Back in June 2009, reeling from the financial crisis and desperate to fix its balance sheet, Barclays agreed to sell Barclays Global Investors (BGI) to BlackRock, who paid ~$13.5bn in cash and stock for BGI’s ~$1tn in assets, which included $385bn in AUM from its vaunted iShares ETF franchise. Over the last 8 years, iShares […]
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[RELY] Remitly
Remitly looks interesting
February 4, 2026
It may not be entirely fair to think of Wise as “cross-border transfers for yuppies”, [...]
Continue reading →[KNSL] Kinsale
[KNSL] Kinsale is built for speed
January 26, 2026
One way to carve up the investment universe is between standardized products, like index funds, [...]
Continue reading →[WSO] Watsco
thoughts on Watsco
January 16, 2026
While investors continue to be enthralled by AI and all things Tech, I can’t help [...]
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scuttleblurb business update (2025)
January 8, 2026
I’m sure you’re sick of these annual newsletter recaps by now, so I’ll keep mine [...]
Continue reading →[ODFL] Old Dominion [SAIA] Saia [XPO] XPO
[ODFL, SAIA, XPO] the LTL carriers are going to be ok
January 5, 2026
If I were to tell you about a company whose main job is to move [...]
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