We are writing to let you know that, after careful consideration, we have decided to cease managing money together and will instead do so independently, in the firm belief that in doing so our investors will benefit over time. The friendship and admiration we have for each other is unchanged, we will continue operating our funds, and you do not need to do anything. We are, however, modifying our structure: Whitney will become the sole principal of T2 Partners and its three primary hedge funds. Glenn will be establishing a new investment firm, Deerhaven Capital Management, that will independently manage the T2 SPAC Fund, which will be renamed the Deerhaven Fund and become his hedge fund vehicle…Whitney’s Plans: “To ensure that I can focus intensely on in-depth company and industry analysis, I will adopt a much lower public profile and let my investment returns speak for themselves. Specifically, I will dramatically reduce my television appearances, interviews with the media, blogging/writing, and public speaking, both in the investment and philanthropic realms. I also plan to write letters to you quarterly rather than monthly (our bookkeeper will, course, continue to send you monthly statements).” [T2 Letter]
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T2 Partners To Part Ways, Whitney Tilson To “Dramatically Reduce Television Appearances, Interviews, Blogging/Writing, And Public Speaking” And Focus “Intensely” On Investing
By Bess LevinFYI, Whitney Tilson’s Investment Thesis On Goldman Sachs Has Not Changed In Light Of Times Op-Ed (Update)
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Having said that, T2 Partners will be “monitoring” the situation. Read more »
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Whitney Tilson Was As Surprised As You Are To Learn That He Was Long Netflix On The Way Up
By Matt LevineNFLX is up 75% year to date so you probably assumed that Whitney Tilson had gotten rid of it sometime last year. You were not alone: Read more »
Trades Not Workin’ Out For Ya? Area Hedge Fund Manager Will Show You How To Save A Buck
By Bess Levin“I save a small fortune in taxi and subway fares—plus untold hours sitting in traffic or on a subway platform—by riding my bike everywhere in Manhattan,” Whitney Tilson told the Journal, which estimates you can save “at least $4,000 a year,” in addition to what you spend on the gym, using Tilson’s chosen mode of transport. “Plus, it’s great exercise!” [WSJ]
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T2 Partners Just Wants To Make It Clear They Are Of Sound Mind And Judgment
By Bess LevinSeriously, all is good in the hood. Having said that, it was no easy task, emotionally, going long you know what after…all that’s happened. Read more »
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Whitney Tilson: T2 Partners Nailed Its Netflix Short Except For The Fact That It Didn’t
By Bess Levin“If you go back and read our original Netflix piece, we pretty well nailed it,” Tilson told Forbes today. “But we were quite early – we were almost a year early. So we got clobbered to the point that we couldn’t take the pain, and we just said, ‘You know what? There are better shorts out here.’ And later, to the Journal: “It’s been frustrating to see our original investment thesis validated, yet not profit from it. It certainly highlights the importance of getting the timing right and maintaining your conviction even when the market moves against you. The core of our short thesis was always Netflix’s high valuation. In light of the stock’s collapse, we now think it’s cheap and today established a small long position. We hope it gets cheaper so we can add to it.” [Forbes, WSJ]
“Our fund declined 9.5% in September vs. -7.0% for the S&P 500, -5.9% for the Dow and -6.3% for the Nasdaq. Year to date, it’s down 29.6% vs. -8.7% for the S&P 500, -3.9% for the Dow and -8.4% for the Nasdaq…In the rest of our letter (attached), we discuss a similar period of underperformance in late 2008-early 2009, how we’re in the same boat, our economic outlook and our fund’s positioning, how we approach investment decision making today, our biggest winners and losers this year, and seven stocks.” Read more »
“Our fund declined 13.7% in August vs. -5.4% for the S&P 500, -4.0% for the Dow and -6.4% for the Nasdaq. Year to date, it’s down 22.1% vs. -1.8% for the S&P 500, +2.1% for the Dow and -2.2% for the Nasdaq. On the long side, our portfolio got clobbered across the board despite generally good company-specific news regarding our major holdings…In the rest of our letter, we discuss our annus horribilis, the concept of guaranteed underperformance, how we’ve built our business to withstand tough times, and six stocks: J.C. Penney, Iridium, Grupo Prisa, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Dell.” Read more »
Whitney Tilson: This Weekend’s Berkshire Hathaway Meeting Was “One Of The Best I’ve Ever Attended”
By Bess LevinSayeth Tilson: “Buffett and Munger are razor sharp and at the top of their games, and Berkshire is just going gangbusters! (The insurance losses from Japan, New Zealand, etc. in Q1 that depressed quarterly earnings are essentially irrelevant to Berkshire’s long-term value.)” Read more »
T2 Partners is sticking with Buffett, Lubrizol incident be damned. Read more »
The short answer: “It’s no fun being in front of an oncoming train.”
The slightly longer answer: Read more »