1) The front pages of today's Financial Times and Wall Street Journal feature two exceptional pieces of journalism that are likely to bring about important and much-needed changes. First, the FT has exposed one of London's best-known hedge fund managers as a serial sexual predator: How Crispin Odey evaded sexual assault allegations for decades. Excerpt: For more than three decades, Crispin Odey has reigned over London's hedge fund scene as an eccentric with a reputation for delivering enormous returns as well as devastating losses. Odey Asset Management, his firm, was once one of Europe's largest hedge fund companies and Odey, the man, a character from a bygone era of finance. An imposing figure at over 6ft tall, he cultivated an image as an unapologetically posh gentleman rebel. This newspaper once described him as "a large puppy in a pinstripe suit". He used his wealth and influence to boost the country's Conservative party, back Brexit and cultivate friendships with former prime m
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
The late Maya Angelou famously said, 'When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time'... That goes for companies, too. That's why it comes as no surprise that the wheels seem to be coming off TuSimple (TSP), which during the "Everything Bubble" of recent had been the belle of the autonomous vehicle […]
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
1) My friend Julia La Roche interviewed my old friend Guy Spier of Aquamarine Capital late last month. In it, they covered the inauspicious start to his career (3:00), learning about Warren Buffett (6:13) and making his first pilgrimage to Omaha (9:47), how the lunch with Buffett was "transformational" (22:30), why he changed his mind […]
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