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I was making the assumption that when China is affected by tarrifs, the goverment will support the businesses even if it temporarily makes them take a hit. After all China has a long term plan while they US looks at the next 4 years, after that the tarrifs are likely gone.

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1 hour ago, Spekulatius said:

No, they are going to put tariffs on agricultural goods and a few other things.

 

The problem the Chinese have is that they export so much more than they import that anything they do to counter tariffs can’t reciprocate.

 

If you look Mr Market seems to anticipate this scenario already, because agricultural good related business have not participated in the Trump rally at all.

 

FWIW, Farmers vote for Trump, but it’s likely that his policies are not good for them at all. This is nothing new, same was the case in 2016.

Trump tax policy is somewhat of an offsetting positive for farmers, particularly the higher estate tax exemption under the 2017 tax cut & jobs act. It made transferring family farms possible without raising significant money for the tax bill or outright requiring liquidation to meet the tax bill. Double (and in many cases triple) taxation at its finest. 

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23 minutes ago, KPO said:

Trump tax policy is somewhat of an offsetting positive for farmers, particularly the higher estate tax exemption under the 2017 tax cut & jobs act. It made transferring family farms possible without raising significant money for the tax bill or outright requiring liquidation to meet the tax bill. Double (and in many cases triple) taxation at its finest. 

Thanks. I wasn’t aware of this. This was kept as is by democrats and I don‘t think there was an intent to change it.

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1 hour ago, Paarslaars said:

I was making the assumption that when China is affected by tarrifs, the goverment will support the businesses even if it temporarily makes them take a hit. After all China has a long term plan while they US looks at the next 4 years, after that the tarrifs are likely gone.

I think any stimulus is likely go toward individuals and smaller business. Xi Jinping doesn’t have much of a track record helping large business, except some state controlled industries or those that fit his economic agenda.

 

I don’t see Temu working well in the US going forward but that’s perhaps already priced in.

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2 hours ago, Spekulatius said:

Thanks. I wasn’t aware of this. This was kept as is by democrats and I don‘t think there was an intent to change it.

It naturally rolls back to pre-2017 levels after 2025, so the hope is this will get extended along with the lower tax rates, accelerated depreciation and other features of the original act. 

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It's looking like I'll be buying more MSGE for $40 this Friday.  I had been writing MSGE puts lately and I wrote some $40 Nov 15 puts a few weeks ago and got $1.04 for them.  So I'll be paying $38.96 for my shares. Not too bad.  Especially because I've been selling puts for a few months which didn't get exercised. 

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13 minutes ago, Saluki said:

Added a little JOE, NTDOY and KRKNF. 

 

I noticed you have been steadily buying JOE,  what's your position size and thesis on it?  

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10 minutes ago, ourkid8 said:

 

I noticed you have been steadily buying JOE,  what's your position size and thesis on it?  

 

It's my 3rd biggest position, about 11% weighting in my portfolio.  My thesis is that it's cheap when consider the price versus he growth and tailwinds. If you take the market cap divided by ~180k acres it's about $16k an acre, which is pretty cheap for anything near the water in any state, so as a friend of mine would say "it's not rocket surgery."   

 

 

I did this video about a year and a half ago, which only has 300 views, but it has most of the good things I saw in it.  When I first started buying ($20, then $15), I didn't think the recreational stuff was a money maker, but it turns out that it was, so the original thesis is intact, but their are other lottery tickets in there too. 

 

This is the earliest buy I found, but the smarter people bought in 2022 in the $30s and have a much better IRR than me on this. 

Acquisition Date
               Quantity
   Unit Cost ($)
                    Cost Basis ($)
 
 
               Value($)           
Gain/ Loss
    Gain/Loss (%  
02/27/2019 (Long Term)   80              15.51                                 1,240.66                         4,090.36        2,849.70           229.69

 

My timing sucks sometimes (because of the ancient trading curse), but it tends to work out okay if my research and thesis is correct and I don't mind paying for something if it's a better company than when I first started buying.  CPNG at $14 looked great because it was growing fast and finally went from losing money to breakeven.  I didn't mind buying more at $23, because it's still growing fast and is now really profitable with margins getting bigger because of the operating leverage. 

 

I think Bruce stepping down spooked some people, but he's still trimming the same way as before, not dumping shares like Buffett and BAC. It probably wouldn't be $51 if he was still on the board, but he was the chairman, not the CEO.  All the operations people are still in their seats and still doing their thing to create value. 

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On 11/12/2024 at 10:13 AM, giulio said:

Small add PRM

dumped it.  great business, but im sorry management is just beyond greedy on this one.  If you're that unfair to your shareholders, im gonna guess you are doing other bad things too.  made some money, but no need to keep my money where with someone i cant trust

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2 hours ago, Saluki said:

I did this video about a year and a half ago, which only has 300 views, but it has most of the good things I saw in it.

 

I didn't know this was you!  Very enjoyable watch.  Think I'll look for way to add more JOE.

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Added to STNE sub-$10. Solid quarter, good buyback progress, net cash position, favorable gross margin profile, and trading at a single digit P/E. Outside of the obvious risk of currency volatility, what’s not to like here? 

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On 11/12/2024 at 5:23 PM, lnofeisone said:

I added to JOE and CNC and sold some MSGE puts. 

@Inofeisone: What’s your thesis on CNC? Any elevator pitch? Noticed the CFO buying, and I am intrigued. 

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