ProCap Financial ($BRR) sold about 50 Bitcoin and bought back 2.2% of its shares outstanding at a discount to NAV. Since DKI established a position last month, the company has repurchased more than 4% of its shares outstanding which helped narrow the discount to NAV from 33% at the time of our initial purchase to … Read more
I’m in San Salvador for a few days followed by a longer trip to Montevideo, Uruguay. After that, I’ll have a week in Buenos Aires, a week in Florence, and will spend November in Japan. I’m open to a small number of in-person conversations. If you’re based locally, or know someone in those locations you … Read more
CPI of 3.4% was in line with expectations and consistent with last month’s 3.4%. The monthly change was 0.4% driven by fuel and shelter. The monthly increase annualizes to 4.9%. Core CPI of 2.4% was also in line with estimates and slightly below last month’s 2.5%. The monthly change of 0.3% was above estimates … Read more
Introduction: Decades ago, I took a finance class at the University of Michigan and vividly remember when the professor told us that the proper measure of risk is volatility. While I didn’t have the knowledge at the time to challenge the professor, I instinctively and immediately thought that this was incorrect. The only circumstance where … Read more
On August, 24, I told you I shorted Intel November $80 puts for $7.30. I just covered that short position at $2.80. The position returned 161% in two weeks. Intel is up more than 10% today on news it has produced more wafers using an advanced EUV process than the rest of the industry combined … Read more
I’ll be in Suchitoto, El Salvador for the next week followed by a few days in San Salvador and a longer trip to Montevideo, Uruguay. I’m open to a small number of in-person conversations. If you’re based locally, or know someone here you think it would be worthwhile for me to meet, feel free to … Read more
ProCap Financial sold 50 Bitcoin and bought back 2% of its stock. The company says they repurchased the stock at a 40% discount to NAV. I had the discount slightly lower. The difference is probably due to the treatment of the warrants, but either way, these moves are highly value accretive to shareholders. The stock … Read more
On Friday, Federal Reserve Chairman, Kevin Warsh, spoke at Jackson Hole. He reiterated a commitment to the 2% inflation target and noted that inflation isn’t under control. Most importantly, he acknowledged that the current policy isn’t restrictive. His predecessor, Jerome Powell, used to comment often that he thought Fed policy was restrictive. Most saw the … Read more
