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Grey Value Management

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Professional investor who (still) believes in rigorous research and analysis. Views, opinions, mistakes are my own - and not investment advice. JD/MBA.

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ My sense is that most serious investors understand that financial projections beyond the immediate future are a ludicrous waste of time. They will continue to exist among those that have something to sell -

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€

My sense is that most serious investors understand that  financial projections beyond the immediate future are a ludicrous waste of time.

They will continue to exist among those that have something to sell -
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Not a bubble?ย The chart below seems to illustrate it. For the first time ever, the median value of equities on personal balance sheets has topped $300,000 โ€“ more than tripling since April 2020. Meanwhile, consumer sentiment is lower today than the lows of all eleven recessions

Not a bubble?ย The chart below seems to illustrate it. For the first time ever, the median value of equities on personal balance sheets has topped $300,000 โ€“ more than tripling since April 2020. Meanwhile, consumer sentiment is lower today than the lows of all eleven recessions
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๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜† Investors looking for a market hedge or safe haven should take a glance at the two charts below (courtesy of John Authers - link below). They illustrate what many if

๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜†

Investors looking for a market hedge or safe haven should take a glance at the two charts below (courtesy of <a href="/johnauthers/">John Authers</a> - link below).

They illustrate what many if
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๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—œ? This is an excellent Bloomberg TV Wall Street Week interview with ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ โ€œ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—œ.โ€ He says that artificial intelligence could one day outsmart and overpower its creators, warning that tech

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๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด Forecasting a correction is very difficult because it requires you to forecast volatility (โ€œvolโ€) - the propensity of asset prices to jump around. ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ โ€œ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—นโ€; prices spend

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

Forecasting a correction is very difficult because it requires you to forecast volatility (โ€œvolโ€) - the propensity of asset prices to jump around. 

๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ โ€œ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—นโ€; prices spend
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This performance by Wells Fargo is pretty impressive. I suspect many investors wouldn't have put them ahead of every other major US bank except for Goldman Sachs (with whom it is tied). #investing #banking #banks #stocks #bonds

This performance by <a href="/WellsFargo/">Wells Fargo</a> is pretty impressive.  I suspect many investors wouldn't have put them ahead of every other major US bank except for <a href="/GoldmanSachs/">Goldman Sachs</a> (with whom it is tied).

#investing #banking #banks #stocks #bonds
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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ "๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด"? The premium investors are requiring emerging market governments to pay over Treasuries has scarcely been smaller. Per the JPMorgan EMBI sovereign spread (the standard benchmark), the spread has only been significantly tighter in the two

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ "๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด"?

The premium investors are requiring emerging market governments to pay over Treasuries has scarcely been smaller.

Per the JPMorgan EMBI sovereign spread (the standard benchmark), the spread has only been significantly tighter in the two
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Here's the problem from the POV of someone who allocates to private credit: there is absolutely NO FREAKING WAY to tell just how close marks are to what the portfolio is actually worth. Fund managers hold those loans on the books close to par all the way until they have to

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If you make a basket of supermarket food companies (Campbell's, General Mills, Clorox and Conagra), their stocks have has lost to the S&P 500 by 38.9% per year for the last 3 years. This just broke the prior record, which was set when uh oh.

If you make a basket of supermarket food companies (Campbell's, General Mills, Clorox and Conagra), their stocks have has lost to the S&amp;P 500 by 38.9% per year for the last 3 years. This just broke the prior record, which was set when uh oh.
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SILICON VALLEYโ€™S $170 BILLION LIE: THE ACCOUNTING FRAUD HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT They are calling it innovation. The SEC filings call it something else. META, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Oracle: five titans quietly extended server depreciation from 3 years to 6 years between

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๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ Western and Northern Europe have some of the world's highest tax rates. But according to a recent poll, ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€

๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ

Western and Northern Europe have some of the world's highest tax rates.  

But according to a recent poll, ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€
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๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป It is frankly amazing how much photovoltaic panel prices have dropped - check out the chart below. According to the climate think tank Ember, an โ€œelectrotech revolutionโ€ is occurring. It works

๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

It is frankly amazing how much photovoltaic panel prices have dropped - check out the chart below.

According to the climate think tank Ember, an โ€œelectrotech revolutionโ€ is occurring.

It works
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Viral video in Japan: This is a PlayStation ad that is currently being shown at Ryogoku station, near Japan's national sumo arena. You can see this special ad until Friday, November 14th.

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๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด There was an interesting article about gold in Bloomberg today by Bernard Goyder and Monique (link below). Gold miners Newmont Corp., Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. and Barrick Mining Corp. have all seen gains of around double that of spot gold

๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

There was an interesting article about gold in <a href="/business/">Bloomberg</a> today by <a href="/bernardgoyder/">Bernard Goyder</a> and <a href="/moniquebmul/">Monique</a> (link below).

Gold miners Newmont Corp., Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. and Barrick Mining Corp. have all seen gains of around double that of spot gold
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ฉ๐˜€ Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) can take a lot of different forms, but as the name implies, generally speaking they are created for a specific purpose and, because they are structured as an

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ฉ๐˜€

Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) can take a lot of different forms, but as the name implies, generally speaking they are created for a specific purpose and, because they are structured as an
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๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†... ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—จ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†! ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿ“ˆ๐ŸŽ† We've watched a lot of funds come and go over the past 11 years. The key to survival and success? It's stating the obvious -

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†... ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—จ๐˜€

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†! ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿ“ˆ๐ŸŽ†

We've watched a lot of funds come and go over the past 11 years.  The key to survival and success?

It's stating the obvious -
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From this weekend's The Wall Street Journal: Things are getting pretty surreal down here... One mansion on the market for $200 MM, another for $205 MM, and... a $185 MM ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ #investing #realestate #RealEstateInvesting #mortgage

From this weekend's <a href="/WSJ/">The Wall Street Journal</a>:

Things are getting pretty surreal down here...

One mansion on the market for $200 MM, another for $205 MM, and... a $185 MM ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ

#investing #realestate #RealEstateInvesting #mortgage