Men are just now starting to learn what women knew all along: it takes many years and a lot of money to become a Hermès bagholder.
Ngl, though, I'd much rather go long $RMS at these prices than short it (especially as journalists are asking if the Birkin is dead).
I just posted my monthly report on who is buying what in Vietnam. Three companies are featured, including one picocap yielding 7.7% that owns real estate worth around 10x its market cap.
Given that the Indonesian market is in free fall, this report by @verdadcap is once again recommended reading: static1.squarespace.com/stat…
"From September 11th to October 8th, the three daughters and the younger brother of the PNJ Chairman sold...36.94 million shares, equivalent to approximately 7.2% of the outstanding shares."
A bank forced the sale of 2.94 million of those shares (belonging to one of the Chairman's daughters).
Source: vietnam.vn/en/con-gai-chu-ti…
Crazy fact: the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield is trading at 5.24% while the Vietnam 10-year government bond yield sits at 4.57%.
Interesting chart from a bullish thesis on Rayonier ($RYN) by Eric Cinnamond:
No, we're not going to cut the dividend; we're even planning to grow it over time. $NKE
The second volume of this book has been slow going, but every once in a while Don Quixote (or Sancho Panza) says something interesting and true.
My son and I finished reading The Man Who Laughs and just today started reading Don Quixote. #homeschool
POV: you have landed in Bangkok with a famously terrible sense of direction and are about to walk in the wrong direction for a very long time.
In related news: I'm starting to doubt that two investors can meet up anywhere in Asia and not both agree that @MikeFritzell is a real mensch.











