Investment Journal
Apple Earnings Scratch Notes
Apple reported earnings yesterday. My main takeaways: 1.4 billion installed devices (continues to grow)900 million installed iPhones (up from 825 million a year ago, and this number grew in all five major geographic territories)Services business is very profitable:...
Great Companies on Sale
Happy Holidays to all our BHI readers! I hope you are enjoying some family time this week. As I sat around my Christmas tree last night after all the presents were opened and the kids were in bed, I was jotting down a few quick thoughts I wanted to share. There are...
Burgers, Fries and Shakes
Shake Shack (“Shak”) is a burger joint that is much more than a burger joint. It’s tough to describe if you haven’t eaten there. At the end of 2018, Shak will have about 123 domestic (U.S.) company-owned locations and about 85 Licensed Shacks (the majority of the...
VRSN Follow-Up
VRSN reported their quarterly results last night with a brief 30 minute conference call (you could also read the transcript in about half that time). The remarkable thing about VRSN is really how unremarkable it is. The business is highly focused on managing the .com...
Sears and Follow Up on Buffett’s Ability to Avoid Complexity
Sears finally filed for bankruptcy earlier this week. Over the weekend, I was rereading some of the notes I’ve taken over the years on Sears. It’s been an interesting situation to watch. I sometimes wonder if Lampert has ever estimated what has become a monumental...
Buffett’s Most Underrated Investment Trait
I am still doing some research on a number of companies in the residential housing space, and I’ll write more about my thoughts here as they develop. This post will have some brief general thoughts related to a post I wrote last week on the GSE’s: Investor Sentiment...