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    Articles: Thoughts from our team and beyond.

    Fact-checking is essential. Detective work is table stakes. Skepticism ensures survival. My favorite journalism credo is this: “If your mother says she loves you, check it out.”
    A combination of open software tools, a renaissance in chip design, and overall data center optimization will lower the cost structure of hyperscalers, improving profitability over time.
    Idea generation, in the investment business, has always been something of a dark art. Some managers prefer stringent quantitative screens to generate ideas. Others keep a narrow band of expertise and choose only to invest in particular niches. Then there are the generalists, who simply hunt in open territory for the best ideas. Each specialization requires specific frameworks to be successful, but the point is this: idea generation has always been—and will always be—part art, and part science.
    “For those of you who know me well, you know that this work—investment research— is all I do. I probably spend 60, maybe 80 hours a week purely on research. Gave up golf about a decade ago. No more meetings. I’ve devoted myself to this enterprise. And I love it.”
    The Pitfalls of Reasoning by Analogy…And The 5 Traits of A Successful Investor
    How virtual power plants (VPPs) and software are creating new, renewable, and disruptive opportunities for long-term investors.
    “We are on the cusp of the fastest, deepest, most profound disruption of the energy sector in over a century.”
    “And one thing that gets us really excited about the future, it's not just the opportunity set—it’s that we think we’re really early. And we think lots of investors will begin to see the world how we do, it’s just a matter of time”
    “So as an investor, just from a risk perspective, you want to think in terms ‘I want to own companies that are going to last, that have a long runway for growth and prosperity.’”
    We are heading towards a carbon-free future. The renewable energy revolution is a multi-trillion dollar opportunity.