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Seek the Kingdom first, everything will be added to u/ Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it—Proverbs 13:11

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$FFH Prem Watsa's signature quotes "Work as hard as you can, as though everything depended on you. Pray as hard as you can, as though everything depended on God." "For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?"
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$LIFCO -12%, despite insider buying ahead of results FCF +21% cagr since 2014 IPO (17% since 2019) rev +8% (6% M&A, 2% organic, 1% FX) lost a customer who moved to non-EU suppliers (1 off?) slower M&A this yr (8 deals so far) 1x leverage (plenty room for M&A) 3%+ FCF (not cheap)
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$ROP rev +8%, organic +7% 18 of 21 software hav agentic products agentic GPM matches software GPM hospital AI committees, budget cycles slow AI adoption $436m bolt-ons grew>overall biz buybacks paused to deleverage & preserve M&A cash PE sellers capitulating on valuations $CSU
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Was Canadian asset manager Connor, Clark & Lunn (CC&L) taking a short position on $VIT-B against a long position on $CSU? The VIT-B short position (shorted Oct 2, bot back on Oct 7) didn't work in CC&L favour. CC&L has taken VIT-B shorts on and off in the past.
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$VIT-B Vitec Q3 sales +15% organic: +4% (CPI price increases), +6% w/ Q1 M&As 10Y sales cagr +19% Q4 M&As: ZMartek, AtermIT COO role eliminated CEO working directly w/ VPOs CFO absorbing some support functions margin tailwind: AI lowers R&D %sales CC&L exited short pos $CSU peer
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$VIT-B Vitec Q3 sales +15% organic: +4% (CPI price increases), +6% w/ Q1 M&As 10Y sales cagr +19% Q4 M&As: ZMartek, AtermIT COO role eliminated CEO working directly w/ VPOs CFO absorbing some support functions margin tailwind: AI lowers R&D %sales CC&L exited short pos $CSU peer
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Imagine government servants do this... Politicians don't get a paycheck for running a deficit. Tie their salaries to the budget: zero surplus, zero pay.
Leandro
@InvesquotesOct 21
Copart $CPRT new CEO pay package looks on the surface like textbook alignment, but there are some caveats. The structure is basically... - Jay Adair takes a $1 salary, no bonus and no new equity for 10 years. - He gets instead one 20M-share option in four tranches, with strikes at $26.27, $35.03, $43.78 and $52.54. The option has a 5-year cliff, a clawback if he leaves early, and his gains are locked up until year 10. So basically... - Stock flat → he earns $0. - Stock 2x → he earns ~$263M. My "concern" is the timing of the option issue, which evidently impacts the existing holders more than it does the recent holders. Jay Adair came back as CEO on July 31, with the stock near multi-year lows around $28, down from ~$52 in mid-2025. The strikes are anchored to the depressed price in which he (opportunistically?) became CEO. This ultimately means that... - Tranche 1 pays on any rebound, so many shareholders might still be underwater while he makes millions (this has no simple solution as setting the bar at ATH would also not be fair) - The “ambitious” top strike of $52.54 is roughly where the stock already traded in 2025... - “Doubling the stock” mostly means getting back to where it was without any new value creation - Over 10 years, a 2x is roughly ~7% a year Now, a founder-family CEO taking $1 and betting everything on the stock is rare and definitely better than nothing, but the design matters too and reality is more nuanced than it appears. As designed, Jay Adair could earn hundreds of millions simply by returning Copart to where it was before he came back. Still subject to shareholder approval!
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$LMT total backlog +63% book-to-bill 4x led by PAC-3 contract multiyear contracts protect threat-led demand building ahead of customer requirements on autonomous aircraft inflation-linked price escalators, cash-flow neutrality, & long durations minimize risk of budget cuts
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This is exactly why doing nothing in investing is hard. In behavioral finance, this struggle is driven by the action bias—our evolutionary impulse to respond to stress or uncertainty by doing something, even when the optimal move is patience.
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Lumine Group
@Lumine_GroupOct 16
Five years after joining #LumineGroup, Lifecycle Software doubled in size. In this After Acquisition video, CEO Liz Parry reflects on what permanent ownership has meant for the business's customers, financial performance, and leadership team. Liz, who has been with Lifecycle for more than ten years, is joined by former CEO Kelvin Chaffer, now CEO of Neural Technologies, to discuss the decisions, opportunities, and long-term approach that helped drive Lifecycle's growth. Lifecycle Software provides online charging, billing, and business support software to mobile network operators, MVNOs, and IoT providers. Watch the conversation here: luminegroup.com/case-studies…
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Constructive debates among wise investors are valuable, but there’s a fine line between productive discussion & endless rabbit holes. Overdiscussing a thesis wastes time. Check our egos, recognize when a debate has run its course, move on! What’s your debate threshold?
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People are just wasting money: $INTC Intel, $AVGO Broadcom CEOs on companies tokenmaxxing “Most companies cannot find any bloody return on investment on AI.”
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AI agents r entering enterprise workflows, using customer data to unlock value that could surpass the on-prem-to-cloud shift. <1% of enterprise data captured in frontier models, banks & insurers need secure, deterministic outputs. The solution? Bring the model to the data! $CSU
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$CSU Valsoft buys Positive Solutions, a UK-based pharmacy management & point-of-sale platform that community pharmacies have relied on since 1993. ~$20m revenue $CSU peer
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$CSU Volaris is building a growing ecosystem of security vertical software firms, converging cyber & physical security into a single platform! "Customers no longer want 20 vendors if they can have the option of managing just 1." “We’re watching these developments like a hawk."
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volarisgroup.com/acquired-kn…

Spotlight on the Security Vertical

The Security vertical at Volaris Group is building a growing ecosystem of software companies, with M&A momentum accelerating.

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$CSU Optimal Blue buys Usherpa to provide mortgage originators with tools to win more biz by connecting eligibility, pricing & borrower engagement. founded & led by a husband-&-wife duo $10-25m rev CSU wasnt mentioned in the news, outsiders wont even know it is now part of CSU!
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Valsoft invests $5m series A in Apero, which serves thousands of hospitality venues, extends its reservation technology with an AI receptionist built for Québec restaurants that takes bookings by phone around the clock. Restaurant reservation is a crowded space, no? $CSU peer
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Singapore's wealth distribution from bottom 20% to bottom 20%
Syahir
@syahirOct 9
Singapore's PM on Singapore's high cost of living. "...you cannot ask for high income and low prices."
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Software is dead? Be selective! Main Capital Partners’ Software 50 Nordics 2026 highlights a thriving sector, w/ recurring rev growing, international expansion, & improving efficiency. The Nordics continue to stand out as one of Europe’s most attractive software mkts. $CSU peer
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