Guest longinvestor Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Finally started a personal portfolio outside the 401k. SBLK at @ 8.32 a few weeks ago. Pretty conservative industry with large moats if I say so myself. :o I'm kind of confused or did i misunderstand what you meant by the below statement in the SBLK thread? Does anyone make money besides management in these damn companies? I'm an idiot and will gladly run the company into the ground if you gave me the chance -- especially while getting PAID. To clarify I think the industry is very competitive and there is little moat if any -- I was being sarcastic. Also I looked up when I purchased SBLK and it was May 24th. Less than a month later I am complaining on a message board... My underlying reason to buy never changed so I never sold. I like having the message board records to hold myself accountable and observe the absurdity of my emotional spectrum. It's a self experiment that may be short lived -- worst case I pay for a life lesson and just invest in Berkshire and find a new hobby. You have my company in this. I have also gone back some years to check on my posts. Hoping to see that I'm less of an idiot over time, there's still plenty of emotional baggage to get rid of. The subject of emotions in investing is well under represented on this message board. Or at least overwhelmed by the quantitative stuff. It is one thing to hear Munger talk about it, yet another for us mere mortals share our experiences. It is quite hard as you seem to be aware, checking on yourself. Please keep sharing your thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hjorth Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Added a bit today to BRK.B. Added to C today, so it's now a 3 per cent position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writser Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 More SVA. Might write a little bit about it later. Chinese going private at a ~5% discount to $7 offer, third party offering $8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 More SVA. Might write a little bit about it later. Chinese going private at a ~5% discount to $7 offer, third party offering $8. Thanks again for another interesting idea, wrister. It seems that the market has not really responded to the third party offering news yet?? I had to search for a while to dig it up: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/to-fight-against-the-behavior-between-sinovacs-special-committee-and-weidong-yins-consortium-and-their-low-price-sinobioway-consortium-raises-its-purchase-price-to-8-per-share-300481381.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writser Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Yeah, the competing group of bidders include a $2B USD pharma company, they should be able to finance this deal. Whether the SVA board allows them to do so is a different question .. I was lucky enough to buy some shares the past few days around $6.35 as I thought it was an attractive deal even without the second bid. Still looks attractive even if you assign only a small chance to the $8 bid succeeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Yeah, the competing group of bidders include a $2B USD pharma company, they should be able to finance this deal. Whether the SVA board allows them to do so is a different question .. I was lucky enough to buy some shares the past few days around $6.35 as I thought it was an attractive deal even without the second bid. Still looks attractive even if you assign only a small chance to the $8 bid succeeding. Agreed, seems like a free option play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hjorth Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Started a small position in JPM today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Bought more Citi today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hjorth Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Bought more Citi today To me, a good deed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchmark Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Bought more Citi today To me, a good deed. I think that financial still have some upside. However, one thing that keeps bothering me is that I don't know how these big banks will do with a) online/mobile payments and b) cyber currency. Does that mostly eliminate the need to go to a branch, which is a big moat for the big banks? How will that impair their earnings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I haven't been to a branch in at least 3 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepwell Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Bought more Citi today To me, a good deed. I think that financial still have some upside. However, one thing that keeps bothering me is that I don't know how these big banks will do with a) online/mobile payments and b) cyber currency. Does that mostly eliminate the need to go to a branch, which is a big moat for the big banks? How will that impair their earnings? You should look at Ally, the largest online bank and growing deposits at 20% per year, most of it from millenials. Overhead is lower since they don't have any branches (lower efficiency ratio too vs. money centers) and they pass a lot of these savings to customers by offering higher rates. Trading a 9X earnings and 0.7X B/V buying back a lot of shares.. market is concerned with Auto loan exposure but after looking at their loan book which is mostly prime (and they're diversifying through mortgages, credit cards and online brokerage) I'm fine owning it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpRaider Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I still want a branch or two just in case if i have real money with you. I also want to be able to change curreny, get a safe deposit box and get stuff notarized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilermaker75 Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Wrote some WFC 52.5 strike, Aug 18 expiration date puts for $0.70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoCitiesCapital Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Generally over the past few weeks: 1) EM: Significantly increased my stake in PEFIX as re-balancing has led the portfolio of companies to be even cheaper on P/B, P/E, and P/S basis than it had before it's 50+% rally in 2016. Reduced European equity exposure to do so. 2) U.S. retail: Sold puts on LB and SHLD and re-investing dividends into RL and UA. Looking at other names as they get cheaper and may add SRG to the mix. Closed my position in the 25+ year zero coupon bond fund with gains of ~10% to fund put sales. I am not confident that we'll hit new lows outside of a recession, but think there will be other opportunities to re-enter of the next 1-3 years. 3) Resources: Adding to ALS and PDER. Looking to add to Lukoil if prices remain weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpRaider Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Interesting. Gundlach scared me about derivatives used in Pimco funds in one of his talks and I switched from PEFIX to FNDE. But it hasn't quite been hanging with the performance (neither has PXH over 5 years). But I guess that was to be expected with losing the "plus"/leverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoCitiesCapital Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Interesting. Gundlach scared me about derivatives used in Pimco funds in one of his talks and I switched from PEFIX to FNDE. But it hasn't quite been hanging with the performance (neither has PXH over 5 years). But I guess that was to be expected with losing the "plus"/leverage. Yea, the PIMCO StocksPlus and StocksPlus Long Duration funds are two of the best performing "active" equity funds in the mutual fund universe since their inceptions. The standard StocksPlus fund goes back to the 80s so it's a LONG track record of implementing the strategy successfully without blowing up in the U.S. markets. There's definitely increased risk with the use of economic leverage and EM is far more volatile, but I'm relatively confident in their ability to manage it responsibly given their long-term success in the U.S. Plus, they're not swinging for the fences with the collateral - current duration is less than a year it's diversified across U.S. treasuries, mortgages, and corporate exposures. They simply have to beat the funding cost of the swaps used (LIBOR plus a spread) with the fixed income portfolio so it doesn't have to be anything TOO crazy to get the additional 2-3% a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilermaker75 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Wrote some BRKB July 21 expiration, 170-strike puts for $0.85 per share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpRaider Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Interesting. Gundlach scared me about derivatives used in Pimco funds in one of his talks and I switched from PEFIX to FNDE. But it hasn't quite been hanging with the performance (neither has PXH over 5 years). But I guess that was to be expected with losing the "plus"/leverage. Yea, the PIMCO StocksPlus and StocksPlus Long Duration funds are two of the best performing "active" equity funds in the mutual fund universe since their inceptions. The standard StocksPlus fund goes back to the 80s so it's a LONG track record of implementing the strategy successfully without blowing up in the U.S. markets. There's definitely increased risk with the use of economic leverage and EM is far more volatile, but I'm relatively confident in their ability to manage it responsibly given their long-term success in the U.S. Plus, they're not swinging for the fences with the collateral - current duration is less than a year it's diversified across U.S. treasuries, mortgages, and corporate exposures. They simply have to beat the funding cost of the swaps used (LIBOR plus a spread) with the fixed income portfolio so it doesn't have to be anything TOO crazy to get the additional 2-3% a year. Interesting. Thanks for the response. Clarification, I had the retail fund not PEFIX. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarganaga Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Added to Pardee Resources (PDER). New small position in Cosan (CZZ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hjorth Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Added to BRK.B - quite some, based on the discussion in the topic: "Berkshire - cheap?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocSnowball Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 More Paratek pharmaceuticals (PRTK), after successful trial results of their once daily iv and oral antibiotic for both pneumonia and cellulitis. Mr Market was in an obliging mood today! A reference (not by me) Dissecting And Analyzing The Special Situation In Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $PRTK http://www.seekingalpha.com/article/4037356 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilermaker75 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Wrote some BRKB July 21 expiration, 170-strike puts for $0.85 per share. Wrote some BRKB Aug 11 expiration, 170-strike puts for $1.45 per share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoRaptorsFan Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Chipotle (CMG) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kab60 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Azo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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