The 2024 IPO market was... surprisingly lucrative.
I wrote about 20 IPO companies last year. Here's what I got right, what I got wrong, and the lessons going into the 2025 IPO market
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Automotive manufacturers $F & $GM get the lion's share of financial media attention despite deplorable long-term returns.
And yet, there is a cornucopia of great businesses on the periphery of autos that are fantastic investments. $DORM is one of them.
https://t.co/9INCXEaYts
There are just some stocks we can't analyze dispassionately. As much as I want to look at $KLC without bias, I struggle to turn parent brain off.
Any stocks like this for you?
https://t.co/suk7ALGhMi
Everyone wants great long-term returns. Unfortunately, investrors don't look in some great places to find them
$RUSHA has produced a 16% CAGR since its IPO (3000%+) and yet almost no one follows North America's largest commercial truck dealership.
https://t.co/Ef9lOcHHGX
Community & regional banks have been a source of outperformance over the long haul, but institutional money rarely touches them.
Case and point: Oak Valley Bancorp $OVLY
Individuals (including me) need to pay more attention to the Oak Valley's.
https://t.co/zjPddxV0Jk
It's not often that an industry leader goes public, especially in an established industry like aerospace aftermarket parts and services.
The bones of a good investment are there at $SARO, but PE-backed IPOs always come with caveats.
https://t.co/un87gTf6RW
My 1yo’s new favorite game is, after taking a dump, to immediately rip the diaper off, whip it around his head like he’s in a Petey Pablo music video, and run around the house screaming “POO POO!”
Peter Lynch heaps loads of praise on "disagreeable" companies. The ones doing the dirty, gross, and unsavory jobs we don't want to think about.
$JBT falls squarely into that category
https://t.co/s03DffEI1z
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Individual investors don't spend nearly enough time thinking about corporate governance.
Why corporate governance matters and things investors can look for this week's mailbag
https://t.co/saJcQdXChM
A company is a market-beating stock. Its business model hasn't changed, and it's a durable industry. The stock has underperformed for 20 years. Is it still a worthwhile investment?
White Mountains Insurance $WTM is a stock that poses that very question.
https://t.co/CmjmrkPadW
@Lone_Oak_Inv “I don’t have kids, why should I pay taxes for the town’s schools” was a refrain often heard at my town hall from the people who had the only house 5 miles out a town road that needed to be plowed, repaired, and have power lines run to it.
I received a couple of DMs asking about "hey, what's going on in Bangladesh"
While I left Bangladesh in 2017, my almost entire family still lives there. So I'm keenly aware of what's going on. I'll briefly cover what happened and the implications.