Sharing a few more of my notes from meeting Seth Klarman at HBS in Boston last year. Some interesting facts about how Seth started, where he sees Baupost's edge, how Baupost invests and what he thinks of the current market environment.
Mercedes CEO Källenius: Today, every car imported into Europe from the USA is subject to ten per cent tariffs, while the reverse is 2.5 per cent,’ said Källenius. ‘Let's reduce these tariffs to zero on both sides.’ HB #tariffwar
Small caps are 22% cheaper than large caps on price-earnings ratio. The years that witnessed this discount are 1973, 1976, 1998, 2001 and 2020. Even investors who were early in 1973 and 1998 would have then witnessed two legendary small cap cycles: 1974-1981 and 1999-2018.