What I’ve Been Up To
Cogent Communications and AI data-center bottlenecks feature in a newsletter update on recruiting, financial media and conference takeaways.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
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SG on X
If we go above $2-3 in $GPRO today I will be very tempted to sell '28 calls
SG on X
Happy $JCAP dividend day for those who celebrate https://t.co/8yZPuQp8R4
SG on X
$GPRK GeoPark breaking out after news it is expanding into Venezuela. Sin of omission for me: I sold my position in 2025 and never re-entered. https://t.co/aR4XtkYvHX
Odd Diligence on X
$CCXI Jeff Bezos follows only 611 people, starts to follow Agility Robotics employee Probably nothing https://t.co/wQQ7G4Zp7L
kab60 on X
IF YOU ALLOCATE CAPITAL PROCYCLICALLY, YOU SHOULDN'T RUN A YUUUUGELY CYCLICAL BUSINESS $BLDR - Can anyone name a good (counter-cyclical) mngmt team that isn't named Lundin? https://t.co/yHn2kFBkuP
John_Hempton on X
@DroneAdvocate @exckman agree, I am old and stupid. And you are young and clever and hence you bought $AMC stock. What price did you pay?
Nat Stewart on X
$GSM Ferroglobe up today on announcement of a European review of antidumping measures on Chinese silicon metal Has been in a volatile trading range for years, but potential bull points appear be stacking up. (I own long dated calls, watchlist stock)
Investor Letters
All letters- Hood River Capital Management Q3 2026 EOPSF $1.4BEQR $1B
- Mar Vista Investment Partners third quarter 2026 SARO $6.6B
- Kingdom Capital Advisors Q3 2026 BBGI $19MEVC $598M
- Vltava Fund 3/2026 ATDRF $3.9BJFBHF $1.6B
- Cedar Grove Capital Management Q3 2026 EVLV $773MABVX $7.5B
- Protean Funds September 2026 DVYSR $86MREJL-B $285M
- Quercus Fund 2026 (Jan-Aug) FCODF $4.7B
- PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. August 2026 TGMPF $184MVHI $324M
Astronics: Marked Down After A Record Quarter - Buy
Astronics targets $1.02 to $1.04 billion in 2026 revenue after adjusted operating margin reached 20.3%, with Boeing representing 12% of…
Jordan Aquilina 
Monte Investments Market Brief Vol. CXXX
Golar LNG’s fourth FLNG vessel targets 3.5MTPA capacity and a 2029 delivery, supporting projected adjusted EBITDA above $1 billion in…
Group 1 Automotive (GPI): The CEO Takes a Driving Test
Group 1 Automotive CEO Daryl Kenningham’s Toyota ties, capital-allocation decisions, compensation and stock sales face scrutiny after the…
Solid Power Still Has Promise
Solid Power reported a $0.11 Q2 loss and $419.3 million of cash, with its electrolyte pilot line and BMW and SK On validation central to…
Quad 7 Capital 2 clicks
Portfolio Update September 2026
Portfolio added Otis Worldwide in the mid-$60s, increased Pool, Copart and Floor & Decor, and sold Berkshire Hathaway.
Brazil could be the Q4 Macro Play – My stock ideas: $NU, $INTR, $PICS and maybe $STNE, $PAGS, $DLO and $MELI
Brazilian fintechs NU, INTR and PICS stand to benefit from a Bolsonaro-led runoff surprise that lowers fiscal risk premiums, rates and the…
Nyxoah: Label Expansion Set To Unlock A Monopoly In A Billion Dollar Market.
Nyxoah's Genio implant could reach CCC patients after an FDA label expansion, targeting 30% of the obstructive sleep apnea device market by…
Stephen Tobin 3 clicksThe Monday Morning Briefing: AI Drives Everything, Yet ROI on Massive Capex Remains Uncertain
Latticework’s briefing questions AI capex returns while featuring Close Brothers, Green Landscaping and OMS Energy Technologies.
40 Best Stock Pitches (28th-4th October) 🟢
Old Market Capital, a delisted holding company owning a rural fiber network, trades below comparable network valuations after institutional…
💥Leslies Term Lenders Toss a Life Preserver💥
Leslie’s and nine affiliates filed Chapter 11 in Texas on September 30, 2026, after 18 months of deteriorating performance.
ABG · long Asbury Automotive Group INC
Asbury Automotive Group's changed setup and underperformance versus other public dealers form the basis for a renewed long thesis.
RLJ Lodging Trust: Opportunity To Own A Quality Hotel Portfolio At Discount While Earning Dividends
RLJ Lodging Trust trades below book value, with positive FY26 FFO guidance and property conversions offset by elevated leverage risk.
Albert Anthony 2 clicks 🤿New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing - Leslie’s Inc.🤿
Leslie’s, the pool-supplies retailer, filed Chapter 11 after deteriorating operations, pricing and inventory missteps, and a burdensome…
Geely: Strategic NIO Battery Deal Is A Win
Geely’s ZEEKR nearly doubled first-half 2026 deliveries to 178,000, while Geely bought 30% of NIO’s battery-swapping unit to reduce…
The Asian Investor 5 clicks
Did Group 1 Overpay for Hennessy? The Seller’s Own Banker Says It Was a Record.
Group 1 paid $1 billion of goodwill for Hennessy’s 10 dealerships, a record $100 million per store, financed largely with $1.25 billion of…
Howard Hughes: Still Attractive Despite Risks Of Rapid Transition
Howard Hughes plans to raise nearly $4 billion by selling real estate assets and condos, accelerating Vantage’s insurance expansion while…
Gary Gambino 3 clicks
EVI Industries. Margin inflection or fake out?
EVI Industries says its ERP and service-platform build is largely complete, testing whether 10.8% revenue growth can finally outpace…
EXCLUSIVE: Lennar’s Big New Customer Is Its Own Spinoff, Millrose
Lennar is selling homes to former spinoff Millrose, whose revenue largely comes from Lennar and whose largest voting shareholder is…
Single Stock Spotlight #16: Huckleberry.AI (HUCK)
Huckleberry.AI trades near $3.30 against $221 million of cash and $900 million-plus of NOLs after selling its operating business, creating…
Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) Stock Rating: Accumulate After Q2 FY12/26 Earnings
Rocket Lab reported Q2 revenue up 62% to $234.1 million and backlog up 137% to $2.36 billion, while operating losses and cash burn…
Publications we follow
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Newsletters 107
- 310 Value’s Newsletter
- Absurdly Cheap Stocks
- Altay Capital - Mostly Value Investing
- AmsterdamStocks
- Aurelion Research
- Base Hit Investing
- Bearhold Research
- Bearstone
- Behind the Balance Sheet
- Best Anchor Stocks
- Bilbel's Substack
- Bison Insights
- Brevarthan Research
- Bristlemoon Capital
- Byron Street Research
- Calvin Blissett
- Cannibal Stocks
- Capital Employed
- Capitalist Letters
- Cassandra Unchained
- Chipstrat
- Citrini Research
- Cluseau Research
- CV's Substack
- D Invests
- Daniel Romero
- Deep Value Insights
- Dismissed & Asset-Backed
- Doomberg
- Eagle Point Capital
- Easy Value
- Emerging Moats Research
- Exploring with Alluvial Capital
- Fabricated Knowledge
- First Strike Research
- Flyover Stocks
- Global Outperformers
- Glocal Investor
- Guardian Research
- Hated Moats
- Healthy Stock Picks
- HFI Research
- Hidden Gems Investing
- Hidden Rock Capital's Newsletter
- Ian’s Insider Corner
- Iggy on Investing Newsletter
- Inglenook Growth
- Invariant
- Invested Capital
- Investing 501
- Irrational Analysis
- Jimmy's Journal
- John Hempton's Newsletter
- Kairos Research
- Kakashii's Materials
- Key Context by Tae Kim
- Latticework by MOI Global
- Lewistown Capital
- Librarian Capital's Research Library
- Maius Partners
- MBI Deep Dives
- Mispriced Assets
- Modern Value Investing
- Monte Independent Investment Research
- Multibagger Monitor
- Nat Stewart - Stock Picking Newsletter
- Net Interest
- Nongaap Investing
- Nugget Capital Partner's Substack
- Obscure Stocks
- Open Insights
- Overlooked Alpha
- P Equity Research
- PETITION
- Phynvesting
- Raging Bull Investments
- Real Assets, Real Value
- Rebound Capital
- Rod’s Ruminations
- ROE The Boat
- scuttleblurb
- Sector Stories
- SemiAnalysis
- Shallow Dives
- Singularity Research
- SixSigmaCapital: Navigating the Financial Markets
- Sleep Well Investments
- Speedwell Memos
- Stock Thoughts
- Substack von Philipp
- Sunday's Idea Brunch
- Sylence Capital
- The Curious Compounder
- The Mikro Kap
- The Oak Bloke
- The Rational Walk
- The Value Road
- Trade Ideas Flow
- Treasure Hunting
- Triple S Special Situations Investing
- TSOH Investment Research
- Underlying Value
- Value Don't Lie
- Vik's Newsletter
- WHAT ARE WE DOING? “Contrarians At The Gate”
- XIX Value
- Yet Another Value Blog
Blogs 17
- Asian Century Stocks
- Atrium Research - Equity Research
- Bireme Capital - Investor Letters
- Cestrian Capital Research
- Choice Equities Capital Management
- Clark Street Value
- Crossroads Capital | Research-driven, Value-centric
- Hunterbrook
- Kerrisdale Capital
- NoNameStocks
- Raging Capital
- Research - Alta Fox Capital
- Speedwell Research
- Stratechery by Ben Thompson – On the business, strategy, and impact of technology.
- The Technology Letter
- Undervalued Shares
- Value Investors Club
Seeking Alpha 49 of 225
- Albert Anthony
Andres Veurink
Bay Area Ideas
Blake Winiecki
Capital Connoisseur
David Zanoni
Deep Value Investing
Dhierin Bechai
Dilantha De Silva
Equity Eagle
Eudaemon Research
Fernanda Galvez Jalil
Henrik Alex
High Alpha Professor
Investor Overview
IWA Research
Jaden Mealy
Julia Ostian
Khaveen Investments
LL Insights
Long Player
Marc Gerstein
Melissa Tucker
Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT
Miletus Research
Myriam Alvarez
Petri Dish Reports
Philip Wang
Prakhar Agarwal, CFA
PV Research
Quantryon Capital
Robert J. Lake
Ron Ferrie
Sam Mancini
Sharon McArd
SiliconBytes Insights
Simple Investment Ideas
Sorrento Research
Stephen Ayers
Steven Fiorillo
The Alpha Analyst- The Asian Investor
The Bullionaire
The Curious Analyst
The J Thesis
The Supercycle Investor
The Undercovered Dozen
Value Capital Research
Vishal Jadaun
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A Capital
absreturnchaser
Adam D. Wyden
Alpha Vulture
AltayCap
Asif Suria
Bank Reg Blog
Barbarian Capital
BDC
Bill Ackman
Brian McGough
Broken Moats
BuccoCapital Bloke
Calvin Blissett
catechwilliams
Charles Frischer
Chris Camillo
Clark Square Capital
Cluseau Investments
Colin King
Connor Haley
Conor Maguire | Value Situations
Convequity
Dalius - Special Sits
David Orr
Deep Sail Capital
Derek Pilecki
Devin LaSarre
DOMO Capital Management, LLC
Edwin Dorsey
Evan Tindell
Fajasy
Farmer
Fierce_beast
Fred Liu
Gavin Baker
George Noble
Hunterbrook
Ian Bezek
Idea Brunch
JabroniCoin.USD
John_Hempton
junkbondinvestor
kab60
KEDM.com
Kevin Mak
Kuppy
Laughing Water Capital
Lee Roach
Little Owl Research
Maius
Maj Soueidan
marginofdanger
mavix
Mike
Mikro Kap David
Multiples Capital
Myles
Nat Stewart
Negligible Capital
Odd Diligence
Odd Lot Arbitrageur
PAA Research
Paradis
Pernas Research
Porter Collins
Prepared Remarks
Psyop Capital
Raging Capital Ventures
Red Dog Capital- RiverRoadPartners
Rusholme Capital
Sahil Khetpal
Serenity
SG
Sheel Mohnot
Steve Eisman
The Friendly Bear
Tim Eriksen
Timyan Bank Alert
Todd Wenning
ToffCap
Trevor Scott
Undiscovered Compounders
Voss Capital
Yaron Naymark
Investor letters we follow
- 1 Main Capital
- 1851 Capital
- Advisory Research
- Aegis Value Fund
- Aikya Investment Management
- Akre Capital Management, LLC
- Alluvial Capital Management
- Alpine Capital Research
- Alpinum Investment Management AG
- Andrew Hill Investment Advisors
- Andvari Associates
- Angel Oak Capital Advisors
- Ariel Investments
- Aristotle Funds
- Artisan Partners
- Askeladden Capital
- Asset Value Investors Ltd
- Auxier Asset Management
- Azvalor Asset Management
- Baird Equity Asset Management
- Baron Funds
- Berkshire Hathaway
- Biglari Holdings
- Bireme Capital
- BlackRock
- Blue Tower Asset Management
- Brasada Capital
- Bretton Fund
- Brighton Jones
- Bristlemoon Capital
- Broadleaf Partners
- Broyhill Asset Management
- ByteTree
- Cambiar Investors
- Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management
- Cedar Creek Partners
- Cedar Grove Capital Management
- Chautauqua Capital Management
- Chilton Capital Management
- Choice Equities
- Claret Asset Management
- Comus Investment
- Conestoga Capital Advisors
- Confluence Investment Management
- CrossingBridge Advisors
- Crossroads Capital, LLC
- Curreen Capital
- Davenport Asset Management
- Davis Advisors Global ADR
- Davis Advisors Large Cap Value
- Davis Opportunity Fund
- Davis Real Estate Fund
- Diranko Capital
- Distillate Capital
- Dodge & Cox Stock Fund
- DoubleLine
- East 72
- Easterly Asset Management
- EdgePoint Wealth Management
- Evolve Private Wealth
- FPA Crescent Fund
- Fairlight Capital
- Fairtree Asset Management
- Fenimore Asset Management
- Fiduciary Management
- Fiera Capital
- Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors
- First Eagle Investments
- Forager Funds Management
- Frank Capital Partners
- Fred Alger Management, LLC
- Gabelli Funds
- Giverny Capital
- GoodHaven Capital Management
- Grandeur Peak Global Advisors
- GreenWood Investors
- Greenhaven Road Capital
- GreensKeeper Asset Management
- Greenwood Gearhart
- Grey Owl Capital Management
- Guinness Global Investors
- Halvio Capital
- Harding Loevner
- Harry Qelm Baabsman
- Hayden Capital
- Heartland Advisors
- Highwood Value Partners
- Hinde Group
- Hoisington Investment Management
- Hood River Capital Management
- Horizon Kinetics
- Hosking Partners
- Infuse Asset Management
- Intrepid Capital
- Invenomic Capital Management
- JM Finn
- Janus Henderson Investors
- Jemekk Capital Management
- Kathmandu Capital
- Kaydan Wealth Management
- Kennedy Capital Management
- Kernow Asset Management
- Kingdom Capital Advisors
- LVS Advisory
- Langdon Equity Partners
- Lansing Street Advisors
- Latitude Investment Management
- Laughing Water Capital
- Leonard Rickey Investment Advisors
- Lindsell Train Limited
- Long Cast Advisers
- Lyrical Asset Management
- Mar Vista Investment Partners
- Maran Capital Management
- Markel Group
- Marram Investment Management
- Massif Capital
- Matrix Asset Advisors
- Matthews Asia
- McIntyre Partnerships
- Merion Road Capital
- Miller Value Partners
- Moon Capital Management
- Muhlenkamp & Company
- Myrmikan Capital, LLC
- Nelnet
- Next Century Growth Investors
- Night Watch Investment Management
- Nightview Capital
- Nixon Capital
- North Sky Capital
- O'Keefe Stevens Advisory
- Oakmark Funds
- Oldfield Partners
- Ophir Asset Management
- Optimist Fund
- Orange Investment Advisors
- Palm Harbour Capital
- Palm Valley Capital
- Patient Capital Management
- Peapack Private
- Pendelhaven Asset Management B.V.
- PenderFund Capital Management Ltd.
- Pershing Square Holdings
- Pittenger & Anderson
- Polaris Capital Management
- Polen Capital 5Perspectives Growth Opportunities
- Polen Capital U.S. Opportunistic High Yield
- Praetorian Capital
- Protean Funds
- QuantStreet Capital
- Quercus Fund
- RF Capital Management
- RGA Investment Advisors
- Regency Wealth Management
- Rewey Asset Management
- Right Tail Capital
- RiverPark Funds
- Riverwater Partners
- Robinson Capital Management
- Rowan Street Capital
- Royce Investment Partners
- Saga Partners
- SaltLight Capital
- Sequoia Fund
- Shelton Capital Management
- Smead Capital Management
- Sound Shore Management
- Southeastern Asset Management
- SouthernSun Asset Management
- Stone Sentinel Capital
- Stonehearth Capital Management
- Summers Value Partners
- Sustainable Growth Advisers
- TIFF Investment Management
- The London Company
- Third Avenue Management
- Troy Asset Management
- Tweedy, Browne
- Upslope Capital Management
- Vision Capital Fund
- Vltava Fund
- Vulcan Value Partners
- Warden Capital
- Wealthspire Advisors
- Wedgewood Partners
- Weitz Investment Management
- White Brook Capital
- White Falcon Capital Management
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