Big TerraVest drop today. Insider trading scandal.
Not sure why it warrants a 34% drop at the time of writing. Presumably market is pricing in further irregularities? ๐ค $TVK ๐จ๐ฆ
Big TerraVest drop today. Insider trading scandal.
Not sure why it warrants a 34% drop at the time of writing. Presumably market is pricing in further irregularities? ๐ค $TVK ๐จ๐ฆ
Well, if insider trading has occurred then that is a serious financial crime, and does warrant a drop in SP, not least because we donโt know the extent of it. Once a line is drawn under what happened, and the facts are established, the SP will rebound.
Ultimately, the business is still an acquirer of vessels, and thatโs not suddenly destroyed because a key figure was insider trading the stock.
Personally Iโm holding, see no reason to sell. $TVK
Why are the best investors obsessed with the "Swedish Serial Acquirer"? ๐ธ๐ช
Itโs a masterclass in capital allocation: buy niche, profitable firms, leave them alone, and reinvest the cash.
The result? Multi-decade compounding machines.
A thread on the best small-cap ideas. ๐งต
I mist confess, whilst I am a fan of TS, and very much influenced by him in my own strategy, I sold out of Fundsmith recently in another strategy. The underperformance is not good but itโs the apparently lack of a winning strategy which is coming through with the trades. Selling Intuit, only to buy it back and then sell it very soon after. Now a similar thing with Zoetis.
Smithson is a lot worse in every respect.
Not sure what power the โonly invest in good companiesโ mantra has remaining.
@jupiters_string They were originally 10% positions but have done very well and I havenโt trimmed anything.
I think both could be 10-baggers from here.
Monthly Portfolio update for May 2026:
๐ฎ๐ฑ - Nova $NVMI - 13.9%
๐ฎ๐ฑ - Camtek $CAMT - 13.1%
๐ธ๐ช - Lagercrantz $LAGR - 8.6%
๐ธ๐ช - Momentum Group $MMGR - 8.6%
๐ธ๐ช - Teqnion $TEQ - 8.4%
๐จ๐ฆ - Lumine Group $LMN - 7.5%
๐ฌ๐ง - Judges Scientific $JDG.L - 7.4%
๐ณ๐ฑ - Topicus $TOI.V - 7.3%
๐ธ๐ช - AddTech $ADDT - 6.8%
๐ธ๐ช - MedCap $MCAP - 6.8%
๐ธ๐ช - Lifco $LIFCO - 6.0%
๐จ๐ฆ - TerraVest Industries $TVK - 5.8%
Performance:
May: +0.75%
YTD: +0.60%
This month I added a small amount to Topicus. The Constellation universe still appears materially undervalued due to misplaced fears of AI disruption.
Still no sales whatsoever since the start of 2026.
Aside from this, the monthly winner was Canadian vessel acquirer TerraVest up 14%, whilst the monthly loser was Camtek down 7%.
Just added to $TOI.V at $91.
It seems to be this is a rare opportunity to buy a businesses with huge upside, near limitless runway, at the half price sale for reasons not related to the fundamentals. Even Claude itself suggested it as a good investment ๐คฃ
$NVMI Nova reported a very strong Q1 2026, with record revenue of $235.3 million and non GAAP EPS of $2.33. Guidance for Q2 is even stronger at $245 million to $255 million. The key message is continued strength in advanced DRAM, memory, logic and metrology, another sign that AI and memory related semiconductor equipment demand remains solid.
$CSU results were fantastic. If there is any AI disruption for SaaS, then there is no evidence whatsoever for the CSU universe at least so far. Looks to be an unjustified drop in price against perfectly strong fundamentals.
I may very well add to $LMN $TOI at these levels.