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An Exceptional Valuation

December 9, 2024 | We’ve picked the first company we’ll be breaking down. It’s the only publicly traded stock in the U.S. that enables you to invest in two major North American sports franchises. Sounds compelling, right?

Exciting Changes

December 2, 2024 | We wanted to jump in your inbox again to remind you that this past Wednesday was our last “regular” edition of We Study Markets. What does that mean? Exciting things, that’s what.

Around the Clock

November 27, 2024 | Could traditional U.S. stock trading hours — 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET — one day be a thing of the past?

A Sub Above

November 25, 2024 | Peter Cancro's story began in 1971 at 17, working at Mike's Subs in New Jersey. When owners decided to sell in 1975, his mother suggested he buy the shop—an idea Cancro initially found laughable.

The Abominable No Man

November 24, 2024 | It’s hard to believe, but this week marks one year since Charlie Munger’s death. Did you know Warren Buffett playfully referred to Munger as “The Abominable No-Man” because Munger so frequently turned down potential investments?

Dancing in the Street

November 22, 2024 | For all of the talk about tech, AI, and the Magnificent 7, did you know that the U.S. Financial sector has outperformed Technology this year?

Gold Mine

November 20, 2024 | There’s no doubt we live in an era of digital payments. You can tap your phone at virtually any check-out counter to pay. Yet paper checks are hanging in there in the U.S. — and criminals are exploiting the vulnerability efficiently.

Back-to-Back

November 18, 2024 | Newton’s First Law found that an object in motion stays in motion. U.S. investors are betting on just that for the stock market. We’re amid quite the rally as investor optimism remains high and fund inflows stay strong.

Just Keep Buying

November 17, 2024 | We’re chatting with Blake Millard, author of the popular newsletter, “The Sandbox Daily,” and director of investments at Sandbox Financial Partners, a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) in Maryland.

Blue Owl: The Next Blackstone?

March 2, 2025 | This week, I’m diving into one of the few SPACs from the 2020-era Lollapalooza in financial markets that has actually worked out: a fast-growing alternative asset manager humbly named Blue Owl that, perhaps, has its eyes set on being the next Blackstone?

VeriSign: The Internet’s Toll Road

February 23, 2025 | No, I don’t have a literal toll-road company to tell you about today; I actually have something much more powerful: a business that operates like the toll road I describe above, yet for the entire internet 👀

AutoZone: Under The Hood

February 16, 2025 | Few companies have been as prolific cannibals of their own stock as AutoZone, a franchise that has, in two decades, spent tens of billions of dollars consuming 90% of its outstanding shares.

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