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MOI Global - Selected Highlights

We had the pleasure of speaking with Kevin Durkin, Chief Investment Officer of Ballina Capital, about his background, investment process, how he generates ideas, thinks about portfolio concentration, manages risk, and which books he has found influential.

Quote We Are Contemplating This Week

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." —Charles Darwin

11 Articles We Are Reading This Week

  1. Owing the future - Erik Hoel

  2. China's tightrope - Adam Tooze

  3. Future pandemics - Matthew Yglesias

  4. Small-cap discount - Dan Rasmussen

  5. Locksmith paradox - Sahil Bloom

  6. Lessons from history - Morgan Housel

  7. Defining pareirithmos - Rohit Krishnan

  8. Ecosystem aggregators - Sangeet Paul Choudary

  9. Falling behind on science - Noah Smith

  10. Capital allocation framework - Javier Pérez Álvarez

  11. Tech waves, emerging markets - Jean van de Walle

Letters, Presentations, Writeups...

Company Writeups: Diversified Energy | MSG | ServiceNow | Shinoken

S&P 600 vs. S&P 500 on EV/Sales

Source: Verdad, Capital IQ, https://mailchi.mp/verdadcap/the-size-factor

5 Podcasts We Are Listening to This Week

  1. Joe Rogan - Mark Zuckerberg discusses his job and all things Meta

  2. Compounders - Steve Daly on creating value in educational software

  3. Superinvestors - Edward Chancellor on the true cost of easy money

  4. Invest Like the Best - Robert Smith on investing in enterprise software

  5. What Got You There - Paul Black on creating a winning culture

5 Videos We Are Watching This Week