I looked at some Alternative Asset Managers (BX, KKR, CG, FIG, and OAK) a year ago as the group traded at depressed multiples and invested in OAK because I get Howard Marks’ investment philosophy (which seems to strongly imbue the organization despite Marks’ largely figure head status today) and frankly, I found the other names too […]
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scuttlebits [FI] Fiserv
[scuttlebit] Fiserv’s October Massacre
What are scuttlebits? On the heels of my Global Payments post, another boomer payments stock [...]
Continue reading →[AZEK] Azek [JHX] James Hardie
[JHX] Will James Hardie’s big acquisition pay off?
In last summer’s building materials series, I explained how branded manufacturers, like James Hardie in [...]
Continue reading →scuttlebits [GWRE] Guidewire Software
[scuttlebit] Guidewire scales
What are scuttlebits? Nowhere is the insurance industry’s notorious resistance to change more evident than [...]
Continue reading →scuttlebits [WISE] Wise plc
[scuttlebit] Wise is probably going to be fine
What are scuttlebits? “we fundamentally believe whoever has the best infrastructure in this space will [...]
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Continue reading →[IT] Gartner
Is Gartner Doomed?
In simple terms what Gartner does is it furnishes research reports that executives use to [...]
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