Bronte Capital

The sometimes eccentric views of John Hempton

Monday, January 10, 2011

Logitech and a divergence into days payable outstanding, Dell, Apple, and macroeconomic conditions in China

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Stableboy Selections (a blog I should read more often) provides us with a fairly simple case for shorting Logitech .  After joking about the...
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

How dope smokers with the munchies at 2AM almost destroyed the number three wholesale grocery distributor in Australia

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I have a post coming about days payable outstanding (DPO) in by various mega-corporation - and the uses and abuses of corporate power.  Howe...
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Monday, January 3, 2011

The party is not over in Australia

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Mike Shedlock has declared the party to be over in Australia for about the fifth time. He is dead right that the Australian economy is a ...
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Friday, December 17, 2010

Looming excess capacity in getting you smashed and Chinese statistics

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A few years ago I travelled by local transport (mostly boats along the Mekong) from Saigon to Siem Riep. I traveled with my wife and my the...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Fish and chips in Kiama

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I am back in Australia after my trip to the USA and I am taking a few days break. Its lunch time – and I have been reading the annual repor...
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Shawn Richard of Astarra enters a guilty plea

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Just over a year ago I wrote a letter to regulators detailing a fraud at an Australian fund manager (Astarra/Trio Capital).  This was the Be...
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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Laundry lessons - a first follow up

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The subject of income distribution is taboo in the USA.  On my blog readers noted a simple comparison of the price of laundry in London and ...
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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Lessons in my laundry - part 1

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I am on a trip to the United States to raise money for my funds management business.  Its like an endless series of first dates.  If things ...
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Hell is empty: A review of Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera on the financial crisis

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There are lots of books on the financial crisis and some are very good.  Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera have entered a crowded market - but t...
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Monday, November 15, 2010

China Media Express: A Wall Street drama

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Sorry I have not been blogging for a while.  There are a few reasons.  Firstly I have been travelling to raise money for my funds management...
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