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"All progress takes place outside the comfort zone." Michael John Bobak

"If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary." Jim Rohn

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Outdoor advertising

Outdoor advertising as a channel has gained market share vs 20 years ago pic.twitter.com/jC72RlnPud

— Bluegrass Capital (@BluegrassCap) September 19, 2019

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$CNSWF \ $CSU.TO Thread

(1/10)Story on $CSU.TO’s acquisition process that I saw up close. It makes me more confident in their ability to win deals:

A friend owned ~40% of a VMS company with ~$1mm EBITDA growing ~MSD and mentioned that he wanted to sell. He potentially wanted to stay on afterwards.

— Kyler Hasson (@kylerhasson) September 19, 2019

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$SDC Thread

$SDC looks tempting, high growth high gross margin, big TAM, some competitive advantages that does take time to replicate. But corp governance redflags all over.

— mspacey (@mspacey4415) September 17, 2019

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$MNST Thread

1/n $MNST management became too conservative over the past years (thread on $MNST)

— CT Capital (@CrowdedTradeCap) September 18, 2019

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A lot of good companies in this discussion.

What's your favorite under-followed company?

My favs:$BL$EPAM$NVCR$LVGO$PAYC$HQY

— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) September 17, 2019

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Top grossing media franchises of all time $NTDOY, $DIS

Fascinating infographic: Top grossing media franchises of all time. Pokémon, Hello Kitty, Mickey Mouse, Star Wars, etc

Observations:
- most of the money has been made in merchandise and video games
- so many Japanese brands! 5 out of the top 10
- many created in the past decade pic.twitter.com/6Munq0Upql

— Andrew Chen (@andrewchen) September 15, 2019

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$SE Thread

The "official" answer during the secondary roadshow was "to diversify the shareholder base, and improve stock liquidity".

The truth (in my view) was 1) the stock had risen 100% in three months, but nothing had changed fundamentally besides investors waking up to the story...

— Hayden Capital (@HaydenCapital) September 17, 2019

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$OSTK Thread

1/ I think it is important that I update my $OSTK thesis. I believe that the company is wildly overvalued and unlikely to succeed, but I no longer believe the "digital dividend" will be smoothly handled by Wall St. so I covered over the past few days at an avg of $22.80. cont....

— Alpha Exposure (@alpha_exposure) September 13, 2019

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$V Thread

not the worst outcome for $V Europe CEO Charlotte Hogg (left BoE in March 2017) pic.twitter.com/GE5n1SPvhY

— WTCM (@WTCM3) September 14, 2019

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Chartsravaganza

Here’s Chartstravaganza … from somewhere pic.twitter.com/veifnpNrWH

— Plan Maestro (@PlanMaestro) September 15, 2019

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"The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more." Charlie Munger

"Develop into a lifelong self-learner through voracious reading; cultivate curiosity and strive to become a little wiser every day." Charlie Munger

                                                                                                                          
Matthew Cochrane End of August portfolio, thread and discussion.

End of Aug top holdings: AMZN (8.7% of portfolio), MA (7.8%), PYPL (6.9%), GOOGL (6.8%), FB (6.6%), SWKS (5.9%), DIS (5.8%), MSFT (5.2%), HD (3.6%), SQ (3.3%), SHOP (3.1%), PAYC (2.9%), GPN (2.7%), HAS (2.6%), VZ (2.5%), GLW (2.2%), EA (2.2%), MDB (2.0%), JPM (1.9%), ADBE (1.9%) https://t.co/vrJ5eF6l7x

— Matthew Cochrane (@FoolMCochrane) August 30, 2019

                                                                                                                          
Puru Saxena End of August portfolio

1) Portfolio summary - Aug-end$AMZN $BABA $BZUN $DOCU $EDU $ESTC $FB $GOOGL $HDB $HUYA $LYFT $MELI $PINS $PYPL $SE $SQ $STNE $TAL $TCEHY $TWLO $WCAGY

YTD performance -

Portfolio +6.8%$ACWI +12.4%$COMPQ +20.1%$SPX +16.7%

Contd... pic.twitter.com/gouktU6qyW

— Puru Saxena (@saxena_puru) August 30, 2019

                                                                                                                          
Brian Stoffel End of August portfolio

Sept #SkinInTheGame update for @themotleyfool:

Overall CAGR since 2010 (not perfect) below.

Top 10

1) $AMZN (16% of port)
2) $SHOP (10%)
3) $GOOG/ $GOOGL (8%)
4) $MELI (8%)
5) Cash (7%)
6) $AAXN (6%)
7) $VEEV (6%)
8) $PAYC (5%)
9) $MDB (4%)
10) $FB (4%) pic.twitter.com/qlU3NesbGN

— Brian Stoffel (@TMFStoffel) September 2, 2019

                                                                                                                          
$SFIX Stitch Fix Thread

So promise of $SFIX seems to be delivering all the convenience of online shopping coupled with a personalized shopping experience. 3-yr annualized revenue growth rate of 26%, ~$2B market cap, about $144M in cash, no debt.

— Matthew Cochrane (@FoolMCochrane) August 30, 2019

                                                                                                                          
Chartstravaganza

Here’s Chartstravaganza! … charts about finance, business, and much more

(@lmanul) pic.twitter.com/i4KHpQKJxc

— Plan Maestro (@PlanMaestro) September 1, 2019

                                                                                                                          
Read the comments below. Very interesting companies

Please list your top 5 companies under 50 billion that you think will be in next very big league in 5-10 years. I have listed my top 5 below @FoolMCochrane @TMFStoffel @dannyvena @AustinLieb @ebcapital @TMFInnovator @Market @TMFMathGuy @TMFJMo @TMFSymington 1/1

— Samir Maredia (@samirsmaredia78) September 3, 2019

                                                                                                                          
Good thread on diabetes market

Did a dive into the Diabetes market

[THREAD]

— Ryan Reeves (@investing_city) September 2, 2019

                                                                                                                          
How John Malone invented the SaaS business model extensive tweetstorm. Worth the read.

My Tweetstorm on how Malone invented the SaaS business model will appear in serial format over the weekend. It is intended to be an antidote against people who don't understand when the model works and when it doesn't. The antidote works against both promoters and detractors.

— Tren Griffin (@trengriffin) August 30, 2019

                                                                                                                          
Thread of useful websites that investors will love to use

Thread of useful websites that investors will love to use:

1. AppAnnie / Apptonia - to track app downloads to triangulate sales

2. https://t.co/h7MylPF6T6 - to find emails of management

3. https://t.co/J56wDJMPim - track 13F

4. https://t.co/Avot1myQCp - download transcripts

— Slingshot Capital (@SlingshotCap) September 2, 2019

                                                                                                                          
The secret of higher education: colleges are actually HIGHLY effective at their true purpose(s)

1/n The secret of higher education: colleges are actually HIGHLY effective at their true purpose(s)

This is why I am skeptical that alternatives to college are *solely* what will fix our higher ed system (although they certainly help!)

THREAD:

— Harrington (@iAmLikelyWrong) September 1, 2019

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"There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else." Sam Walton

"The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well." John D. Rockefeller Jr.

"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon

                                                                                                                          
$NTNX Nutanix Thread

Nutanix $NTNX up 27% today is a confirmation that the bar was set too low.

Investors should focus on whether this biz can transition from selling core HCI software to subscriptions.

72% sub rev growth & 132% $-based net expansion are great signs of that. I'm holding my shares. pic.twitter.com/rHRiiR8k8u

— Simon Erickson (@TMFInnovator) August 29, 2019

                                                                                                                          
$HEI Heico Thread

$HEI Larry Mendelson on business conditions.... pic.twitter.com/nG82uZ8FRB

— 3:10 Value (@310Value) August 28, 2019

                                                                                                                          
$KHC Kraft Heinz thoughtful thread

1/ When Kraft first came up with the concept of Pizza Lunchables (those cold trays with customizable sauces & toppings), it tested terribly with focus groups of mothers. Moms everywhere said "This is an awful idea, a really awful idea." The concept got the worst score in history.

— Kevin Lee (@kevinleeme) August 27, 2019

                                                                                                                          
$PTON Peloton InteractiveThread

1/ $PTON Peloton subscriber churn looks to me to be around 20-30% per year. But they reported churn of 0.7%!!
Math with me here.. the reported churn is a 'monthly' churn, calculated as net cancels in the period, divided by 3 months. So 0.7% = 2.1% per quarter, or around 8.4%/yr.

— Inquisitive Investor (@QuisitiveInvest) August 27, 2019

                                                                                                                          
$INTU Intuit Thread

$INTU last week: "We delivered another strong quarter in our Small Business and Self-Employed Group with online ecosystem revenue growth of 38% in FY18. Online ecosystem revenue is at a $1.8B annualized run rate and we continue to expect that to grow more than 30%"

— WTCM (@WTCM3) August 27, 2019

                                                                                                                          
$TLF Tandy Leather Factory Thread and discussion

Thank you, Mr. Irrational Market, for selling micro-cap DEEP intrinsic compounding value $TLF (Tandy Leather Factory) under $5 per share/ $2.95 EV per share. P/TB= .76, EV/Rev = .32, P/FCF = 5.33, EV/EBITDA = 5.05, EV/EBIT 7.74 $TLF

— ShadowStock (@JournalofValue) June 6, 2019

                                                                                                                          
Thread about Disney $DIS + Sony $SNE breakup over #SpiderMan

Asked a lot about the Disney/Marvel + Sony breakup over ‘#SpiderMan’. There are five key drivers here.

#1: 2018’s ‘Venom’. Poorly received (29% RT, B+ CinemaScore, 6.7 IMDb), but huge success. 6th most profitable in 2018. Gives Sony belief it doesn’t need Disney

— Matthew Ball (@ballmatthew) August 26, 2019

                                                                                                                          
$GOOG\$GOOGL Thread

Let's go over Alphabet's business model

[THREAD] https://t.co/2njBwqkJzH

— Ryan Reeves (@investing_city) August 26, 2019

                                                                                                                          
Framework for Evaluating Enterprise Software Companies - $CRM, $TEAM

Hello Twitter! For my first post, I thought I'd share the slides of a talk I've recently given at a large tech company and institutional investment funds on qualitative aspects of enterprise software investing and the way to identify the quality companieshttps://t.co/q6cjkRcJ6O

— Shomik Ghosh (@shomikghosh21) August 26, 2019

                                                                                                                          
Few things learnt about life thread

I turned 39 yesterday.

Here are a few things I have learnt about life, while living life

THREAD...

— Ankur Warikoo (@warikoo) August 26, 2019

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"If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill

                                                                                                                          

$IQ iQiyi Thread

1) I've taken a closer look at iQiyi’s $IQ second quarter results.

Lots of moving pieces, but here's my high-level explanation of what's going on for investors who might be interested in the stock. @themotleyfool pic.twitter.com/cQmzTDTQKp

— Simon Erickson (@TMFInnovator) August 20, 2019

                                                                                                                          

$SE Sea Ltd Thread

1) $SE has just announced Q2 results -

Adj. rev +203.1%YOY (rev +137.3% YOY)

Digital entertainment (Garena) -
Adj. rev +218.6%YOY, Adj. EBITDA +442.6%YOY
QAUs 310.5 million (+93.3%YOY)
Paying users 26.1m vs. 6.6m in Q2' 18
ARPU $1.4 vs. $0.9 in Q2 '18

contd...

— Puru Saxena (@saxena_puru) August 20, 2019

                                                                                                                          
$CTRP Ctrip.com International Thread

excellent 20-page overview of https://t.co/4CCjlCcR0N by Tianyi Shao and Martin Kenney (recall $BKNG has ablity to own 15% of company via $CTRP converts + ADSs) https://t.co/zqAqkSTt6G pic.twitter.com/dlpJ6MNuGN

— WTCM (@WTCM3) August 26, 2019

                                                                                                                          
Chartstravaganza

Here’s Chartstravaganza! … a quest to find wrongness

(@drskyskull) pic.twitter.com/ZS4GABVqSF

— Plan Maestro (@PlanMaestro) August 25, 2019

                                                                                                                          
Thread on Exchanges $LSE, $LNSTY, $ICE, $BX, $CBOE, $NDAQ, $MKTX, $CME, $TW

Starting thread on #exchanges with $LSE acquisition of Refinitiv.

1. Refinitiv's data supposedly more malleable vs. Bloomberg
2. Just won contract @ $GS for 5K desktops
3. $BX "3G-ed" Refinitiv while Thomson couldn't & $ICE passed https://t.co/bqwWu7O0eL

— Investing Panda (@investing_panda) August 24, 2019

                                                                                                                          
$DIS Disney Thread

This week, Disney began flexing it's SVOD might in several ways.

I detailed this capability here ("NINE REASONS WHY DISNEY+ WILL SUCCEED") https://t.co/oYLkYltK1w, but worth looking at early proof points

— Matthew Ball (@ballmatthew) August 24, 2019

                                                                                                                          

Thread $SNDL

So let's talk about the stuff companies do.

We contacted Sundial Growers on Wednesday afternoon to tell them we knew that a half-ton of its pot had been returned for having mold and bits of rubber gloves.

Email response: “I’m not really sure what you are referring to.”

1/n

— Jeremy C. Owens (@jowens510) August 16, 2019

                                                                                                                          
$PYPL PayPal Thread

1) Recent observations on $PYPL vs $MA and $V with shares down ~15% since lower rev guidance during Q2 earnings. Now trading at ~33x P/E inline with MA (~33x), still premium to V (~29x)

— CORE Dental DDS (@CoreDentalDDS) August 16, 2019

                                                                                                                          

$MAR Marriott International Thread

key point: on a normalized basis, $MAR's loyalty program generates positive cash flow pic.twitter.com/RVCKYYFAZb

— WTCM (@WTCM3) August 24, 2019

                                                                                                                          

Lawrence H. Summers Thread on the cetral banking

Coming into Jackson Hole, economists are grappling with a major issue: Can central banking as we know it be the primary tool of macroeconomic stabilization in the industrial world over the next decade? In my forthcoming paper w/ @annastansbury, we argue that this is in doubt. 1/

— Lawrence H. Summers (@LHSummers) August 22, 2019

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To learn about food, cook for friends.
To learn about an idea, publish an article about it.
To learn about stocks, invest in the stock market.
Risk awakens our learning muscles like a splash of cold water." David Perell

$TRUP Trupanion Thread

Thanks for this. I did a bunch of reading on $TRUP today. Here are my thoughts, in random order:

1) The short thesis of "its overvalued because it trades at a high P/B" is BS. Insurance companies trade on earnings, even if some analysts pretend otherwise. Look at $PGR (5x book). https://t.co/icxaB6pGbZ

— Evan Tindell (@evantindell) August 8, 2019

$Z, $ZG Zillow Group Thread/1

1/x. Thread. my takeaways from $ZG $Z latest earning. (BTW great questions by analysts make this a fun one whether you're bull or bear). Overall I think company is executing and progressing toward its objectives.

— mspacey (@mspacey4415) August 8, 2019

$Z, $ZG Zillow Group Thread/2

$ZG Earnings Call 🎙: https://t.co/eHELNmA8Lp

Transcript 📝: https://t.co/r3E7NuFzgz pic.twitter.com/N4xfXewt72

— KiD💰 (@kidkapital) August 8, 2019

$PAR Technology Thread

Lots of nuggets from the $PAR earnings call last night:

— Prolific Web Surfer 🏄‍♂️ (@web_prolific) August 7, 2019

$BUR.LN, $BRFRF Long thread on Burford Capital

Initiating thread on Burford (to be updated periodically): We looked at Burford Capital very closely last year, before the stock has become (apparently) fashionable to discuss, as it has this year.

— LST (@LongShortTrader) August 7, 2019

$TDG Thread

(1/n) A few quick thoughts on the $TDG results. I look at organic revenue growth, EBITDA margins, and FCF generation.

Organic revenue growth at 11.8% was obviously great, but also in line with aero peers. Aftermarket sales are strong for everyone. I expected about as much.

— Kyler Hasson (@kylerhasson) August 6, 2019

$CSU.TO, $CNSWF Thread

I finished reading all the Constellation Software letters – some of the best in the business. Mark Leonard might be the most intellectually honest CEO I’ve come across.

I took 11 pages worth of notes! If you’ve ever wanted the SparkNotes version of these letters, here are mine.

— Travis Wiedower (@TravisWiedower) August 6, 2019

$DIS Disney\Hulu Thread

Quick thinking on Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle:

1) $12.99 is incredible value

2) Think they should add a Hulu/D+ bundle at $10.99 to capture the militant "don't want to pay for sports" crowd and also b/c behavioral psyche would say it makes $12.99 even more enticing

— modest proposal (@modestproposal1) August 7, 2019

$MMM Acquisition of $AVON.LN, $AVNBF

$AVON LN +19% today on acquisition of $MMM ballistic protection business pic.twitter.com/wvlmEffQKu

— WTCM (@WTCM3) August 8, 2019

$ADT Thread

Some $ADT tweets for a quick idea / post tmr

— Andrew Walker (@AndrewRangeley) August 8, 2019

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"Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable." Zig Ziglar


1. $DIS + Thread

1/ On Disney+, overlooked marketing savings, and antitrust:

You should read this (2014!) article from THR about rising marketing costs.
2007 Transformers was $150M
2014 $200M for tentpole films, and $40M for movies like The Fault in Our Starshttps://t.co/MYO6h6DIS5

— ratch (@ratchmor) September 13, 2019

2. $DIS + Thread

I got some good feedback regarding the $DIS+ platform being able to save marketing spend (~50% of a production budget) & allow DIS to capture competing studios' spend if it can win enough consumers.
Captain Marvel provides a great example. Lots of numbers follow.

— ratch (@ratchmor) September 14, 2019

3. $DIS + Thread

Disney and Apple are not competitive, not competing, generally indifferent to what one another does.

— Matthew Ball (@ballmatthew) September 14, 2019

$BPY Thread

$BPY Q2/19 Investor Letter highlighting what is working in retail

- Sears, Macy's, Bon-Ton anchor tenants replaced with Lifetime Fitness, Costco, Top Golf
- Opportunities to redeveloped malls, almost all of which include a residential componenthttps://t.co/sjk6M73GVr pic.twitter.com/0XgWtmPvqe

— Jerry Capital (@JerryCap) August 2, 2019

$MELI Thread

Not picking on him, but reading a fascinating 2009 article from @timhanso on $MELI. This was his most optimistic scenario for the company in 2019 .

How does reality compare? (See below)https://t.co/YoxBncpBjX pic.twitter.com/O3pIHNdUwr

— Brian Stoffel (@TMFStoffel) August 2, 2019

$BKNG Thread

the $BKNG business model https://t.co/GZIRPxubiD pic.twitter.com/nMgCRcXSPf

— WTCM (@WTCM3) August 4, 2019

Moats

Moats are actually loops. Fun exercise—try to draw this for whatever business you work in or a company you love.

From @maxolson

https://t.co/HkPVf45eyj pic.twitter.com/qznM8CIwBx

— Patrick OShaughnessy (@patrick_oshag) August 4, 2019

Expanding on the Moats above

1/ A recent lightbulb moment of mine was that competitive advantage can be represented visually as 1 or more feedback loops. These create an advantage "flywheel" that maintain and grow a moat over time.

— Max Olson (@maxolson) August 4, 2019

$BLL Thread

$BLL Fisher 2Q19CC: "the amount of growth we are seeing today and are securing into the future is amazing" (cc: $CCK) pic.twitter.com/bo4oY12i4n

— WTCM (@WTCM3) August 4, 2019

$ICE Thread

WSJ profile on $ICE's Project Pillar ("designed to turbocharge the Big Board’s stock and options exchanges and help it regain market share from more tech-savvy rivals") (cc: $CBOE, $CME, $NDAQ) https://t.co/xdPb6AWxsO

— WTCM (@WTCM3) August 5, 2019

Chartstravaganza

Here’s Chartstravaganza … because there’s more than trade disputes

(@crushspread) pic.twitter.com/mbvJpfu23d

— Plan Maestro (@PlanMaestro) August 4, 2019