Bronte Capital

The sometimes eccentric views of John Hempton

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Canadian non-standard mortgages: a state of play

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Regular readers of this blog will be aware that Home Capital Group - a Canadian non-standard mortgage lender - is in financial trouble . T...
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Saturday, June 10, 2017

Bob Carr and the possible Chinese spies

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Last week  Four Corners  - the premier news program of the Australian Broadcasting Commission ran a story about  the influence of the Chines...
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Monday, May 15, 2017

Taking the bull case for Valeant seriously

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Last night I had dinner with a friend who had a friend who was buying Valeant. Whatever - it led to a discussion of Valeant fundamentals - a...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Selling our Telecom position

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Several people on twitter and some in person have asked me for an update on my very bullish position on Verizon - especially since the resul...
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Saturday, May 6, 2017

Trex's mysteriously high margin: a business analysis problem for you...

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Apple is a definitively high margin manufacturer. Everything about that company screams high margin. The stuff feels expensive and (frankly...
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Saturday, April 29, 2017

Home Capital Group - it is time for the Canadian regulator to act

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Home Capital Group is an aggressive Canadian home lender that has hit a very rough patch. If you want a history Twitter will do it well. The...
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Monday, April 24, 2017

A letter to my local State member

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Consider this a diversion from the usual finance posts on this blog. Today my concern is State politics in New South Wales, Australia. ...
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Friday, February 17, 2017

Syntel - a plea for help

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I don't often use the blog to find people who can just "tell me the story" but I am becoming increasingly puzzled by Syntel ( ...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

A puzzle for the risk manager

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The last two posts were essentially about picking a value-stock portfolio and managing the risk. And they were lessons that I thought I coul...
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

When do you average down?

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The last post explained why I think a full valuation is not a necessary part of the investment process. A decent stock note is 15 pages on ...
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