Month: March 2024
Monthly Depth Report – March 2024 – The “Store of Value” Debate
With inflation continuing to erode the purchasing power of the dollar and both gold and Bitcoin hitting all-time highs this month, there’s been increasing interest in the concept of what constitutes a store of value. Michael Gayed has asserted that a store of value can’t have tail risk. That means if an asset can have … Read more
Shockwave is in Takeover Talks
This piece was originally published on March 26th, 2024 In December, DKI recommended Shockwave Medical ($SWAV) at $190. The thesis was the company was growing quickly due to an unchallenged best-in-class product enabling stent placement in cases that were difficult due to excessive calcification of an artery. We further said that the company was a … Read more
DKI Email Hacked – Problem Now Fixed
Hi All, I’m sorry to report that DKI’s investor relations email account was hacked this morning. This led to many of you receiving a spam message with some nonsense about Elon Musk’s WiFi. The message was not sent by DKI. For the people who alerted me to the problem, thank you very much. I appreciate … Read more
Weekly Points–March 22nd, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Economic Humor Issue
This was a big week for people who follow macroeconomic news. The Federal Reserve kept rates and the dot plot unchanged, but the press release was carefully worded to be opaque. We’ll explain why. After more than a decade of near and even below-zero interest rates at the Bank of Japan, they finally responded to … Read more
5 Things to Know – Video Version – The Economic Humor Issue
Gary Brode of Deep Knowledge Investing and Robb Fahrion of Flying V Group discuss the 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week: The Economic Humor Issue This week, we’ll address the following topics: The Federal Reserve concludes its March meeting. Decides to be all things to all people. The Bank of Japan raises interest … Read more
Guest Post – Electric Vehicles Scar Our Environment – By Laks Ganapathi of Unicus Research
We’ve spent the last decade or so hearing about how electric vehicles would save the environment. EVs have been marketed as zero-emission vehicles and have benefited from both generous government subsidies and increasingly stringent regulations on conventional internal combustion vehicles. At Deep Knowledge Investing, we’re always interested in high-quality research that challenges conventional wisdom. When … Read more
Notes from the Powell Press Conference
Very little that’s new and of interest from Powell’s press conference. The highlights: – Talked about starting to taper quantitative tightening (QT). Said the plan is to get to the same level, but more slowly. – Lots of talk about the strong employment situation. Regular DKI readers know most new jobs are in government. The … Read more
Weekly Points – March 15th, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Stagflation and Doom Issue
This wasn’t a good week for the “pivot” people and asset gatherers who have been begging the Federal Reserve for lower rates. We got a higher-than-expected CPI and PPI. Making things worse, the short-term monthly numbers have started to accelerate meaning the disinflation story might be dead for now. Retail sales and manufacturing numbers were … Read more
