Bronte Capital

The sometimes eccentric views of John Hempton

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Follow up from the McDonalds property post

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There is no point reading this blog post without reading the prior post ( linked here ) first... So many people thought the last blog post...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

McDonalds: property, ego and identity

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I have just spent a few days in the modern Middle East cities of Doha and Abu Dhabi. This is the only place I have seen which matches China ...
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Saturday, April 25, 2015

ANZAC Day Centenary

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I have just returned from the Dawn Service marking the Centenary of the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs) at Gal...
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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Navinder Singh Sarao: Our spoofing hero

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This is a comment on the story rampant in the press about a British Man causing the US "flash crash". If you are not familiar  thi...
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Thursday, April 9, 2015

One more Bank of the Internet advertisement

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This one needs no explanation at all: It says: "New draft pick wants to buy a luxury home. BOFI Federal Bank can do that". ...
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Another Bank of the Internet advertisement

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These advertisements are pitched at mortgage brokers and they have lots of jargon. But this advert is priceless... It says "Profe...
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

So what exactly do you get with Bank of the Internet stock?

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There are only three banks in America who have (a) a market capitalisation greater than $1 billion. (b) a price to tangible book greater ...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Poor Charlie's Counterattack

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Charlie Munger - at the last annual meeting of the Daily Journal Corporation - where Charlie is Chairman - said some pithy stuff about Valea...
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Saturday, March 21, 2015

April is the cruellest month

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Lew Burton (one of those mathematical finance professor types) just tweeted : Well I guess we might find out how much short gamma there i...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

The Herbalife compensation puzzle

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Before I went away I left people a puzzle - to force people to understand the Herbalife compensation scheme. The puzzle was - and to quote...
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