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Intro
This chapter recounts the experience of a portfolio manager who established a financial fund right before a major market crash. It highlights the fund's exceptional returns, strategic investment decisions, and the underlying market dynamics that favored certain sectors, particularly banks.
On today’s episode, Clay is joined by Derek Pilecki.
Derek is a managing member and portfolio manager at Gator Capital Management, which manages Financials sector long/short portfolios for private partnerships and mutual funds. Since its inception in July 2008, Gator Capital has compounded capital at 21.0% per annum versus 11.8% for the S&P 500 over the same time period.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
01:48 - Derek’s experience of launching a financials-focused fund 10 weeks before the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
12:13 - Derek’s advice to aspiring hedge fund managers.
14:30 - How Derek achieved a return of 186% in 2009.
14:30 - What led Derek to purchase General Growth Properties, whose stock increased by 20x in less than one year.
23:25 - Why Warren Buffett likes financial companies, especially the big banks.
27:38 - Why Derek puts his focus on financial companies.
33:36 - How banks can create a sustainable competitive advantage in their market.
36:08 - Why First Citizens Bancshares is Derek’s top position in his fund.
46:44 - An update on the current market conditions for banks.
50:21 - How a high inflation environment would impact banks.
52:53 - Why Derek is long Robinhood.
And so much more!
Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.
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