On Thursday, Detroit priced $100M GOs, almost 10-years to the day after the city filed for bankruptcy. The bonds drew very strong demand, and tax-exempt bonds were re-priced with bumps in the 25-50bp range. Spreads on GOs issued in Feb. '21 have narrowed YTD:
🚨 HEDGE FUNDER IGNACIO CANTO ON THE CASE FOR $HIMS
We get into the power of retail cults, Hims as Costco + Netflix, why disrupting a broken system often takes a controversial company, and why he thinks the stock is dramatically undervalued. Thank you to Ignacio for joining the pod!
01:38 - Why he never considered selling
03:41 - Buying the collapse into the teens
06:29 - Why Hims first caught his eye
10:37 - Healthcare is broken and overpriced
12:50 - Why Ignacio has added to his position
21:41 - Why price targets aren't right for Hims
27:42 - Retail cults
38:40 - Hims as Costco + Netflix
41:33 - Why Hims should own the wearable
44:25 - Regulation as a bear case
46:09 - Competition: Ro, Amazon, and others
55:30 - Why Hims could command a 10x P/S ratio
Not financial, legal, or medical advice
SOME PEOPLE SCOFF AT THE $HIMS RETAIL CULT
ACCORDING TO THIS HEDGE FUND MANAGER, THE CULT IS A BIG PART OF THE BULL THESIS
Ignacio Canto: "If Tesla $TSLA wouldn't have had its retail cult, [Elon] wouldn't have been able to raise so much equity. He would have gone bankrupt."
"Business books will tell you the cost of equity is the highest one... But that's just true in a snapshot. Over the long term, the cost of equity is the cheapest one because it doesn't require cashflow. If you get in trouble, the cost of debt just skyrockets, but the cost of equity stays the same."
"So then a reflexive situation develops, like Soros talks about. The more retail follows you, the higher valuation the stock commands relative to its intrinsic value. And so you can take advantage of that by issuing shares, and that then enhances the business and raises the intrinsic value."
"What you're doing here at Hims House is incredibly important, and I learned about that with Tesla. I made the mistake of just following the intrinsic value and thinking that business wasn't gonna take off because there'd be no funds available to evolve it."
" $HIMS raised a billion dollars at a very high valuation... A billion dollars is a lot of money for such a small company at this early stage. That anchored the firm and provided a structural tailwind. But it's important that it has a retail community that's very supportive and believes in the story."
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ZTAX ETF yields 4.56%. Tbills are now at 3.50%. So 100bps catch up there.
But then do taxable equivalent (ZTAX is tax exempt from federal, state and local taxes), would be 8.60% for ZTAX vs 3.50% Tbills on the highest federal tax bracket (37%).
Food for thought...
ZTAX ETF yields 4.56%. Tbills are now at 3.50%. So 100bps catch up there.
But then do taxable equivalent (ZTAX is tax exempt from federal, state and local taxes), would be 8.60% for ZTAX vs 3.50% Tbills on the highest federal tax bracket (37%).
Food for thought...
President Trump’s “America First” tariff policies are boosting manufacturing in Puerto Rico, an island he has both attacked and claimed to help more than any other US leader https://t.co/R1laQZSkS8
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The Bloomberg Municipal High Yield Puerto Rico Total Return Index continues its upward climb📈.
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@gustavovelezpr esto es producto de todas las trabas gubernamentales para hacer negocio. Incluye altas cargas impositivias, sobre regulacion, leyes laborables rigidas...entre otras. Arreglamos esos temas y el crecimiento economico sera vertiginoso.