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If you use them right, stock options are a powerful way to supercharge your investment returns.

But most people are afraid of them (I blame financial media!).

Here are 6 things you probably didn’t know about options:
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Macquarie on Equinix $EQIX US

Thesis: Equinix’s strategic urban presence and rising data center demand cement its position as a key infrastructure growth player

(Extract from their Q3 letter) https://t.co/QqOJlXI3ug
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Palantir $PLTR: Rarely have I seen customer growth this steady👌 https://t.co/Ag3Urpd2az
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With $BTC > $105K, where does $MSTR open tomorrow?
- Up >5%
- Up >2%
- Down >5%
- Down >2%
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Macquarie on Epiroc AB $EPIA SS

Thesis: Epiroc’s cutting-edge mining technology and exposure to growing demand for electrification metals offer strong growth potential

(Extract from their Q3 letter) https://t.co/S3LEEgb701
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I have decided to slightly change the format of my free newsletter, focusing on things I found most interesting during the past week.

In the first edition I highlight the winner of the Pershing Square Challenge - $VVV - it also popped up in my Corporate Cannibals screen earlier this year.

Also sharing insights from Anthony Bolton on what differentiates great investors from average with some practical tips.

Finally, I shared a couple of macro charts that I found insightful, particularly on US budget deficit and earnings growth. See link in reply.

Hope you enjoy it! Let me know your thoughts 👇
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Marc Andreessen on what makes Elon impossible to compete with

“I’m not aware of another CEO who operates the way he does.”

Marc believes you have to go back in history to the industrialists of the late 1800s and early 1900s to find founders comparable to Elon Musk (e.g. Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Watson, Andrew Mellon, Cornelius Vanderbilt).

“Those guys ran very similar to the way Elon runs things… The top line thing is just this incredible devotion from the leader of the company to fully, deeply understand what the company does, to be completely knowledgeable about every aspect of it, and to be in the trenches and talking directly to the people who do the work to deeply understand the issues. And then be the lead problem solver in the organization. Basically what Elon does is he shows up every week at each of his companies, identifies the biggest problem the company’s having that week and he fixes it. He does that every week for 52 weeks in a row and then each of his companies has solved the 52 biggest problems that year.”

Marc juxtaposes this process with more conventional CEOs who respond to problems with planning, meetings, and reports.

The other crucial factor in Elon’s success that Marc points to is his ability to attract incredible talent:

“Many of the best people in the world want to work with him because if you work with Elon the expectations are through the roof in terms of your level of performance. And he is going to know who you are and what you’ve done. He’s going to know what you’ve done this week and if you’re underperforming. And he may fire you in the meeting if you’re not carrying your weight. But if you are as committed to the company as he is, and hard working and capable, many people who have worked for him say that they had the best experience of their lives.”

Marc recalls a famous line from somebody who joined SpaceX from another aerospace company and said, “It’s like being dropped into a shocking zone of competence. Everybody around me is so absolutely competent.”

And lastly, as Marc argues, Elon’s technical ability is another competitive advantage versus non-technical CEOs:

“When he identifies the bottleneck, he goes and talks to the line engineers who understand the technical nature of the bottleneck… He’s not asking the VP of Engineering to ask the Director of Engineering to ask the manager to ask the individual contributor to write a report that’s to be reviewed in three weeks. He doesn’t do that. What he does is he goes and personally finds the engineer who actually has the knowledge about the thing, and then he sits in the room with that engineer and fixes the problem with them. And again, this is why he inspires such incredible loyalty from especially the technical people who he works with. They’re just like, ‘Wow, if I’m up against a problem I don’t know how to solve, freaking Elon Musk is going to show up in his Gulfstream and he’s going to sit with me overnight in front of the keyboard or in front of the manufacturing line and help me figure this out.’”

Video source: @ChrisWillx (2024)
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RT @DrJStrategy: Fantastic context on why you don’t bet against Elon 👇

Marc Andreessen on what makes Elon impossible to compete with

“I’m not aware of another CEO who operates the way he does.”

Marc believes you have to go back in history to the industrialists of the late 1800s and early 1900s to find founders comparable to Elon Musk (e.g. Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Watson, Andrew Mellon, Cornelius Vanderbilt).

“Those guys ran very similar to the way Elon runs things… The top line thing is just this incredible devotion from the leader of the company to fully, deeply understand what the company does, to be completely knowledgeable about every aspect of it, and to be in the trenches and talking directly to the people who do the work to deeply understand the issues. And then be the lead problem solver in the organization. Basically what Elon does is he shows up every week at each of his companies, identifies the biggest problem the company’s having that week and he fixes it. He does that every week for 52 weeks in a row and then each of his companies has solved the 52 biggest problems that year.”

Marc juxtaposes this process with more conventional CEOs who respond to problems with planning, meetings, and reports.

The other crucial factor in Elon’s success that Marc points to is his ability to attract incredible talent:

“Many of the best people in the world want to work with him because if you work with Elon the expectations are through the roof in terms of your level of performance. And he is going to know who you are and what you’ve done. He’s going to know what you’ve done this week and if you’re underperforming. And he may fire you in the meeting if you’re not carrying your weight. But if you are as committed to the company as he is, and hard working and capable, many people who have worked for him say that they had the best experience of their lives.”

Marc recalls a famous line from somebody who joined SpaceX from another aerospace company and said, “It’s like being dropped into a shocking zone of competence. Everybody around me is so absolutely competent.”

And lastly, as Marc argues, Elon’s technical ability is another competitive advantage versus non-technical CEOs:

“When he identifies the bottleneck, he goes and talks to the line engineers who understand the technical nature of the bottleneck… He’s not asking the VP of Engineering to ask the Director of Engineering to ask the manager to ask the individual contributor to write a report that’s to be reviewed in three weeks. He doesn’t do that. What he does is he goes and personally finds the engineer who actually has the knowledge about the thing, and then he sits in the room with that engineer and fixes the problem with them. And again, this is why he inspires such incredible loyalty from especially the technical people who he works with. They’re just like, ‘Wow, if I’m up against a problem I don’t know how to solve, freaking Elon Musk is going to show up in his Gulfstream and he’s going to sit with me overnight in front of the keyboard or in front of the manufacturing line and help me figure this out.’”

Video source: @ChrisWillx (2024)
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10 Quality Stocks Trading PEG <2.00x 📈

💿 advanced micro devices $amd
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📸 meta platforms $meta
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*peg calculated by taking 2026 - 2027 eps estimates since ntm p/e used (which is based on 2025 eps estimates)

#stocks #investing
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*data from tikr
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RT @foundertribune: "Big Winners Pay for Many Experiments" by Jeff Bezos (2015) https://t.co/wcw74YU8Os

https://t.co/Pjbpoy4yYM
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Jeff Bezos on failure and invention:

"Failure and invention are inseparable twins. To invent you have to experiment, and if you know in advance that it’s going to work, it’s not an experiment [...] Outsized returns often come from betting against conventional wisdom, and conventional wisdom is usually right. Given a ten percent chance of a 100 times payoff, you should take that bet every time. But you’re still going to be wrong nine times out of ten. We all know that if you swing for the fences, you’re going to strike out a lot, but you’re also going to hit some home runs. The difference between baseball and business, however, is that baseball has a truncated outcome distribution. When you swing, no matter how well you connect with the ball, the most runs you can get is four. In business, every once in a while, when you step up to the plate, you can score 1,000 runs. This long-tailed distribution of returns is why it’s important to be bold. Big winners pay for so many experiments."

"Big Winners Pay for Many Experiments" by Jeff Bezos (2015) https://t.co/wcw74YU8Os
- The Founders' Tribune
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Lindsell Train on T. Rowe Price $TROW US

Thesis: T. Rowe Price’s strong yield, share buybacks, and historically low valuation provide a compelling long-term opportunity for double-digit returns

(Extract from their Q3 letter) https://t.co/9qN6FSLXPD
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