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InPost at 8x Look-Through Earnings! Building Europe’s E-Commerce Infrastructure, One Locker at a Time (a 30% CAGR Setup)

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!

Timee Inc. – A 23% CAGR Setup In One of Japan's Most Misunderstood Stocks?

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

Further Regulation in the Chinese Brokerage Space! My Assessment of the Latest Headwind

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

Duolingo vs. the Translation Machines – Will AI Kill Language Learning & If So, When?

Nathan's Famous: A Royalty Machine at 12x EBIT Masquerading as a Commodity Business

Edenred’s Collapse: More Bad News, Worse Sentiment, and What Comes Next

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

Tiger Brokers: Early Innings in a Massive TAM? – 13x Earnings, 59% Revenue Growth

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

22 Stock Ideas Too Interesting to Ignore!

Is Wix a Buy After the 50% Price Drop?

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

Revisiting Monday.com After the Recent 37% Selloff

Finding Opportunity in the Market’s Blind Spots!

"Act 2" at Computer Modelling Group Just Started

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

The Case for Novo’s Margins Staying Higher for Longer – Even in a Pricing War

Novo Nordisk: 13 Fresh Insights That Might Change How You Think About the Stock

My Fresh Thoughts on CMG’s Under-the-Radar Transformation (+New Data Points)

META’s Blowout Quarter: Should We Really Be Cheering With the Crowd?

Half-Year Investor Letter – July 2025

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

Zalaris: The European ADP At 1/5 the Price!

Ashtead Technology Dropped 23%: A Market Overreaction or Something Deeper?

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

Big Update, Zero Headlines & Shareholder Pressure Mounts: Why Brockhaus Might Be at a Turning Point

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

Thinking Through LVMH: A Collection of 10 Ideas on the Investment Case

[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

A 35% CAGR Setup in Europe Right Now? – How Regulatory Fear Has Crushed Edenred's Stock

Will Stablecoins Kill Wise, Visa, and Mastercard? A Deep Dive into the Real Threat – and the Hype

When the Wisdom of Crowds Turns Mad!

Trading Below 10× Earnings, Compounding at 20% – One of the Highest-Quality Industrial Models You Can Still Buy Cheap

[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?

innoscripta AG: Germany’s Best Kept Tech Secret? 64% EBIT margin + 150% Growth Trading at a 14x Multiple

[FREE] Why Wise’s “Governance Problem” Might Be Its Greatest Strength

Wise’s FY25 results: The Quiet Compounding Continues

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

Brockhaus Q1 2025: A Disaster on the Surface – But Something Changed

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

DigitalOcean TL;DR Version: Might $DOCN Be the AWS of SMEs?

CMG 4.0 Hits a Speed Bump: Is the Strategy Still Intact?

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

Valuing DigitalOcean in 2025: Mid-Teens IRR or Value Trap?

What Most Investors Miss About DigitalOcean’s Competitive Edge

DigitalOcean Might Be the AWS of SMEs – An Undervalued Opportunity Giving You Much-Needed AI Exposure?

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!

Google Has Been Disrupted! Now What?

Monday.com: A Quiet Powerhouse in a Crowded SaaS World

Regulation, Ringfencing, and Reality: What’s Next for Evolution Gaming Investors?

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

A Hidden Compounder in Germany’s Tech Heartland? Double-Digit FCF Yield, Two Moats, and Zero Hype?

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?

Novo Nordisk’s -58% Stock Crash: A Generational Buying Opportunity?

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!

Why I’m Betting on This Stock in the Next Decade of Energy Transition

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)

Moncler: Unpacking a Long-Term Investment in Luxury’s Hottest Outerwear Brand

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!

Is Google Dying?

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!

Meta Platforms: A "Spawner" in the Making?

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

Kering: An Underrated French Luxury Empire?

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?

Is Uber an Attractive Investment in 2025?

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