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My investments don’t require any mention of Tony Soprano, my watches don’t require any mention of Hodinkee

I hope that you put significantly more effort into researching potential investments than you have in trying to understand the subject article.
 
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I hope that you put significantly more effort into researching potential investments than you have in trying to understand the subject article.
Yes, I do and I don’t have advisors that mention Tony Soprano.
 
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Yes, I do and I don’t have advisors that mention Tony Soprano.

Well that's a relief. After all, how could anyone be taken seriously if they happen to mention Tony Soprano? 🤦
 
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The short sellers who attack these companies act in an evil way as well. Nothing wrong with shorting an (what you think) overvalued company but when it’s done for destruction and with the purpose of seeing the company go down that’s just wrong.
 
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The short sellers who attack these companies act in an evil way as well. Nothing wrong with shorting an (what you think) overvalued company but when it’s done for destruction and with the purpose of seeing the company go down that’s just wrong.
Which is why I call the stock market the world’s biggest casino. If you can’t figure out who the sucker is, then it’s you!
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Now @Tony C. … watch the latest episode of “Succession”….🤔 Truly terrifying … didn’t sleep real well last night.
 
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Which is why I call the stock market the world’s biggest casino. If you can’t figure out who the sucker is, then it’s you!
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When the SEC said Bernie Madoff ran the biggest Ponzi scheme the world has ever seen he said “I ran the biggest Ponzi scheme inside of the biggest Ponzi scheme the world has ever seen.”

not sticking up for Bernie but it’s kinda true.
 
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A few weeks ago, figured I would go into bed bath and beyond since going out of business sale. Not much of a sell price were a little high. But talking to the workers in the store I felt for them losing their jobs you could see the worry in them.
 
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Maybe it had something to do with this…
Other than Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos has a board full of old white men. How did that work out?

One of Bed Bath & Beyond's biggest problem was their shift from brand name products to their own private label products. BBB's shoppers just wanted 20% off of brand name products. When you scale back the 20% off coupons and get rid of the brand name goods, people will shop somewhere else.
 
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I was watching an old episode of Shark Tank recently, and the sharks kept telling this one entrepreneur how they would be able to get the product into Bed, Bath, and Beyond. That episode didn't age well. 😗
 
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Or the failure could be their refusal to go to the internet since the founder bet that shopping was a social experience.
 
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I was watching an old episode of Shark Tank recently, and the sharks kept telling this one entrepreneur how they would be able to get the product into Bed, Bath, and Beyond. That episode didn't age well. 😗
pretty much seasons 3 through 16...
 
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Yes, I do and I don’t have advisors that mention Tony Soprano.


I thought this was a simple analogy to an executive management team running their organization like criminals. Not an altogether uncommon type of reference in financial journalism.

Am I missing something here that got everyone so wound up about this? Is there a history here between OF Users? Otherwise the over reaction seems a bit odd.
 
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As a Brit I’ve never heard of Bed Bath and Beyond. Sounds like an episode of the Red Shoe Diaries
 
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I thought this was a simple analogy to an executive management team running their organization like criminals. Not an altogether uncommon type of reference in financial journalism.

Am I missing something here that got everyone so wound up about this? Is there a history here between OF Users? Otherwise the over reaction seems a bit odd.

Basically, OP is throwing grenades because he found an obscure article covering a widely discussed topic (that being private equity predation) and thinks he knows something the rest of us don’t.
 
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Tony Soprano should not be included in any serious discussion.

I'm a simple soul so I'll ask: when will this thread get serious 'cos I don't yet see the signs.
 
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As a Brit I’ve never heard of Bed Bath and Beyond. Sounds like an episode of the Red Shoe Diaries

Was that a spin-off from these guys?

 
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Basically, OP is throwing grenades because he found an obscure article covering a widely discussed topic (that being private equity predation) and thinks he knows something the rest of us don’t.

I don’t think it was a grenade - just an article to promote some thought and debate if it was a topic of interest. I saw a meme the other day - no stupid people beyond this point. A local politician had posted it up. Increasingly people see anything that they don’t agree with as stupidity or deliberately provocative, or conspiracy, and try to shut it down.
I think on the forum If it is against the rules report it, if you have a point of view play the ball not the person and debate it sensibly and if it is of no interest just ignore it.
I am not sure what triggered some of the responses here. Collecting watches has a commercial aspect and any world leader with a flashy watch will soon be criticised if the economy is tanking (especially a French leader :0) so there is clearly a link between politics, economics, investing, business and watches.
 
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Basically, OP is throwing grenades because he found an obscure article covering a widely discussed topic (that being private equity predation) and thinks he knows something the rest of us don’t.

This is a ridiculous take, and for what should be obvious reasons.

1) Ben Hunt is not "obscure" in the world of financial media, but even if he were, it is the substance of the article that should be the primary focus, not the author (or platform, etc.). This is an especially important point in today's world, as so many people use the MSM and/or social media as primary, if not exclusive sources of information, and are often grossly misinformed as a result.

2) The fact that private equity predation is a "widely discussed topic" is completely irrelevant. Virtually all important topics are widely discussed, and include a very wide range of quality of discussions. The vast majority offer nothing new, and most are of poor quality. In stark contrast, the linked article provides a refreshingly different, and thought-provoking take on a topic. But of course one would need to actually read the article to understand this.

3) Any criticism of the article (or any article) by those who have neither taken the time to read it, nor attempted to rebut it in any serious way, suggests either a lack of seriousness, and/or a personal agenda of some kind.

4) Your post confirms that you fall into the above category.