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Value investor. Istanbul. Nothing I post is investment advice. All my writeups are free. No paywalls. https://teapawt.org/t.co/vNBoJqnyTK

Switzerland
Joined March 2022
Replying to @japan_cap
Another name we both own came out with big revision to guidance! Lonseal 4224 @japan_cap
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Big (130%+) upward revision of H1 profit for 1960.T Sanyo Engineering & Construction. I actually added to this position after my 'Stack article. Malaysian datacenter work was cited as one reason for revision.
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Caught an idol performance at the Hachinohe morning market. Was the only white person there!
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Replying to @tristanwaine
RuneScape is one of the few MMORPGs I never got into, was playing other stuff. But the music is banger: youtube.com/watch?v=BJhF0L7p…
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Here's my silly 9 games thing. Played many MMOs but Ultima Online was by far my favorite. Was my first experience getting scammed online. Eventually got so good I made like $8k on one summer selling in game gold on eBay when I was like 14 or 15. Good times.
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Replying to @taobanker
Imagine not having both apps on your phone. Jp McDonald's is solid. It's hit or miss in USA depending on franchise sometimes but have always been satisfied at Jp McDonald's. Also English app in Jp is a big plus
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If AI becomes a massive national policy ChatGPT tells me these can be solved quickly if we're willing to buy massive amounts of these components from china and elsewhere. I don't think this is going to happen though. This is not popular and national security risk too.
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New writeup on the 'stack. Free like always. Applied (TYO 3020) is a very cheap company with solid 17.6% RoE despite sitting on half their market cap in net cash. This is a name I've posted about on X several times since 2024. Posted it last night.
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Replying to @orrdavid
Seems like the cheapest small companies should benefit. Large cash balances, mostly domestic customers so input costs go down, and previously raised prices help profits, plus they earn a little on their massive net cash. Many of the big exporters also pretty conservative on FX.
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I looked at this name again today and bought some Friday. This is not a get rich name but the risk adjusted reward looks quite good. $760m mcap company with consistent profitability since at least 1995 (as far as Koyfin data goes). Not a single Q of operating loss either.
$4628 Sk Kaken thesis: 1. The stock is currently a modest value trap. 10x earnigns with a 2% dividend that has been going up with Japan's shareholder pressure campaign. I'll arbitrarily assume that'll normalize to a 3% dividend on average - sometimes it'll be a bit worse, sometimes a bit better, but that's a fine guess. On top of that, the cash pile will grow with earings which you can discount say 70%, so another 3%. Total is a low downside risk 6%/year expected return. Not great, but honestly not that bad. 2. Founder/family control is the blocker. Shikoku Kousan owns 31.88%, and Fujii Minoru, Fujii Kunihiro, and Fujii Mitsuhiro own another roughly 9.3%, so the Fujii-side block is about 41% excluding treasury shares. The company also has 2.18m treasury shares, about 13.9% of issued shares, with no votes. 3. The relevant entity is 四国興産有限会社 / Shikoku Kousan, located in Takarazuka, Hyogo. It is listed as established on September 1, 1998, so as of June 16, 2026, it is 27 years and about 9.5 months old. That is much younger than SK Kaken itself, which was founded in 1955 and incorporated in 1958. 4. The patriarch is almost certainly Fujii Minoru, the SK Kaken founder. He is 93, turning 94 on September 1, 2026. - Heads you get a safe 6%/year turn. Tails, the patriarch passes away and you get a 15%+/year expected return. If you assign even 30% odds to tails, this is a fantastic risk adjusted bet. If the patriarch was even 10 years younger, that looks far more questionable. If anyone else has these age-as-a-catalyst plays, please comment or DM me.
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