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July 9, 2018
Published by Kuppy at July 9, 2018
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Ever since oil prices collapsed in 2014, there has been an underlying belief that oil prices could not go up due to endless oversupply from shale oil. Now, 4 years later, that supply growth is stalling. There are various reasons for this, but underlying everything else, is the fact that the basic economics of shale just aren’t that robust. This is partly due to Read More
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Positions Mentioned: ESV, NE, TDW, TDW Warrants
July 1, 2018
Published by Kuppy at July 1, 2018
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Let me start with an admission; following Tesla (TSLA – USA) has taken an increasingly disproportionate amount of my time over the past few months. At times, I cannot seem to look away from the unfolding train-wreck. I think this is because Tesla combines elements of every major securities fraud over the past century; along with the frenetic energy of a penny-stock promoter lurching Read More
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Positions Mentioned: TSLA
June 25, 2018
Published by Kuppy at June 25, 2018
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One of the toughest decisions when investing in growth companies; is when to sell the winners. The issue is that successful businesses continue to increase in value over time. Therefore, selling means that you miss out on some of that growth. That said; I tend to find that despite having a multi-year forward valuation target, sometimes, a good chunk of that valuation gets realized Read More
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Positions Mentioned: JYNT, TSLA
June 13, 2018
Published by Kuppy at June 13, 2018
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Friend: Kuppy, stop the car!! Me: Uggh, again? Friend: Let’s get out. Me: We have 177,000 acres to visit. We can’t stop at every damn acre. Friend: Yeah, but not every acre is next to million dollar homes. Me: …A surprising number of them seem to be… It’s already noon and we’ve seen less than one percent of the portfolio… Friend: It’s just amazing. Read More
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Positions Mentioned: JOE
May 28, 2018
Published by Kuppy at May 28, 2018
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Let me start by saying that I am not an expert on oil geology; I’m not even a “sorta expert.” If you called me a novice at oil geology, I wouldn’t be offended. To prove this point, I’ll proudly admit that I guide my occasional oil investments by my “donut theory of petroleum geology.” What is the donut theory? Well, it basically says that Read More
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Positions Mentioned: IBR CN
April 11, 2018
Published by Kuppy at April 11, 2018
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I have written about Aimia (AIM- Canada) a few times now (article 1, article 2, article 3). For a summary, AIM operates loyalty programs which are highly cash generative. The shares have collapsed following Air Canada notifying AIM that they will not continue their partnership when it ends in 2020. I figure AIM is worth somewhere north of $6 per share if you assume Read More
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Positions Mentioned: AIM CN
March 29, 2018
Published by Kuppy at March 29, 2018
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Before George Soros focused his energies on undermining Western Society, he wrote a book detailing his theory of reflexivity. Reflexivity is the theory that the market’s own expectations about an event can help impact the actual future outcome of the event in a feedback loop of sorts. Take a mining company that needs to raise money to build a mine. Since the cost of Read More
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Positions Mentioned: TSLA
February 26, 2018
Published by Kuppy at February 26, 2018
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Over the years, there have been multiple studies that show dramatic operational performance improvements at companies in the first few years after a spin-off. There are many theories for trend, but it likely comes down to a combination of; management being directly able to direct capital allocation, more focused and more rapid operational decision making, directly tying equity compensation to the actions of management Read More
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Positions Mentioned: VMD CN
February 5, 2018
Published by Kuppy at February 5, 2018
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New year—new website—same rules here. Look; I’m not a registered financial advisor and I am certainly not YOUR financial advisor. However, I feel confident in saying that if you do not know why you own a stock and cannot analyze news releases, you probably shouldn’t own that stock. Since Thursday morning, I have received over 100 emails from people regarding Aimia Inc (AIM – Read More
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Positions Mentioned: AIM CN