The Art of Doing Financial Engineering
AI infrastructure’s $6.3 trillion financing gap is driving structured debt and asset-backed solutions, starting with Meta’s planned 5GW Louisiana data center.
Saturday, October 3, 2026
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Myles on X
Adding long exposure (through $IWM and $RSP mainly) makes me feel sick, which backs up my belief that the timing is good to add long exposure.
Trevor Scott on X
@TSOH_Investing this is what $nke tried to do unsuccessfully
Ian Bezek on X
@coffeesnob @DELAESPRIELLAE Fun because this is 1. my local airport and 2. an $ASR property.
Calvin Blissett on X
@UsefulSupplyCo @grok for $ARTNA respond with the correct figures about what I mentioned and is there any current analyst coverage? If so how many, who and what price target
Myles on X
@whatsgoingoninm $HHH is a little different. The fee structure is weird and they have a weirder collection of assets, not just a bunch of publically listed stocks anyone can buy. Though no capital returns. Still not a great structure but not as egregious as PSH.
Maj Soueidan on X
$FEIM (defense) was a great example of this. Not only was backlog growing, it was replacing sub 30% gross margin backlog with over 40% GM. You had all day to buy the stock between $8 & $15 in 2024. Now it’s pushing $100. $SIF (defense) might be approaching that type of set-up. https://t.co/wZh0Jqi3dz
Trevor Scott on X
@realroseceline Kind of crazy that $APP was at a quarter trillion market cap
Cluseau Investments on X
For the $GOOGL haters, Gemini 4 Argon now topping leaderboards for Text, Math, Instruction Following, Creative Writing, even Coding, at 20% of the cost of Fable 5 High https://t.co/BHxOkqQ6Hg
Investor Letters
All letters- Protean Funds September 2026 DSV $42BNTOIF $28B
- Quercus Fund 2026 (Jan-Aug) FCODF $4.7B
- Asset Value Investors Ltd August 2026 MSLOF $17B
- PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. August 2026 VHI $324M
- Forager Funds Management August 2026 BVSFF $971MIDPUF $612M
- Guinness Global Investors August 2026 AFL $58BCRM $197B
- Protean Funds August 2026 BVNKF $2B
- Forager Funds Management July 2026 BVS $999M
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Linking RCM Technologies to a Multibillion-Dollar Hyperscale Buildout
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Our Q1 2026 Letter & Look Ahead: Oil, Iran, OXY & PTON
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