63. Or maybe it wasn’t a coincidence, and Singleton knew what he was doing. At the same time Teledyne was reporting losses from its insurance businesses, its other businesses continued to grow. But it was able to buy in shares at a discount to what it paid a few years earlier.
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64. After insurance results turned in ‘75, the stock soared and became a multibagger from the tender offer prices. With the Argonaut losses, Teledyne had time to do big tenders at low prices. That’s why sequencing and narrative management are important to capital allocation.
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65. A good CEO will try to position the company to perform optimally in the next part of the sequence OR alter the sequence to optimize current reality.
$TSLA would be dead now if Musk failed at this, which is why it’s wrong to chastise him for issuing shares at $243.1 reply 1 retweet 50 likesShow this thread -
66. Because if he didn’t issue shares at $243, the stock would not be at $404 now. It would be at $0, or close to. The future is not independent of the past. It is dependent on it. By altering narrative, we alter the current “reality,” which in turn alters the future.
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67. Singleton altering perceptions of Teledyne’s profitability to buy back shares on the cheap and Musk performing elaborate
games to issue equity at high prices are two sides of the same coin.
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$L is ALLEGED to have used a similar trick on Boardwalk Pipeline, by deliberately tanking the units to exercise its call on them at lower prices. Capital is not just cash and assets. It is perception, ideas, and time. Alter those and the rational uses of cash also change.1 reply 2 retweets 64 likesShow this thread -
69. Of course, I cannot prove any of this was done intentionally. I’m not suggesting it’s a matter of fact. But from the info I have been able to piece together, and noting Singleton’s genius in using reflexivity to build Teledyne, it’s an idea that makes sense to me.
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Sources for those who care: https://www.valuewalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/leon-cooperman-value-investing-congress-henry-singleton.pdf … https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/17/archives/argonauts-malpractice-premiums-in-74-amounted-to-35million-claims.html … https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/08/archives/for-argonaut-profits-proved-illusory.html … https://www.milbank.org/wp-content/uploads/mq/volume-55/issue-02/55-2-The-Malpractice-Controversy-and-the-Quality-of-Patient-Care.pdf … https://news.bloomberglaw.com/mergers-and-antitrust/loews-must-face-suit-alleging-pipeline-stock-option-gamesmanship …
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70. Ken Fisher shouldn’t be shamed for discussing the use of LSD. Investing is a creative field more than a scientific one, and certain drugs do boost creativity by helping you make unique connections. I wish more investors would talk about how drugs influence their investing.
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