"Nobody buys a farm based on whether they think it’s going to rain next year. They buy because they think it’s a good investment over 10 or 20 years. It's the same with stocks. Think of stocks as a part ownership of a business." - Warren Buffett.
"Getting to $100,000 is a long struggle for most people. But I would argue that those who make it are helped if they’re passionate about being rational, very eager, opportunistic, and if they steadily underspend their income." - Charlie Munger.
PETER THIEL'S STOCK PORTFOLIO HAS BEEN UPDATED
This is what Peter Thiel's portfolio of public companies looked like as of the end of Q2
- Amazon $AMZN: 495,000 shares, $118.0M
- Vista Energy $VIST: 1,189,792 shares, $75.9M
- Vistra $VST: 372,755 shares, $59.1M
- FirstEnergy $FE: 839,319 shares, $39.9M
- DTE Energy $DTE: 264,450 shares, $40.3M
- American Electric Power $AEP: 308,617 shares, $42.2M
- CMS Energy $CMS: 517,124 shares, $39.6M
- X-Energy: 200,000 shares, $3.7M
JOSH KUSHNER'S THRIVE CAPITAL JUST UPDATED ITS PUBLIC STOCK PORTFOLIO
This is everything Thrive Capital owned as of the end of Q2
- SpaceX $SPCX: 18,914,205 shares, $3.2B (84.83%)
- Amazon $AMZN: 904,038 shares, $215.5M (5.66%)
- Oscar Health $OSCR: 6,343,617 shares, $180.9M (4.75%)
- Shopify $SHOP: 895,817 shares, $102.3M (2.68%)
- Figma $FIG: 4,396,636 shares, $79.5M (2.09%)
THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT CHANGED IN THEIR STOCK PORTFOLIO DURING Q2
New positions this quarter:
- SpaceX $SPCX: 18,914,205 shares, $3,231.7M
- Amazon $AMZN: 904,038 shares, $215.5M
Fully exited:
- Carvana $CVNA: was 226,761 shares, $71.3M
- StubHub $STUB: was 68,745 shares, $0.4M
PALANTIR $PLTR CEO ALEX KARP SAID SOMETHING HAS "GONE COMPLETELY WRONG" IN AI, THEN NAMED SAM ALTMAN AND DARIO AMODEI
The obvious read is a rival talking his book. He flipped that on himself first: "against my own interest... I'm profiting from this."
His actual charge is what he says enterprises in this country now believe about the model labs:
"I'm gonna chillax and waste my time with tokens, I'm gonna get no value, and they're gonna get my IP."
What those customers want instead, per Karp: "control over their compute, their models, their data stack, and their alpha... they wanna know they own the means of production."
Then he left one question hanging over the entire token business:
"Let's say I can make you $1 billion tomorrow. Wouldn't I say I'll make you $1 billion and I want 30%? Why are they charging for tokens?"
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Google has made more than $110 Billion on its investment in SpaceX
Google $GOOGL invested an estimated $900 Million in SpaceX $SPCX more than a decade ago
Google reportedly owns ~4.9% of SpaceX which is currently worth ~$111 Billion