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Latest episodes

Dec 8, 2022 • 15min
Super Investors Recently Bought These Stocks
In this episode I break-down the top stocks that some of the top investment fund managers, or super investors, bought and sold in Q3 of 2022. Each quarter, these investors must submit a 13F SEC filing, which allows us to see these fund managers' stock portfolios. Super investors such as Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Michael Burry, Mohnish Pabrai, Seth Klarman, Terry Smith, David Tepper, Bill Miller, Chuck Akre, Thomas Gayner, Thomas Russo and Bill Nygren are included in these filings.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:50 Top super investor buys in the quarter
02:17 Top super investor stocks owned overall
02:58 Stock 1: Meta
05:31 Stock 2: Microsoft
06:56 Stock 3: Amazon
07:39 Stock 4: Alphabet Inc (GOOGL)
08:27 Stock 5: Salesforce
09:26 Stock 6: Alphabet Inc CL C (GOOG)
09:48 Stock 7: Visa
10:45 Stock 8: Booking
11:21 Stock 9: PayPal
12:25 Stock 10: Disney
13:11 Stock 11: Charter Communications
14:46 Stock 12: Micron Technology
Related episodes:
Guru Portfolio Update: Buffett & Munger | Berkshire BUYS Taiwan Semiconductor
https://youtu.be/PzFDoMVZMJU
Michael Burry has Started to BUY Cheap Stocks! What’s Burry Buying?
https://youtu.be/kzbuujGXTuI
Guru Investor Portfolios 2022: Small Cap Stocks Gurus Art Buying
https://youtu.be/-SvrVWD37EE
Mohnish Pabrai’s Micron Tech Investment Thesis and MU Q4 2022 Earnings Update
https://youtu.be/b0RrLmiTPRU
Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Dec 2, 2022 • 4min
Mohnish Pabrai’s Micron Tech Investment Thesis Update: Destination Analysis | 5X Upside Potential?
This episode is a summary of the destination analysis part of investor Mohnish Pabrai’s investment thesis for Micron Technology, as explained by Pabrai in a recent Q&A video session. Micron Technology is in the business of designing and manufacturing digital memory and storage products for multiple industries.
Timestamps:
00:00 Micron destination analysis intro
00:47 Memory chip oligopoly
01:13 Future earnings potential
01:53 Not caring about one quarter or a year
02:35 Market value upside
03:09 Portfolio allocation
Directly related episode:
Mohnish Pabrai’s Micron Tech Investment Thesis Update: Memory Chip OLIGOPOLY!
https://youtu.be/moqHjmcItFg
Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Dec 1, 2022 • 5min
Mohnish Pabrai’s Micron Tech Investment Thesis Update: Memory Chip OLIGOPOLY!
This episode is a summary of part of investor Mohnish Pabrai’s investment thesis for Micron Technology, as explained by Pabrai in a recent Q&A video session. The company is in the business of designing and manufacturing digital memory and storage products for multiple industries.
Related episode mentioned in this episode:
Mohnish Pabrai’s Micron Technology ($MU) Investment Thesis Update: Destination Analysis
https://youtu.be/RX1rMlTT2Tk
Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Nov 24, 2022 • 7min
Mohnish Pabrai Portfolio Update: Pabrai Buys BAM Stock! (Brookfield Asset Management)
Investors such as Mohnish Pabrai who manage portfolios over $100 million have recently filed their 13F Q3 2022 updates. In this episode I look at Pabrai’s portfolio changes for the quarter. Mohnish bought some stock of Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) in Q3, so I consider some reasons he might have initiated the position at this time.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:14 Mohnish Pabrai's stock portfolio
02:17 Brookfield Asset Management Inc
04:08 Why did Pabrai buy BAM stock?
Related episode:
Mohnish Pabrai’s Micron Tech Investment Thesis and MU Q4 2022 Earnings Update https://youtu.be/b0RrLmiTPRU
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Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Nov 23, 2022 • 13min
Guru Portfolios Update: Buffett, Munger | Berkshire Buys Taiwan Semiconductor
Super Investors managing portfolios over $100 million have now filed their 13F Q3 2022 updates. In this episode I'm looking at the portfolio updates of both Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. I look at the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio and Charlie Munger’s The Daily Journal portfolio. I give special attention to Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM), a new position in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio during the quarter.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:17 Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway
04:07 Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM)
10:46 Charlie Munger & Alibaba (BABA)- Daily Journal Corp.
Related episodes:
Are China Stocks UNINVESTABLE or HISTORIC VALUE OPPORTUNITY?
https://youtu.be/qfrjfIEx1vw
Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Nov 18, 2022 • 17min
Michael Burry Has Started to BUY Cheap Stocks! What’s Burry buying?
Famed investor Michael Burry has just reported his 3Q 2022 stock holdings, and he’s been buying 6 stocks! What's Burry been buying? In this episode I look at all 6 current holdings, give my thoughts on each, and why Burry might have bought these particular companies.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:35 “You have no idea how short I am.”
01:20 Recent portfolio activity
02:26 The Geo Group
06:00 Qurate Retail
09:22 CoreCivic
11:02 Aerojet Rocketdyne
14:16 Charter Communications
16:03 Liberty Latin America
Related episodes:
Michael Burry Admits Feeling Greedy as Stock Market Crashes (Latest Deleted Tweets)
https://youtu.be/T9pZU-bqlxs
Michael Burry on Meta & Pathways to Meta Stock Recovery
https://youtu.be/sOD23MqZ4OU
Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Nov 14, 2022 • 14min
Michael Burry on Meta & Pathways to META Stock Recovery
META stock has been continually hammered in the stock market since 2021. With return on investment of the new metaverse part of the business looking like it could be years away yet, and the advertising-focused parts of the business under some macroeconomic pressure, investors are wondering if the stock price will ever recover; and if it does, now much? In this episode, I look at those situations, and also what investor Michael Burry has been saying in his tweets recently about Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. I look at the latest Meta earnings, and some of the the possibilities and probabilities for Meta Platforms and META stock for coming years.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:02 Michael Burry on Meta and Zuck
04:35 The Meta earnings that made Jim Cramer cry
07:29 Metaverse investments: too much, too fast?
09:24 Meta stock superinvestors
10:25 My current Meta opinion
Related video:
Michael Burry Admits Feeling Greedy as Stock Market Crashes (Latest Deleted Tweets)
https://youtu.be/T9pZU-bqlxs
Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Nov 8, 2022 • 19min
Are China Stocks UNINVESTABLE or HISTORIC VALUE OPPORTUNITY?
In this episode I look at some of the pros and cons of investing in Chinese stocks in the current market environment, given valuations have dropped so much, and there is a great deal of pessimism and uncertainly around. Is the Chinese market now "uninvestable" as some analysts have been saying, or could it be a historic long-term value opportunity?
Stocks mentioned: BABA, PDD, JD, NIO, BIDU, HXC, KWEB, MPNGY, HKG:3690
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:27 China "uninvestable" or buying opportunity?
02:11 Xi Jinping's Common Prosperity and the market
04:20 China vs U.S. market value ratios
06:10 Popular China stocks update
08:26 Uninvestable often means future multibagger returns
11:37 Investing at the time of maximum pessimism
13:14 Some China positives
14:42 Charlie Munger's views on investing in China
16:31 Summing up and potential catalysts
Related episode:
Alibaba Stock Crash Continues! BABA Stock Update & Review
https://youtu.be/6UjgARFWx3U
Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Nov 2, 2022 • 13min
Alibaba Stock Crash Continues! BABA Stock Update & Review
In this episode I look at why Alibaba (BABA) stock has fallen nearly 80% from its peak, and why it had yet another substantial drop just recently. I cover the pros and cons of owning BABA stock at this point, for the long term.
Timestamps:
00:44 Sources of investor fears and concerns
05:30 Positives and catalysts
07:05 Alibaba the company vs the stock price
08:50 Superinvestor BABA shareholders
10:32 Buy, sell, or hold?
Related episode:
Mohnish Pabrai: Why I Switched from Alibaba to Tencent https://youtu.be/v27JsHlgPZU
Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision

Oct 28, 2022 • 20min
Spotify Earnings Update: Has The Story Changed? | Stock: SPOT
After looking at the latest Spotify Q3 2022 earnings, and listening to the earnings call with CEO Daniel Ek, in this episode I give an updated summary and some commentary on the streaming media company. Has the investment story changed?
00:15 Spotify financial media headlines
02:57 SPOT recent share price action
03:35 Spotify Q3 2022 highlights
05:02 New video podcasting
05:44 Q3 2022 financial summary
06:19 Gross margin concern
07:45 Free cash flow
08:10 Global mix of monthly active users (MAUs)
09:03 First iteration of Audiobooks
09:43 Progress of Podcasting
10:08 Two-Sided Marketplace
10:30 Outlook for Q4 2022
10:48 Earnings call highlights and commentary
14:21 The critical metric: Lifetime User Value (LTV)
15:58 Danial Ek on gross margins
17:42 Increasing prices - pricing power
19:07 Battling the gatekeeper: Apple
19:42 A key takeaway
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https://youtu.be/EQHQcOZCkGM
Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.