Quick thoughts on Oriental Watch (398 HK)

As of Monday, the stock (398 HK) is down to HKD 3.32 from its June 22 high at 4.55 (-27%). And who knows, Chinese/HK stocks might go a lot lower with Evergrande/property developers/debt -stories unfolding.

Quicky on Uranium / Kazatomprom

The uranium thesis was there for a long time, now there are catalysts and the potential for reflexivity

My Old Gazprom write-up

In the early days of my more serious investing journey, I wanted to publish write-ups on Seeking Alpha, but unfortunately …

Quicky: L’Occitane (973 HK) after the pandemic

The company released its AR report for the FY 2021, ending March 31, 2021.

Quálitas (Q* MM), July 2021

Quálitas is referred to as the Mexican Progressive.

Shinoken (8909 JP), June 2021

Shinoken seems like a good bet to take.

Quicky #18 on Deutsche Telekom (decision)

I own a ‘legacy position’ in DT and thought about selling for some time. I am most certainly biased. Now that DT’s capital markets day is over, I have their new guidance to base my decision on …

SES SA (SESG LX), May 2021

The market focusses on the negatives too much. This is a defensive business with a bunch of positive one-offs. Yes, positive one-offs!

Flow Traders revisited (FLOW NA), May 2021

Recently, I read (and re-read) several books and other content about our biases and how these affect our investing decisions (mostly negatively). Over-confidence is one of the very common biases. My learnings about biases motivated me to revisit my Flow Traders analysis …

Flow Traders (FLOW NA), April 2021

I follow Flow Traders for some years but only bought shares late last year – unfortunately after the pandemic-iduced market crash. I like the company and it is one of my medium sized positions (currently seventh biggest). I took another look at flow but did not buy more shares, so far …

Progressive (PGR US), March 2021

Progressive is one of my biggest positions. It’s a very profitable defensive business with ample growth runway for putting its retained earnings to use and continue to earn high returns on equity.

Pandora Exit and Trade Review

I recently sold my last tranche of Pandora A/S shares. Time for a review.

Nobody is writing letters anymore. But reading them is great. (Buffett’s berkshire letters #1)

I recently started to read Buffett’s Chairman’s letters of Berkshire.

We all look for quality businesses … at the same crowded places. I placed a bet on Qualitás elsewhere.

We are all looking for high quality businesses. Mostly this high quality is apparent (to everyone) only when the price has reached levels from where it is very much fun to look backwards. Many investors find high quality businesses within the ranks of well known companies and better known stocks (and ticker symbols). Maybe I have found something off the beaten path in less crowded markets …

Quicky #18 on Globaltrans (GLTR LI)

Russia is a market segment shun by investors. It’s also a vast country. What better way to transport bulk by rail? …

Quicky #17 on Shinoken (8909)

This is part #17 about a Japanese company active in the real estate business.

Germans buy stocks (again). Time to review Tick TS …

With Trade Republic, Germany has its own robinhood – though the app’s gamification /products /users and stimuli to gamble instead of investing at the financial markets is not as extreme as its American role model Robinhood. But, Germans start to invest again …

Quick update on Quadient (and a small buy)

After some news regarding Quadient I bought some shares recently.

As investors and consumers shun Tobacco I wonder if now the time is right to buy?

At least in the developed world, more and more people either stop smoking or never begin in the first place. The (relative) number of people smoking traditional cigarettes declines as it goes against the big secular health trend. Could this current situation set the stage for profitalbe investments for many years?

Quicky #16 on Tradelink (536 HK)

This part #16 is about Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited, which I found using a screen for ‘cheap’ Hong Kong stocks with a net cash position …

Quicky #15 on Teva

This is part #15 about Teva, the huge Israeli generics producer.

Quicky #14 on Koshidaka (2157 JP)

This is part #14 about Koshidaka Holdings, which business mostly consists of karaoke services in its domestic Japan market.

Hiding from the tax man, and what I like about Check Point

Investors want to minimise or defer tax payments for higher returns. This can happen at the personal investor level and at the company’s level …

Quicky on BBBY (Q3 2020)

Jan 7th, Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY US) reported its Q3 results for three months ending Nov 2020.

Quicky #13 on China Mobile (941 HK)

This is part #13 of quickies on new companies taking a look at the worlds biggest mobile service provider.