Bronte Capital

The sometimes eccentric views of John Hempton

Friday, August 2, 2019

The latest Ken Henry blow-up

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Warren Buffett - quite regularly at his annual meetings - observes that almost 400 thousand people work at Berkshire - in other words a medi...
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Thursday, April 25, 2019

Anzac Day

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It is ANZAC Day morning and I can't sleep quite right. I am going to the Dawn Service - but it isn't the same without Alice. Alice...
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Saturday, April 20, 2019

Mattel: Buybacks, Barbie and dead babies

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I used to be of the view that suggested that buybacks were just another way of distributing to shareholders - a bit like dividends, selectiv...
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Monday, April 1, 2019

Visa, Mastercard, Huawei and spying

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In the days before smart-phones if I wanted to develop a ubiquitous mechanism of spying on people I would probably start with an electronic ...
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Thursday, February 7, 2019

A quick note on the resignations at the top of National Australia Bank

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The Chairman (Dr Henry) and the CEO (Andrew Thorburn) of National Australia Bank have just resigned following criticism by the Australian Ba...
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Monday, January 14, 2019

The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition. Jonathan Tepper and Denise Hearn. A review...

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The Myth of Capitalism is a polemic about the reduction in competition in many industries in the US. And it starts in an entirely appropriat...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Afterpay: a regulator view

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The Australian Securities regulator (ASIC) has come out with a long review of buy-now-pay later arrangements in which it has decided to  do ...
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Monday, October 15, 2018

Schadenfreude: reposting a 2011 post on Sears

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I posted on Sears in 2011 .  They finally filed bankruptcy. I am surprised it took that long. Here though is the post again. It reads ...
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Monday, October 1, 2018

The last day of the quarter (Tesla edition)

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Hedge fund managers who actively trade to produce profit specifically on the last day of the quarter should be treated with scorn. They are ...
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Monday, September 17, 2018

Crypto Pot Stock

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There is a point in the cycle when it is impossible to separate comedy from stock promotion. Examples in the past: China Agritech (a fra...
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