for my key investments. The summary for GE Aerospace for Q2 is this: a. The 4 main catalysts for this company are still intact, although some of these points are double-edged. GE will further …
The AI Revolution and Investing: Has it meaningfully changed the way you invest?
As a software engineer, AI has completely changed how I work. But using the same tools e.g. Claude Code/ChatGPT out of the box to invest hasn't really moved the needle. I know the likes of Bloomberg and FactSet have built integrations for institutional investors to expose their data to those …
M&A Arbitrage IMXI
The acquisition of IMXI by WU at $16 a share appears to be a good opportunity for an M&A Arbitrage. Everyone here seems to neglect the teachings of Graham's core 2 value investing books (II+SA). One of these neglected subjects is M&A Arbitrage. Holdups: Mamdani's political grandstanding has delayed regulatory …
Why the AI Software Panic is Wrong: A Deep Dive on Autodesk (ADSK) and its Unbreakable Moat
There is a growing narrative in the market right now that generative AI will make mission-critical enterprise software obsolete, and that traditional software companies will see their margins and pricing power eroded. I believe this thesis fundamentally misunderstands enterprise workflows, legal liability, and how software moats actually operate. When you …