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2025 Reflections, AI vs Software, VMS Moats, Portfolio Reshuffling & 2026 Predictions (with Heavy Moat Investments)

Learning from Henry Ellenbogen

Deep Dive: 26 Stock Ideas for 2026

Deep Dive: Nippon Paint Holdings ($4612)

What Prediction Markets Reveal About Stock Picking

Deep Dive: HelloFresh SE ($HFG)

Wise in 2026: Uplisting, Stablecoins, and the Next Phase of Cross-Border Payments

How to Play the Coming Oil Supply Crunch: A Simple Mental Model for a Complicated Commodity Cycle

Deep Dive: Wix.com ($WIX)

[FREE] The Next Subprime? Jeffrey Gundlach’s Deeply Bearish Take On Private Credit

My Updated TSR Model for Valuing High-Quality Growth Companies

Deep Dive: Revisiting CMG ($CMG.TO)

Deep Dive: Revisiting Timee ($215A)

The Subtle Art of Capital Allocation

Portfolio Update: Why I Sold One Stock and Doubled Down on Three Others

Deep Dive: Fever-Tree ($FEVR)

Shameless Cloning 2.0: Pabrai’s Idea, Upgraded for 2026

Deep Dive: Revisiting Wise ($WISE)

Deep Dive: An Untapped Basket Trade

Value Investing 3.0 & The Next Evolution of Stock Screening

Deep Dive: Brokerage Business Industry Analysis

[FREE] 7 Timeless Takeaways from Peter Lynch’s First Interview in Years!

Portfolio Update: More Reshuffling + Some Big Shifts

Deep Dive: InPost ($INPST)

Portfolio Changes Amid Yet Another U.S.–China Scare: Trading Down in Quality to Trade Up in Returns?

[FREE] Flexing a Moat Too Hard? How Twitch Lost What Looked Unbreakable!

Deep DIve: Timee Inc. ($215A)

Fintech Rivalries, AI’s Dead End, and Market Forces: Snap Judgments on Salesforce, PayPal, Adobe, Wise vs. Stripe, and Adyen

Timing the Market or Owning the Business? The Eternal Investor’s Dilemma

Deep Dive: Revisiting UP Fintech ($TIGR)

How I Built My Investing Dashboard on Koyfin (And Why It Changed My Process)

Deep Dive: Duolingo ($DUOL)

Deep Dive: Nathan's Famous ($NATH)

Deep Dive: Revisiting Edenred ($EDEN)

Brockhaus Technologies and the Fragile Foundation of Policy-Driven Demand

Portfolio Update: Adding to Two Positions & One New Buy

[FREE] The Two Faces of Conviction: Speed, Patience, and What Really Wins in Markets

Deep Dive: Tiger Brokers ($TIGR)

Nvidia at 8%, Should You Buy ATHs?, FCF + Growth, and a Look at Crocs, Lulu, Adobe & Novo

Deep Dive: 22 Stock Ideas Too Interesting to Ignore!

Deep Dive: Wix.com ($WIX)

The 3 Pillars of Smart Decision-Making! – And What Gold Teaches Us About Them

The Ultimate Base Rates Guide – From Optimism to Realism in Valuation

Earnings Review: Monday.com ($MNDY)

Finding Opportunity in the Market’s Blind Spots!

Deep Dive: Revisiting CMG ($CMG)

Is It Time to Raise Cash Again? My Read on the Market’s “Top-ish” Signals

Why I Just Cut a Stock I Liked – and Took My Portfolio Down to 9 Positions

Deep Dive: Revisiting Novo Nordisk ($NVO)

Deep Dive: Revisiting Novo Nordisk ($NVO)

Deep Dive: Revisiting CMG ($CMG.TO)

Earnings Review: Meta Platforms ($META)

Half-Year Investor Letter – July 2025

Big Portfolio Changes: Rotating Out of Meta and Into More Asymmetric Bets

Deep Dive: Zalaris ASA ($ZAL)

Earnings Review: Revisiting Ashtead Technology ($AT)

Open Letter to Marco Brockhaus, CEO of Brockhaus Technologies AG

[FREE] The Investor’s Real Edge? Subtraction

Valuation, Bitcoin, and the European Edge – A Conversation with Heavy Moat Investments

Earnings Review: Brockhaus Technologies ($BKHT)

Everyone Is Underweight AI!

J.P. Morgan Beat the Tech Giants. Who’s Next?

The Total Shareholder Return Valuation Method: A Practical Framework for Long-Term Investors

Deep Dive: LVMH ($LVMH)

[FREE] Build the Portfolio Only You Could Build: Turning Experience Into an Investing Edge

Meta's AI Acquisition Spree, Google in AI, Boston Beer’s Valuation, and 100-Bagger Lessons

Deep Dive: Edenred ($EDEN)

Deep Dive: Wise ($WISE)

When the Wisdom of Crowds Turns Mad!

Deep Dive: Ashtead Technology ($AT)

[FREE] Everything You Thought Was Safe… Isn’t Anymore! – Jeffrey Gundlach Unpacks the Shift

New Podcast: Reflecting on Returns, Cash Drag & Wise’s Voting Control

Reflecting on Returns, Cash Drag & Wise’s Voting Control

Portfolio Update: Four Moves, One Theme ...

Time to Buy Lululemon AGAIN?

Deep Dive: innoscripta AG ($1INN)

Deep Dive: Why Wise’s “Governance Problem” Might Be Its Greatest Strength

Deep Dive: Wise ($WISE)

The AI Shockwave: Why Tech Is Riskier Now Than Ever Before

Earnings Review: Brockhaus Technologies ($BKHT)

Why Not All Growth Is Created Equal: A Rule of Thumb for Pricing Power

Everything You Need to Know! Who This Blog Is For (and What You’ll Get)

I Sat Down for an Interview on Quality, Conviction, and Quiet Compounding

Deep Dive: DigitalOcean ($DOCN) - Part 4

Earnings Review: Computer Modelling Group ($CMG.TO)

[FREE] Rob Vinall on Tariffs, EVs, and the Future of Investing in China

Deep Dive: DigitalOcean ($DOCN) - Part 3

Deep Dive: DigitalOcean ($DOCN) - Part 2

Deep Dive: DigitalOcean ($DOCN) - Part 1

Forget ROIC! This Metric Tells You How Well a Business Really Compounds

From Reported to Real: The Hidden Economics of Novo Nordisk’s Cash Flow

You Missed the Bottom? Read This!

Deep Dive: Alphabet ($GOOG)

Deep Dive: Monday.com ($MNDY)

Deep Dive: Evolution Gaming ($EVO)

Everyone Thinks the Market Is Doomed! But The Data Says Otherwise...

From U.S. Premium to Global Paranoia: A New Era for Investors?

Thinking in Bets: What Poker and Horse Racing Teach Us About Markets

Deep Dive: Brockhaus Technologies ($BKHT)

This Is NOT a Normal Market Crash! 5 Investing Truths for the 2025 Market Meltdown

Netflix’s $1 Trillion Plan Shocks Wall Street!

The Equity Yield Curve: Why the Long Game Pays Better Than You Think

Trump’s Tariff Playbook, the Fed’s Dilemma, and the Risk of Undermining Market Confidence: Key Takeaways from Citi’s Nathan Sheets

The Most Irrelevant Earnings Season the World of Stocks Has Ever Seen?

Deep Dive: Novo Nordisk ($NVO)

Three Probability Lenses on America’s Market Outlook

Navigating the Pendulum: How Market Whiplash and “Trumpism” Are Reshaping U.S. Exceptionalism

Forced Liquidations Still Looming? Jeffrey Gundlach’s Market Warnings

Black Monday Looms: Why I’m Ready—and You Should Be Too

Time to Buy Adobe Stock?

Nasdaq’s SHOCKING 24/5 Trading Plan!

Deep Dive: Computer Modelling Group ($CMG.TO)

Discussing CASH! To Time or Not to Time the Market (pt. 4 w/ Andrew Brown)

Building Your Own Serial Acquirer - Starting at Stage 0 (pt. 3 w/ Andrew Brown)

Can Simple Metrics Trump Complex Valuation Approaches? The Truth About Multiples ...

Serial Acquirers: Compounding Wealth Through Deals (pt. 2 w/ Andrew Brown)

Deep Dive: Moncler ($MONC)

What Do Ray Dalio and Salesforce's CEO Know about the Future that You Don’t?

Becoming a Better Investor – Our Journey So Far (w/ Andrew Brown)

4 Ways to Assess The Current State of the US Stock Market and Its Future Prospects

Has the US Market Left The “Zone of Reasonableness”? Decoding Buffett’s Wisdom

From Soros to Buffett: Exploring the Art and Science of Market Timing

Inside the Mind of Jim Chanos: 8 Lessons Every Investor Needs to Know

Some Thoughts on Taking Calculated Risks Early in Your Investing Journey

Why I’m More Successful Than Elon Musk

Is the Market on the Brink of Another 1929 Crash?

Bridgewater's Sobering Market Outlook, Our Cash Positions, and Google & Celsius' Stocks

When to Buy, When to Sell? A Surprising Paradox in Long-Term Investing + A Rule of Thumb

Learning from Rob Vinall!

Deep Dive: Alphabet ($GOOG)

Meta’s AR Ambitions: WhatsApp as a Strategic Edge in the Smart Glasses Race?

A Look at Moncler's Stock: High Fashion, High Returns?

The Confidence Paradox: Cash Management in Roaring Markets

Who’s Next? The Inevitable AI Shake-Up Headed for the S&P 500

Celsius Buys Alani Nu: A Match Made in Heaven?

Big Tech’s Spending Spree, Meta's Valuation & A Handy Rule of Thumb

Logarithms, S-Curves, and the Truth About Gaining Investing Expertise!

Deep Dive: Meta Platforms ($META)

10 Lessons from Li Lu’s Newest Speech on Global Value Investing!

Deep Dive: Kering ($KER)

The GIANT Tesla Illusion!

Not All Reinvestment Is the Same: How Two Companies Reinvented Growth Strategies

7 EXTREMELY Beaten-Down Stocks!

Why the Best Investment Opportunities Are to Be Found Where No One Is Looking!

Investing in China & Living a Successful Life! (with Tiho Brkan)

DeepSeek & The Race to Zero: How AI Will Become a Zero-Cost Commodity (and What It Means for Big Tech)

How a Growth Stock Becomes a Value Investment! (Part 2 with Tiho Brkan)

A Reinvention of the Rule of 40? Invest Smarter with the Rule of X!

Interview with Tiho Brkan: Is Buffett Making a Big Market Call?

How the Stock Market Could Change in 2025!

I Have Big News!

What You Need to Learn From Last Year’s Market!

Evolution Gaming: A World-Class Business ON SALE?

Triple-Digit Returns: Luck, Leverage, or Illusion?

Kering: A Luxury Stock That Could DOUBLE?

Deep Dive: Uber ($UBER)

UBER Stock: A Generational Buying Opportunity in 2025?

The S&P 500: Not As Overvalued As You Might Think?

How OVERVALUED Are US Stocks REALLY?!

The Diversification Illusion of the S&P 500: A Warning for Passive Investors