Capital Allocators Monthly Newsletter - December 2023
- Carl Richards
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View Posting1. The Best of Charlie Munger. Jason Zweig, longtime superstar WSJ investment writer, distills Munger’s essence, and Charlie’s Psychology of Human Misjudgment shares a sample of his thinking in a lengthy post/short book. Read the Wall Street Journal Article Here.
2. Private Equity Update, Mario Giannini. Insights and entertaining one-liners on the state of the private equity market from Hamilton Lane’s Chairman.
3. The Beta of Data, Admired Leadership. Randall Stutman describes how less data is more.
4. Smart Brevity. A must-read. The creators of Axios teach how to communicate effectively.
5. The Counting House. An inside look at the life of a CIO.
EP.354 Nicolai Tangen – CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, Nicolai discusses overseeing the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund.
EP.355 Marcia Page – Co-Founder and Executive Chair of Värde Partners and Founder and CEO of MPowered Capital, Marcia shares stories from her career in distressed investing.
EP.356 Thomas Haugaard – Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors, Thomas gives a Sponsored Insight into hard currency emerging markets debt.
EP.357 Gary Sernovitz – Managing Director at Lime Rock Partners, Gary shares stories from his new book The Counting House.
EP.358 Year in Review – It’s that time of year when I share my annual letter and a rundown of the top episodes of 2023.
S.03, EP.08 Ironclad Environmental Services – Twin brothers and co-founders of Kinderhook, Chris and Rob Michalik discuss Ironclad Environmental Services.
S.03, EP.09 DealCloud – Founder and Co-President of DealCloud, Ben Harrison shares a sponsored insight on the benefits of vertical software.
EP.14 Ashok Raju – Chief Operating Officer of the VR Group, Ashok discusses dealing with both internal operations and client relationships.
EP.15 Dan Houlihan – CEO of STP Investment Services, Dan shares a Sponsored Insight into outsourcing operations.
EP.16 Frank Perez – Managing Director and Head of Operational Due Diligence at Makena Capital, Frank discusses the ins and outs of ODD.
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