Value Hive Podcast

Hey guys! This week’s guest is Robert Prather, founder of Vision Research an independent research firm dedicated that focuses on the short side, and naturally this episode is a big crash course on short selling, so if you are interested in short selling or want to hear the point of view of a short seller this episode just for you! Rob shared how he analyzes the balance sheet, his idea generation, how to do due diligence and why he recommended shorting Allegro ($ALE) and Peloton ($PTON). [0:00] Why do you short sell? [4:30] Unique Aspects of Short Selling [7:40] Why is Short Selling Important? [9:20] Ideal Short Trade [10:00] Idea Generation [18:40] How to do Due Diligence? [21:00] Analyzing the Balance Sheet [31:00] What Industry does Robert shorts? [33:00] Allegro ($ALE): Short Thesis [42:00] Peloton ($PTON): Short Thesis [52:00] Covid Over Earners [56:00] Shorting Good Companies: Trex Company ($TREX) [1:03:00] Shorting SPACs [1:08:00] Structuring Short Books [1:15:00] More from Robert and Closing Questions Finally, a big thanks to the following sponsors for making the podcast a reality. If you like what you heard, check Rob out over at Visionro.com Mitimco This episode is brought to you by MIT Investment Management Company, also known as MITIMCo, the investment office of MIT. Each year, MITIMCo invests in a handful of new emerging managers who it believes can earn exceptional long-term returns in support of MIT's mission. To help the emerging manager community more broadly, they created emergingmanagers.org, a website for emerging manager stockpickers. For those looking to start a stock-picking fund or just looking to learn about how others have done it, I highly recommend the site. You'll find essays and interviews by successful emerging managers, service providers used by MIT's own managers, essays MITIMCo has written for emerging managers and more! Quartr Quartr is revolutionizing the way investors interact with IR departments, listen to conference calls, and engage in investment research. The best way to think of Quartr is like Spotify for investor conference calls. Quartr is 100% free and includes markets from 12+ countries (with plans to expand in the future!). Investors can easily request new companies, and Quartr is quick to add them. You can learn more about Quartr by visiting their site, Quartr.se If you're interested in changing the way you research companies, download the app today and give it a try on Apple and Android. Tegus Tegus has the world’s largest collection of instantly available interviews on all the public and private companies you care about. Tegus actually makes primary research fun and effortless, too. Instead of weeks and months, you can learn a new industry or company in hours, and all from those that know it best. I spend nearly all my time reading Tegus calls on existing holdings and new ideas. And I know you will too. So if you’re interested, head on over to tegus.co/valuehive for a free trial to see for yourself. TIKR TIKR is THE BEST resource for all stock market data, I use TIKR every day in my process, and I know you will too. Make sure to check them out at

Hey Guys! This week we have a special guest: Logan Bartlett Managing Director and Partner of Redpoint Ventures. This podcast is all about Venture Capital and specifically Software Venture Capital. We discussed Logan’s venture capital journey, the differences between public markets and the private market, what is currently happening in the Software landscape, he shared from a venture capitalist point of view on how to construct a portfolio, deciding when to buy, and how to research a company. [0:00] Introduction: Logans Investment Journey from Battery Ventures to Redpoint Ventures [5:40] What made Battery Ventures so good? [9:00] Public Markets vs Private Markets [14:30] What is happening in the Software Landscape? (Exuberance) [22:00] Portfolio Construction in a Venture Fund [35:00] Luck vs Skill [41:00] Knowing too Much can be a Detriment [51:00] Braze $BRZE [1:00:00] When to buy? [1:06:00] Logan’s Research Process [1:15:00] Valuation Matters? [1:22:00] Investment Funds need a media arm? [01:37:40] More from Logan and closing questions If you like what you heard, please follow Logan on Twitter @loganbartlett. Also check out what he's doing at Redpoint here.  Finally, a big thanks to the following sponsors for making the podcast a reality. Mitimco This episode is brought to you by MIT Investment Management Company, also known as MITIMCo, the investment office of MIT. Each year, MITIMCo invests in a handful of new emerging managers who it believes can earn exceptional long-term returns in support of MIT's mission. To help the emerging manager community more broadly, they created emergingmanagers.org, a website for emerging manager stockpickers. For those looking to start a stock-picking fund or just looking to learn about how others have done it, I highly recommend the site. You'll find essays and interviews by successful emerging managers, service providers used by MIT's own managers, essays MITIMCo has written for emerging managers and more! Quartr Quartr is revolutionizing the way investors interact with IR departments, listen to conference calls, and engage in investment research. The best way to think of Quartr is like Spotify for investor conference calls. Quartr is 100% free and includes markets from 12+ countries (with plans to expand in the future!). Investors can easily request new companies, and Quartr is quick to add them. You can learn more about Quartr by visiting their site, Quartr.se If you're interested in changing the way you research companies, download the app today and give it a try on Apple and Android. Tegus Tegus has the world’s largest collection of instantly available interviews on all the public and private companies you care about. Tegus actually makes primary research fun and effortless, too. Instead of weeks and months, you can learn a new industry or company in hours, and all from those that know it best. I spend nearly all my time reading Tegus calls on existing holdings and new ideas. And I know you will too. So if you’re interested, head on over to tegus.co/valuehive for a free trial to see for yourself. TIKR TIKR is THE BEST resource for all stock market data, I use TIKR every day in my process, and I know you will too. Make sure to check them out at

Hey guys! This week I'm trying something brand new on the podcast. I created an "audiobook" edition of some of my favorite hedge fund letters. This week, I read the Q4 letters from the following funds: GreenWood Investors Worm Capital Third Point Gator Capital  There is one other podcast that does this (Capital Literature), but I thought having a more human voice would make it easier to listen to, hopefully you agree. Finally, a big thanks to the following sponsors for making the podcast a reality. Mitimco This episode is brought to you by MIT Investment Management Company, also known as MITIMCo, the investment office of MIT. Each year, MITIMCo invests in a handful of new emerging managers who it believes can earn exceptional long-term returns in support of MIT's mission. To help the emerging manager community more broadly, they created emergingmanagers.org, a website for emerging manager stockpickers. For those looking to start a stock-picking fund or just looking to learn about how others have done it, I highly recommend the site. You'll find essays and interviews by successful emerging managers, service providers used by MIT's own managers, essays MITIMCo has written for emerging managers and more! Quartr Quartr is revolutionizing the way investors interact with IR departments, listen to conference calls, and engage in investment research. The best way to think of Quartr is like Spotify for investor conference calls. Quartr is 100% free and includes markets from 12+ countries (with plans to expand in the future!). Investors can easily request new companies, and Quartr is quick to add them. You can learn more about Quartr by visiting their site, Quartr.se If you're interested in changing the way you research companies, download the app today and give it a try on Apple and Android. Tegus Tegus has the world’s largest collection of instantly available interviews on all the public and private companies you care about. Tegus actually makes primary research fun and effortless, too. Instead of weeks and months, you can learn a new industry or company in hours, and all from those that know it best. I spend nearly all my time reading Tegus calls on existing holdings and new ideas. And I know you will too. So if you’re interested, head on over to tegus.co/valuehive for a free trial to see for yourself. TIKR TIKR is THE BEST resource for all stock market data, I use TIKR every day in my process, and I know you will too. Make sure to check them out at TIKR.com/hive.

Welcome back Aaron Edelheidt! This is the second time Aaron is on the Value Hive Podcast. This time around he was kind enough to give us a Crash Course on the Weed Industry and gave us insight on what exciting developments are happening in the political landscape, how important are brands in the weed industry, why high barriers of entry exist, what are MSOS, Glass House Farms and why he decide to start a only Cannabis Fund. [0:00] The Beginning of a Weed Bull Market: Chuck Schummer [16:00] Weed: Brands will be their moats. [23:00] Weed: High Barriers to Entry [37:00] Which Weed Business to Invest in? [45:00] Glass House Farms (GLASF) [53:00] MSOS are Fantastic Business [1:00:00] Wrong or Being Early? [1:10:00]Why start the fund? [1:15:00] More from Aaaron Edelheit and Closing Questions Make sure to follow Aaron on Twitter here and check out DignityMoves here! Finally, a big thanks to the following sponsors for making the podcast a reality. Mitimco This episode is brought to you by MIT Investment Management Company, also known as MITIMCo, the investment office of MIT. Each year, MITIMCo invests in a handful of new emerging managers who it believes can earn exceptional long-term returns in support of MIT's mission. To help the emerging manager community more broadly, they created emergingmanagers.org, a website for emerging manager stock pickers. For those looking to start a stock-picking fund or just looking to learn about how others have done it, I highly recommend the site. You'll find essays and interviews by successful emerging managers, service providers used by MIT's own managers, essays MITIMCo has written for emerging managers and more! Quartr Quartr is revolutionizing the way investors interact with IR departments, listen to conference calls, and engage in investment research. The best way to think of Quartr is like Spotify for investor conference calls. Quartr is 100% free and includes markets from 12+ countries (with plans to expand in the future!). Investors can easily request new companies, and Quartr is quick to add them. You can learn more about Quartr by visiting their site, Quartr.se If you're interested in changing the way you research companies, download the app today and give it a try on Apple and Android. Tegus Tegus has the world’s largest collection of instantly available interviews on all the public and private companies you care about. Tegus actually makes primary research fun and effortless, too. Instead of weeks and months, you can learn a new industry or company in hours, and all from those that know it best. I spend nearly all my time reading Tegus calls on existing holdings and new ideas. And I know you will too. So if you’re interested, head on over to tegus.co/valuehive for a free trial to see for yourself. TIKR TIKR is THE BEST resource for all stock market data, I use TIKR every day in my process, and I know you will too. Make sure to check them out at TIKR.com/hive.

Hey Guys! This week, we’re chatting all things Podcasting with Bill Brewster! This is a recording of a Twitter Spaces I did two weeks ago.  The general goal was to talk about what we have learned from podcasting, our favorites podcast episode/guest, our favorites podcasts and have a ton of fun with the community and answer some of their questions. [1:00] What have you learned about yourself since starting the podcast? [13:00] Researching Guests [16:00] Missing the Commodities Boom [26:00] When it’s time to reconsider your macro view point? [32:00] Core Lessons on Investing? [37:00] What company/industry you want to learn? (Weed) [46:00] Podcast Sponsors [52:00] Jake Taylor [58:00] Dogs & Puppies [1:07:00] Taxes If you liked what you heard and want to learn more about Bill, follow him on Twitter here.  Finally, a big thanks to the following sponsors for making the podcast a reality. Mitimco This episode is brought to you by MIT Investment Management Company, also known as MITIMCo, the investment office of MIT. Each year, MITIMCo invests in a handful of new emerging managers who it believes can earn exceptional long-term returns in support of MIT's mission. To help the emerging manager community more broadly, they created emergingmanagers.org, a website for emerging manager stockpickers. For those looking to start a stock-picking fund or just looking to learn about how others have done it, I highly recommend the site. You'll find essays and interviews by successful emerging managers, service providers used by MIT's own managers, essays MITIMCo has written for emerging managers and more! Quartr Quartr is revolutionizing the way investors interact with IR departments, listen to conference calls, and engage in investment research. The best way to think of Quartr is like Spotify for investor conference calls. Quartr is 100% free and includes markets from 12+ countries (with plans to expand in the future!). Investors can easily request new companies, and Quartr is quick to add them. You can learn more about Quartr by visiting their site, Quartr.se If you're interested in changing the way you research companies, download the app today and give it a try on Apple and Android. Tegus Tegus has the world’s largest collection of instantly available interviews on all the public and private companies you care about. Tegus actually makes primary research fun and effortless, too. Instead of weeks and months, you can learn a new industry or company in hours, and all from those that know it best. I spend nearly all my time reading Tegus calls on existing holdings and new ideas. And I know you will too. So if you’re interested, head on over to tegus.co/valuehive for a free trial to see for yourself. TIKR TIKR is THE BEST resource for all stock market data, I use TIKR every day in my process, and I know you will too. Make sure to check them out at TIKR.com/hive.

Hey Guys! This week we have as a guest another anonymous Fintwit account, @KlendathuCap. We discussed a variety of topics such as the reason behind his Twitter handle, investing in Pixar when he was a kid, how he got into Investing, using technicals, how your behavior changes when you post a stock position on Twitter, how he manages his portfolio and a small conversation about the oculus. [0:00] Who is Klendathu Cap? [4:00] Investing inPixar [12:40] Grandpa’s Trading Style [19:00] @KlendathuCap’s Investing Style [26:30] Chinese Equities [29:00] Using Technicals [37:00] Sharing your Ideas [48:00] The Body is Not a Machine [58:00] Stalling of Medical Innovations [1:05:00] Portfolio Management [1:12:00] Paralysis by Analysis [1:16:00] The Metaverse: Oculus [1:24:00] More from @KlendathuCap and closing questions If you like what you heard, Follow KlendathuCap on Twitter here.  Finally, a big thanks to the following sponsors for making the podcast a reality. Mitimco This episode is brought to you by MIT Investment Management Company, also known as MITIMCo, the investment office of MIT. Each year, MITIMCo invests in a handful of new emerging managers who it believes can earn exceptional long-term returns in support of MIT's mission. To help the emerging manager community more broadly, they created emergingmanagers.org, a website for emerging manager stockpickers. For those looking to start a stock-picking fund or just looking to learn about how others have done it, I highly recommend the site. You'll find essays and interviews by successful emerging managers, service providers used by MIT's own managers, essays MITIMCo has written for emerging managers and more! Quartr Quartr is revolutionizing the way investors interact with IR departments, listen to conference calls, and engage in investment research. The best way to think of Quartr is like Spotify for investor conference calls. Quartr is 100% free and includes markets from 12+ countries (with plans to expand in the future!). Investors can easily request new companies, and Quartr is quick to add them. You can learn more about Quartr by visiting their site, Quartr.se If you're interested in changing the way you research companies, download the app today and give it a try on Apple and Android. Tegus Tegus has the world’s largest collection of instantly available interviews on all the public and private companies you care about. Tegus actually makes primary research fun and effortless, too. Instead of weeks and months, you can learn a new industry or company in hours, and all from those that know it best. I spend nearly all my time reading Tegus calls on existing holdings and new ideas. And I know you will too. So if you’re interested, head on over to tegus.co/valuehive for a free trial to see for yourself. TIKR TIKR is THE BEST resource for all stock market data, I use TIKR every day in my process, and I know you will too. Make sure to check them out at TIKR.com/hive.

Hey Guys! This week I am very stoked to have Frederik Gieschen, @NeckarValue, on the Podcast. We dove deep on writing and reading processes, lessons from the trading grates, market burnout, longevity and endgames [0:00] How Frederik Became a Writer [17:00] Don’t Fool Yourself [26:00] Handling Being Wrong [40:00] Investing Burn Out: Peter Lynch [47:00] FinTwit Timeline: Web 3.0, Metaverse, NFT, BS, etc. [1:02:00] Lessons from “Going for the Jugular” [1:07:00] Analyzing Quotes: The Backstop [1:17:00] Tiger Global: Power Laws [1:25:00] Why People Read Our Writings? [1:38:00] More from Frederik and closing questions If you like what you hear and want to learn more about Frederik, follow him on Twitter here and check out his Substack here.  Finally, a big thanks to the following sponsors for making the podcast a reality. Mitimco This episode is brought to you by MIT Investment Management Company, also known as MITIMCo, the investment office of MIT. Each year, MITIMCo invests in a handful of new emerging managers who it believes can earn exceptional long-term returns in support of MIT's mission. To help the emerging manager community more broadly, they created emergingmanagers.org, a website for emerging manager stockpickers. For those looking to start a stock-picking fund or just looking to learn about how others have done it, I highly recommend the site. You'll find essays and interviews by successful emerging managers, service providers used by MIT's own managers, essays MITIMCo has written for emerging managers and more! Quartr Quartr is revolutionizing the way investors interact with IR departments, listen to conference calls, and engage in investment research. The best way to think of Quartr is like Spotify for investor conference calls. Quartr is 100% free and includes markets from 12+ countries (with plans to expand in the future!). Investors can easily request new companies, and Quartr is quick to add them. You can learn more about Quartr by visiting their site, Quartr.se If you're interested in changing the way you research companies, download the app today and give it a try on Apple and Android. Tegus Tegus has the world’s largest collection of instantly available interviews on all the public and private companies you care about. Tegus actually makes primary research fun and effortless, too. Instead of weeks and months, you can learn a new industry or company in hours, and all from those that know it best. I spend nearly all my time reading Tegus calls on existing holdings and new ideas. And I know you will too. So if you’re interested, head on over to tegus.co/valuehive for a free trial to see for yourself. TIKR TIKR is THE BEST resource for all stock market data, I use TIKR every day in my process, and I know you will too. Make sure to check them out at TIKR.com/hive.

Hey guys! This week I'm trying something brand new on the podcast. I created an "audiobook" edition of some of my favorite hedge fund letters. This week, I read the Q4 letters from the following funds:  Greenhaven Road Capital Laughing Water Capital  Greenlight Capital There is one other podcast that does this (Capital Literature), but I thought having a more human voice would make it easier to listen to, hopefully you agree.  Also, I thought now would be a great time to try this as I'm traveling to FL for my bachelor party. I look forward to resuming the usual person-to-person interview style you've come to appreciate on the podcast.  Finally, a big thanks to the following sponsors for making the podcast a reality. Mitimco This episode is brought to you by MIT Investment Management Company, also known as MITIMCo, the investment office of MIT. Each year, MITIMCo invests in a handful of new emerging managers who it believes can earn exceptional long-term returns in support of MIT's mission. To help the emerging manager community more broadly, they created emergingmanagers.org, a website for emerging manager stockpickers. For those looking to start a stock-picking fund or just looking to learn about how others have done it, I highly recommend the site. You'll find essays and interviews by successful emerging managers, service providers used by MIT's own managers, essays MITIMCo has written for emerging managers and more! Quartr Quartr is revolutionizing the way investors interact with IR departments, listen to conference calls, and engage in investment research. The best way to think of Quartr is like Spotify for investor conference calls. Quartr is 100% free and includes markets from 12+ countries (with plans to expand in the future!). Investors can easily request new companies, and Quartr is quick to add them. You can learn more about Quartr by visiting their site, Quartr.se If you're interested in changing the way you research companies, download the app today and give it a try on Apple and Android. Tegus Tegus has the world’s largest collection of instantly available interviews on all the public and private companies you care about. Tegus actually makes primary research fun and effortless, too. Instead of weeks and months, you can learn a new industry or company in hours, and all from those that know it best. I spend nearly all my time reading Tegus calls on existing holdings and new ideas. And I know you will too. So if you’re interested, head on over to tegus.co/valuehive for a free trial to see for yourself. TIKR TIKR is THE BEST resource for all stock market data, I use TIKR every day in my process, and I know you will too. Make sure to check them out at TIKR.com/hive.

Hey guys! This week we have Lukasz Tomicki, the portfolio manager at LRT Capital. LRT is a long-short fundamental based investment fund.  In this conversation we took a deep dive to a lot of different areas such as the current conflict between the Ukraine and Russia, his technology background, how he founded a company after graduating high school, story stocks such as Uber and We Work, and Carvana, how he constructs his portfolio, and last but not least he shared his bull theses in Watsco, Inc. (WSO), Tractor Supply (TSCO) and Hexcel Corporation (HXL). [0:00] Who is Lukasz Tomicki? [2:40] Russia, Ukraine and the USA. [9:00] Founding a Company [14:00] Lukasz’s Investing Journey [22:00] Story Stocks: Uber, We Work [28:00] Founding LRT Capital [30:00] Investing Criteria & Fake Moats [39:00] Portfolio Construction [49:00] The Endowment Bias [51:00] Watsco, Inc. (WSO) [1:02:00] Tractor Supply (TSCO) [1:08:00] Hexcel Corporation (HXL) [1:17:00] Ideas for the future [1:19:00] More from Lukasz Tomicki & Closing Questions If you like what you heard, follow Lukasz on Twitter @Tomicki and check out his website here. Also, a big thanks to the following sponsors for making the podcast a reality.  Mitimco This episode is brought to you by MIT Investment Management Company, also known as MITIMCo, the investment office of MIT. Each year, MITIMCo invests in a handful of new emerging managers who it believes can earn exceptional long-term returns in support of MIT's mission. To help the emerging manager community more broadly, they created emergingmanagers.org, a website for emerging manager stockpickers. For those looking to start a stock-picking fund or just looking to learn about how others have done it, I highly recommend the site. You'll find essays and interviews by successful emerging managers, service providers used by MIT's own managers, essays MITIMCo has written for emerging managers and more! Quartr Quartr is revolutionizing the way investors interact with IR departments, listen to conference calls, and engage in investment research. The best way to think of Quartr is like Spotify for investor conference calls. Quartr is 100% free and includes markets from 12+ countries (with plans to expand in the future!). Investors can easily request new companies, and Quartr is quick to add them. You can learn more about Quartr by visiting their site, Quartr.se If you're interested in changing the way you research companies, download the app today and give it a try on Apple and Android. Tegus Tegus has the world’s largest collection of instantly available interviews on all the public and private companies you care about. Tegus actually makes primary research fun and effortless, too. Instead of weeks and months, you can learn a new industry or company in hours, and all from those that know it best. I spend nearly all my time reading Tegus calls on existing holdings and new ideas. And I know you will too. So if you’re interested, head on over to tegus.co/valuehive for a free trial to see for yourself. TIKR TIKR is THE BEST resource for all stock market data, I use TIKR every day in my process, and I know you will too. Make sure to check them out at TIKR.com/hive. 

This week I'm excited to share with you my conversation with Austin Swanson. Austin is a real estate and stock market investor. And boy, is he passionate about investing. Austin dives deeper into businesses than any analyst/portfolio manager I've seen. This show is a highlight into Austin's research process on Cardlytics (CDLX). Austin owns a two-stock portfolio, and CDLX is one of them.This episode dives deep into the Cardlytics business. We discuss everything including: Customer value proposition CDLX Unit Economics What separates CDLX from its competition Why competitors can't easily compete with CDLX CDLX long-term value creation potential What's embedded in the current stock price? And more! If you're interested in CDLX or already invested and want to learn more, this episode is for you!If you like what you hear from Austin, follow him on Twitter @Swany407 and check out his Substack here. Also, a big thanks to the following sponsors for making the podcast a reality! Quartr Quartr is revolutionizing the way investors interact with IR departments, listen to conference calls, and engage in investment research. The best way to think of Quartr is like Spotify for investor conference calls. Quartr is 100% free and includes markets from 12+ countries (with plans to expand in the future!). Investors can easily request new companies, and Quartr is quick to add them. You can learn more about Quartr by visiting their site, Quartr.se If you're interested in changing the way you research companies, download the app today and give it a try on Apple and Android. Tegus Tegus has the world’s largest collection of instantly available interviews on all the public and private companies you care about. Tegus actually makes primary research fun and effortless, too. Instead of weeks and months, you can learn a new industry or company in hours, and all from those that know it best. I spend nearly all my time reading Tegus calls on existing holdings and new ideas. And I know you will too. So if you’re interested, head on over to tegus.co/valuehive for a free trial to see for yourself. TIKR TIKR is THE BEST resource for company financials, transcripts, and insider ownership data. I use TIKR every day in my research process, and I know you will too. They have the widest selection of global company data, a terrific leadership team, and a bright future ahead. Try them out today at TIKR.com/hive. MasterWorks MasterWorks is the new tech platform valued at over one billion dollars that lets you invest in paintings by Warhol, Picasso and Banksy like stocks. You don’t need hundreds of millions to add art to your portfolio anymore. You just need a solid internet connection to get started. Try them out today at Masterworks.art/value