Consulting, training, and content for investment professionals and organizations. Tweets by Tom Brakke.
Excelsior, MN
Joined January 2009
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Regular links of interest to investment folks now appearing elsewhere.
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Is your investment organization ready for the upheaval?
(No, not the reaction to the election, but the drastic changes that will come when AI is incorporated into investment processes. See the link.)
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Among the curated reads in the latest Fortnightly:
@tseides on the new Yale emerging manager program
@sovereignfund and Mark Steed on the keys to decision making in an investment organization
@mjmauboussin on moats
a host of other topics/sources . . .
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The Fortnightly is an election-free zone.
Great reads from around the investment ecosystem.
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Good qualitative due diligence skills make a difference in every investment discipline.
The principles that form the foundation of this course on asset managers apply universally (but most investment professionals haven't had that kind of training).
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Stories about prediction market bets on Trump (as with @BusinessInsider's businessinsider.com/trump-el…) almost always leave out the possible connections to Trump Media & Technology stock, $DJT.
Perhaps there's a meme-stock-related strategy in there somewhere.
Does it matter how the money is made?
A foundational dilemma for institutional asset owners.
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The latest Fortnighty covers the normal wide range of intriguing investment topics. Something of interest in there for you.
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A few of the 20+ great sources: @ghose77 ~ @StevenKelly49 ~ @FCLTGlobal ~ @cflynnlevy ~ @PermanentEquity ~ @BehaviouralJoe ~ @AswathDamodaran ~ @Top1000Funds ~ @AQRCapital
If you want to be able to analyze the investment process of an asset manager beyond its tidy narrative, this short course is the best guide you'll find: academy.investmentecosystem.…
Some investment decisions are made in nanoseconds by computer, while others take months.
On "Finding the Right Speed":
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The Investment Ecosystem retweeted
"A lot of managers talk about a really defined process and the five factors of security selection they evaluate, but it’s a lot squishier than that. Maybe 20% of the ideas fit into this lovely definition."
- Joshua Fenton (EP.401)
With thanks to @iconnections_io & @srsacquiom.
The Fortnightly is out. Readings of note from around the investment world. Give it a try.
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There's always something for everyone in each edition of the Fortnightly. Great reads and a bit of commentary.
Among the sources this time: @CliffordAsness ~ @ckaiwu ~ @LizAnnSonders ~ @andrewrsorkin ~ @morganhousel ~@BehaviouralJoe ~ @katie_martin_fx
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This biweekly bunch of curated reads always includes a wide range of investment topics from great sources.
Check it out.
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A review of a memoir about a time within a legendary hedge fund. Often unauthorized accounts are closer to the truth than authorized ones.
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Good reads on active/passive classifications, the market spasm, asset owners following the herd, VC has changed, evergreen PE, roller coaster ESG interest as the way of the world, and a dozen other topics of importance.
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Among the great sources for investmentecosystem.com/2024…:
@mjmauboussin ~ @bpsandpieces ~ @MadsCapital ~ @CharlesSkorina ~ @BehaviouralJoe ~ @AlbertBridgeCap ~ @RolandMeerdter ~ @Top1000Funds ~ @RobinWigg ~