by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Apr 27, 2016 | Commentary
We’re starting to gear up with a new set of offerings, which include web conferences to discuss investment ideas and valuations. The first of these covered oil and gas drilling equipment major National Oilwell Varco. We broke the presentation into two pieces...
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Apr 22, 2016 | Commentary
We’re happy to announce the first in our “Guided Tear Sheet” webinar series! We will be offering an in-depth discussion of valuation drivers and of the option investing strategy detailed in the Tear Sheet on NOV we published in mid-March. Details...
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Mar 16, 2016 | Commentary
[This article originally appeared in Forbes] Analyzing companies like National Oilwell Varco (NOV), whose businesses are tied to mysteriously fluctuating commodities prices is notoriously difficult for the simple reason that attempting to predict commodity prices is...
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Mar 14, 2016 | Commentary
Companies whose operations rely on the price of commodities are tough to get a handle on. Revenues vary with the price of the commodity, operating leverage tends to be large — meaning big swings in profitability at differing revenue levels — and getting...
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Mar 14, 2016 | Research
Speculative “straddle” on a high-uncertainty stock Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new tab Download [248.41 KB] Download PDF...