Guy Spier 🇮🇱 🇺🇦
@GSpier
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Father, Husband, Investor, Author & Optimist. My now: #FreeTheHostages #slavaukraini #IStandWithIsrael #RejoinEU Investor in Care Rating
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With Ardal Loh-Gronager and his team at Scotts Mayfair, London - in fulfilment of my charity pledge to benefit
@unwatch
.
I came away from the lunch feeling energized and inspired. Wishing Loh-Gronager much success going forwards.
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@thestustustudio
Somebody please identify these individuals. I want to make sure that I never hire them. Neither will I hire any firm that employs them.
@canarymission
hopefully you are onto this.
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Scott Adams is a Trump supporter.
That means that a lot of people will tune him out - just for that.
Don't. It would be a mistake.
He's got some really valuable ideas to share.
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Please listen to Masih Alinejad. She is the voice of some of the bravest women alive on the planet today.
Their cries for freedom from oppression deserve to be heard.
#MahsaAmini
در کنفرانس بزرگ انجمن آزادی در نیویورک وقتی دیدم نمایندگان توییتر، اینستاگرام و سیاستمدارن دولت‌های غربی حضور دارند فریاد زدم:
بسیاری از غربی‌ها هم در قتل نوجوان‌های ایرانی مسؤل‌‌اند بخاطر مماشات با قاتلان ما، تن دادن به حجاب و تعظیم در برابر جمهوری اسلامی.
خواسته‌های ما چیست؟
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@JMihaljevic
Just wait for when it bursts.
There will be companies that everybody wanted to buy at $30 that nobody wants to buy at $10
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I never thought I would say this about a British royal. But... wow
Respect to Prince Harry. The capacity to be vulnerable. To speak openly and with authenticity - in front of the world. That's very difficult for most people.
For a Windsor family, it's extraordinary.
I've never watched this before, and frankly found it hard not to be genuinely impressed and moved by Prince Harry here.
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Part of twitter is a noisy rabble.
People shouting and yelling at each other.
Eyes probably bulging.
But another part is university seminar.
With each contribution more intelligent than the next.
That is where I choose to hang out.
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My friend Mohnish Pabrai just shared this letter he received from Warren Buffett.
I'm sharing it here with his permission.
Or you can download a copy here
@MohnishPabrai
@DakshanaIndia
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@ritameyerson
Rita, you should also get Christina's book - the Art of Not Falling apart:
I think you will really enjoy it.
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I enjoyed this conversation with
@georginagodwin
and
@JehangirAppoo
who was born in India, and lives in Canada - via the UK and other places.
He was a heart doctor. Now is a venture vapitalist.
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Charlie Munger’s talk on the 24 Standard Causes of Human Misjudgments was transformational.
I’m deeply grateful for everything he taught me.
Sending my condolences to the Munger family and his friends and devotees including Mohnish, Li Lu, Chris, Doerthe and Warren.
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I hope that everyone here will join me in praying for the ordinary women of Afghanistan - whose basic human rights are in the midst of being shredded.
Along with
@AlinejadMasih
@HillelNeuer
@queenchristina_
and others, I'm on their side.
“We do not count because we were born in Afghanistan . . . We’ll die slowly in history.” I am heartbroken. The women & girls of Afghanistan have been abandoned. What of their dreams, hopes? The rights they have fought two decades for?
#PrayforAfghanistan
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@Osint613
@metpoliceuk
I'd like to report a hate crime. In this case, it's one of your own police officers - openly discriminating on the basis of religion.
Just because the crowd is full of antisemites who conflate Israel with Jews does not mean that the Metropolitan police should…
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Last night I watched the movie, "Bearing Witness".
Various friends and family discouraged me.
I felt like I had to be a witness to the events of October 7th.
Some of the footage I had seen before. Other footage was new.
It's not just the acts themselves - they are as…
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Amanda Pullinger is the CEO of 100 Women in Finance.
She was interviewed by Georgina Godwin.
Get the full interview here:
@georginagodwin
@100WomenFinance
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@GadSaad
@DerrickNAACP
@Harvard
@TheFIREorg
Derrick, when it comes to victimology poker, Gad is telling you the Saad truth. Because he holds a Royal Flush. And he forgot to tell you that he's also an Arab.
@GadSaad
you are awesome. Thank you.
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@antonioguterres
Well Well Well. Secretary General of the
@UN
Gutteres finally figures it out.
Well done Antonio. It took you a while.
You did such enormous damage when you said, early on that the depravities committed by Hamas October 7th "did not happen in a vacuum".
Now could…
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@ShaykhSulaiman
@x
@elonmusk
I'd like to report this post for spreading hateful memes that are completely untrue.
What's worse, is that it is calculated to inflame Muslims and incites hatred against Jews and the IDF.
It's the very paragon of antisemitism and incitement to antisemitism.…
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I'm looking for examples of CEO's and companies who chose to do the right thing - even when the P&L did not benefit. Like the story of James Burke of $JNJ and Tylenol - or when Larry Merlo stopped selling tobacco at $CVS
@awilkinson
@ShaneAParrish
@trengriffin
any thoughts?
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Christina Patterson is the best-selling author of The Art of Not Falling Apart.
She also writes for the Telegraph, the Times, the Guardian and the Independent.
I feel lucky to have been a guest on her podcast.
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Christina did her research - she had carefully read my book and asked questions about key moments in my life - including the Global Financial crisis and my time being a Gordon Gekko wannabe.
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@GnasherJew
Can you imagine what the reaction would be if a bunch of Israelis or Jews stormed a Mosque in the middle of Al Fatihah or other prayer?
For anyone who is paying attention, this happened in Miamai - many thousands of miles away from Gaza. This is a campaign of harrasment and…
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So we have a Ukrainian refugee family staying with us.
A mother,
Her 16 year old son
and the daughter of friends.
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@flacqua
Yes - please do Francine, that format is
- immediate
- fresh and raw
- personal
Makes me feel like you are giving me a personal report from where you are sitting.
Reminds me of why you are such an effective journalist.
@flacqua
@wef
#DavosAgenda
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Why does India have such a poor credit rating?
@narendramodi
@PMOIndia
Why is India still taking dictation from foreign players - based in the capitals of former colonial powers like London and New York.
Why don't you authorize home grown agencies - like
@CareEdge_Group
to…
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"Fifteen years ago, India's economy was growing at just 3%, hampered by policy paralysis, corruption, and a challenging twin balance sheet problem. Foreign investors were wary, as reflected in the country's lowest investment grade ratings by the big three credit agencies. 🇮🇳💼…
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Piers Morgan is really doing a good job on digging into the Israel - Hamas conflict. He works hard to understand the issues. He's human. Does not come with preconceived ideas. He looks as the evidence, and he's willing to change his mind.
This time
@piersmorgan
interviewed…
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@jeremycorbyn
55 days.
That’s how long our hostages have been illegally held captive.
Start with that Jeremy.
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@nicolelampert
Nicole, please keep a list of all those feminist organizations that were silent. As well as of all those who lead them. I will never forget their silence - and will not allow them to forget it either.
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Hi folks,
I'm looking to hire an experienced and capable Indian financial journalist.
You would conduct a series of interviews with selected business leaders in India.
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What is the Future of Intelligent (or Value) Investing?
- Study the Future, Not the Past.
- Study Businesses, not Stocks.
- Look for companies that create value for all stakeholders.
- Look for new, transformative business models
#futureofintelligentinvesting
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Here is Stanley Druckenmiller talking about short selling.
He makes the confession that over his 40 years in the market he can't say that, in aggregate, he made money in his short positions.
That is astounding. But not surprising.
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I enjoyed working with Jide to write this article about Oxford University, Sustainable Finance and Lombard Odier.
@JSAkintunde
@lombardodier
@SwissOxford
@OxfordGiving
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My initial impressions from the $BRKA letter:
- $25 billion buying back 5% of Berkshire's outstanding shares - 5% of the company.
That's a lot. Also:
- no more Wells Fargo
- no discussion of Bitcoin
- no discussion of $GME
#wallstreetbets
or Robinhood.
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Bill Ackman’s $PSH Pershing Square Holdings letter to investors has a line I really liked:
“Our strategy is to acquire smaller pieces of superb businesses over which we have substantial influence, rather than controlling interests in lower quality businesses”
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Crypto should be shining right now. But it isn’t.
We’re in the midst of a banking crisis.
Shouldn’t Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and be thriving?
Wasn’t this what the crypto community predicted?
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Boom.
Charlie Munger writing in the Wall Street Journal that the United States should ban Crypto
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Eitan Chitayat tells Rose McGowan that she’s
“Unapologetically herself”.
What a wonderful line from their engaging conversation.
@rosemcgowan
@EitanChitayat
#imthat
I enjoyed the conversation on cults in particular.
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The United States has around 30 times more people than Israel.
If Hamas had attacked the United States, and the deaths were in the same proportion, there would already be around 12,000 dead.
Four times the 9/11 attacks.
Hamas just signed it’s own suicide note.
#DestroyHamas
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"If someone does something that appears irrational, it just means you don't have all the information"
- Bill Browder in Freezing Order
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@FranceskAlbs
Not 12 Franceska.
1,200 Hamas members employed by
@UNRWA
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3,000 in the hateful Telegram group.
At least
United Nations Relief and Works Agency acted as a front for Hamas. Whitewashing their actions and laundering their money.
Moreover: The United Nations - including…
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I've been clinically depressed once in my life.
No fun.
If you think you are, or you might be.
Get help. It will make a huge difference.
#depressionsupport
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@awilkinson
All currencies eventually go to zero (including $, £, €, and BTC)
Only thing that holds or increases in value long term is productive assets.
So we should only hold currency temporarily - as a means of exchange. Not as a long term store of value, or investment.
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This is an amazing compilation of Charlie Munger talking about the Buffett system on zero management fees.
But I think that I want to start calling it the Pabrai system. Charlie Munger does.
@MohnishPabrai
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Had an amazing time in Turkey. Was a learning opportunity to see the country through
@MohnishPabrai
‘s eyes.
My opinion is now far more nuanced. Many amazing people. Some incredible businesses.
And Istanbul can be considered a fulcrum between East and West.
@GSpier
was finally dragged kicking and screaming to Istanbul to join the bargain hunt! No success getting any trades placed … yet!
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Things I can do during
#quarantine
- read annual reports
- take long walks
- skype with family and friends
- write thank you notes
- do zoom calls
Please add
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My book, the Education of a Value Investor is still on sales at Barnes and Noble in Manhattan ...
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@RepRashida
@StateDept
@POTUS
Why don’t you stop setting off fires and seek to solve problems. This sort of statement does not solve problems.
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@leekern13
How petty
How ridiculous.
It’s all a game for them. They are play acting.
But as Robert De Niro said: this is not a movie. It’s real life!
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I'm going to be talking to
@EitanChitayat
about being his
#TEDx
talk and the making of
#imthatjew
I will also tell him about what it was like to host
@TEDxZuriberg
Join us on February 28th at 10.30 AM Pacific Standard Time.
@joinClubhouse
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I was delighted to see this multi-million £ gift to
@TheSmithSchool
@UniofOxford
from
@LombardOdier
to support
#SustainableFinance
Congrats to
@bencaldecott
for becoming the Lombard Odier Prof. of Sustainable Finance
Thanks also to
@swissoxford
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I recently had a wide-ranging conversation with Jackie Shoback.
We spanned everything from category killers like Staples where she started her career after graduating from Harvard Business School.
The whole episode is here:
@HBSAlumni
@HarvardHBS
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So many books, so little time…
This is some of what I’ve been reading this weekend.
Some takeaways:
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@romps
@BerkeleyAtmo
Respect, David.
@bariweiss
it seems your article in Commentary is having a huge influence...
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William Green really is a superb interviewer. He asks all the right questions. I learn so much when we talk.
Thank you for taking the time to talk to me.
I'm delighted to share the latest episode of the
#RicherWiserHappier
podcast: my conversation with Guy Spier (
@GSpier
) at his home in Switzerland. Listen here:
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India has a BBB rating according to
@SPGlobalRatings
Many argue that it should be far higher.
In my view, it is preposterous that there is no local Indian rating agency that can rate sovereign debt.
Japan has a local ratings agency that rates sovereign debt. It's called…
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On Expert Networks.
A Thread.
Conversations with industry experts should be part of any good investors' due-diligence and scuttlebutt research process.
But it's not fair to take someone's time for free.
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I just had a great podcast conversation with
@stig_brodersen
of The Investor's Podcast.
Stig was extraordinarily well prepared and asked some excellent questions - including on vulnerability and authenticity.
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In 2016
#VoteLeave
won by 1,269,501 votes. But the petition to
#RevokeArticle50
already has more than 2 million signatures which is almost double that. Not yet 17.4 million but enough to cast very serious doubts over the 2016 result.
#RevokeArt50
#PeoplesVoteNow
#PeoplesMarch
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BOOM!
MIKE DROP!!
@HillelNeuer
, you are my voice at the
@UN_HRC
.
Thank you for speaking truth to power.
Thank you
@UNWatch
Thank you
@AlinejadMasih
and women and (and men) of Iran, for your courage.
#MahsaAmini
مهساامینی
Today the murderous & misogynistic Ayatollah's regime sent a woman to tell the the United Nations how they respect women's rights, but she stopped while fumbling her papers. Because when people are asked to tell terrible lies, I told the assembly, they get flustered and confused.
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I'm going to be talking to
@MohnishPabrai
about
The Quest for Value
In a live-stream event.
Hosted by the Helvetian Investment Club of
@HSGStGallen
It's coming up on Tuesday 29th November at 5 PM Central European Time.
Join here
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Financial crises are periods when money moves from the hands of the weak and badly managed to the strong and conservatively managed.
Don’t focus on who is losing deposits - consider who is the beneficiary of the turmoil. So far I have read about significant inflows to $SCHW and…
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Thank you Egypt
Thank you Jordan
Thank you France
Thank you Saudi Arabia
Thank you United Kingdom
Thank you Israel Defense Forces
Thank you United States of America.
Thanks to you, 99% of the missiles were intercepted.
#IranFailed
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When it comes to vaccines, Switzerland - where I live, is far behind.
Why?
Consensus-based decision making in my opinion.
What's my point?
Sometimes consensus is the best.
Sometimes it isn't. When it comes to vaccinations, it isn't.
2 pennies for my thoughts...
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Just tuning into this spectacular conversation between
@williamgreen72
&
@MohnishPabrai
A real cracker of a podcast.
#richerwiserhappier
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This is the Engadin.
Thanks to
@NikolaiAhrens
and Patricia for showing me this beautiful,rugged landscape.
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Frontline PBS: When Steve Cohen was hedge fund King.
This documentary by
@frontlinepbs
is superb.
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Stig, this came out really well.
thank you for taking the time to interview me!
Tune in to
#WeStudyBillionaires
as
@stig_brodersen
chats with
@GSpier
on lessons in life, investing, and much more!
Listen Here:
Watch Now:
Transcript:
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I just finished "Freezing Order" by
@Billbrowder
It's a must-read for these troubled times.
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William Green's book, Richer Wiser Happier is a runaway success.
Here is some of what the Twittersphere had to say about the book:
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The Berkshire Hathaway weekend is coming up in less than 7 days.
Charlie Munger used to call it a celebration. Of course it is. But it’s also so much more. I’ve been making the pilgrimage to Omaha for more than 25 years and I can’t think of a more auspicious opportunity to learn…
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"The Problem with Social Media is that it
- Rewards ideas that sound good and aren't true.
But it:
Punishes ideas that are true, but don't sound good. "
- Konstantin Kisin
@KonstantinKisin
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In a well-governed country, you don't need to know the names of your leaders.
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Lie to people who want to be lied to, and you’ll get rich.
Tell the truth to those who want the truth, and you’ll make a living.
Tell the truth to those who want to be lied to, and you’ll go broke.
@jasonzweigwsj
h/t Morgan Housel
via
@JMihaljevic
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I recently had a wide-ranging conversation with Jackie Shoback.
We spanned everything from category killers like Staples where she started her career after graduating from Harvard Business School.
Along the way, we also discussed Domino's Pizza, Pool…
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I just emailed 22,000 or so of my closest friends with my semi-annual email update.
Geopolitics, Avoiding an Energy Debacle in India, Care Ratings & Sovereign Debt, Brembo & Ferrari.
I reviewed the email here
And you can sign up to receive it here:…
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Some happy memories with various friends from past Berkshire Hathaway meetings.
Looking forward to seeing everyone in person next year.
With Warren and Debbie,
@MohnishPabrai
@williamgreen72
Greg Abel,
@BeckyQuick
and others.
$HNZ
$BRK
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And not just that.
He has deep insights into how the world actually works.
Follow Scott Adams here:
@ScottAdamsSays
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Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.
-Roy T Bennett
#motivation
via
@momentumdash
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