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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On Spotify's page for Jets to Brazil, there's a 'new single' that sounds like a stomp clap / Christian rock / elevator music hybrid and is clearly not Jets to Brazil. I guess it's my first time hitting AI on Spotify. It's very weird.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

It's been one of the stranger stock market quarters I've invested through, and that doesn't even really reflect the U.S. Iran War and its erratic conduct. My Q1 Middle Coast Investing letter reflects on how the only response is to play for time: middlecoastinvesting.com/middle-coast...

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Middle Coast Investing Q1 2026 Letter: Playing For Time - Middle Coast Investing

Middle Coast Investing's Q1 Portfolio review discusses the faster than ever moving market, and how investors can focus on their advantages.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I don´t know how I feel about Andy Jassy namedropping the Beths in his shareholder letter. A little too close to home.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Painting the tape at the end of quarter geopolitics.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The hint of AI entering a sector is enough to send given stocks down 10%, some of those hints may turn into threats, so who knows, but I was trying to think of why someone would sell me shares of $BKNG at 15x ex SBC Free cash flow, and a few thoughts:

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Happy new year! (not too late for that, right?) I'm happy to share my Q4 letter for Middle Coast Investing. 2025 was a good year for markets and us, which leaves me feeling a little queasy for what's to come. middlecoastinvesting.com/middle-coast...

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Middle Coast Investing Q4 2025 Letter: Don't Let Me Explode - Middle Coast Investing

2025 was a good year for Middle Coast Investing, as it was for markets as a whole. Paranoia being a staple part of the investor experience, that leaves me feeling queasy. Stock markets tend to go up o...

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

We pulled out the podcast mic for the first time in 22 (!) months on the Razor's Edge, as Akram's Razor and I talk AI. • Dark GPUs vs. Dark Fiber • Limits to the Cap-ex trade • Fundamental tensions in AI narratives Check it out here or wherever you get podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/3j2P...

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Dark Fiber vs. Dark GPUs and AI Capex

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I talked up my two biggest portfolio adds - $CPAY and $GOGO - plus a bunch of situational stuff we have added ($HI, $BHF, $AL, and $TFSL). Performance disclosures here. Best of luck for the rest of the year! middlecoastinvesting.com/performance-...

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Performance Disclosures - Middle Coast Investing

The performance disclosures for Middle Coast Investing, including discussion of calculation, use of net returns, and more.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Here's our performance table: $DALN, $AAPL, $SCS, $ATRO, $LYFT, and $ECG keyed the winner side, while $PTLO, $PGR, and $LULU were the main detractors.

Excel table showing Middle Coast Investing performance in Q3 - 9.6% in U.S. portfolios and 10% in core U.S. portfolios - vs the S&P 500 (7.8%), Russell 2000 (12%), S&P 600 (8.7%), and Nasdaq (11.2%). Also shows European portfolio performance (5.5%) vs. Euro Stoxx 50 (4.3%) and DAX (-0.1%). Many other figures, including performance dating to 2020.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

It's quarterly letter season, and I'm happy to share Middle Coast Investing's! We had a strong Q3, with the fortune of several buyouts and a few stocks jumping as keys to the quarter. I start the letter, though, with thoughts on using and investing in AI middlecoastinvesting.com/middle-coast...

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Middle Coast Investing Letter Q3 2025: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Caution - Middle Coast Investing

The third quarter was a very fortunate one for Middle Coast Investing. Our collective portfolio rose ahead of the S&P 500 and is ahead of our benchmarks year to date. Buyouts of four portfolio compani...

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I also did an update post $SCS buyout, and the combined $HNI-$SCS entity. Free log-in set up required, I believe. This is the sort of merger that probably doesn't get through Lina Khan's FTC; consolidation of 2 of the top 4 players in a $10B+ industry. Fwiw. investmentcut.pro/cash-in-or-h...

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User Login - The Investment Editor's Cut

Register for FREE Here ! or LOGIN BELOW NOTE: After login, select your desired Members Only page Members Only Pages (links): PERFORMANCE reports the ARCHIVE Hot Takes🌶️(Exclusives) Sector WINNERS/LOSE...

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

<Takes a big inhale>: Happy Gilmore 2 is just an echo of Don Quixote part 2, with the fictional character stepping into a world that knows him and eggs him on, heightening the hero's del.... <gets trampled by a nag of a horse>

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I updated on my TripAdvisor $TRIP position for The Investment Cut (run by a friend and former colleague), and how the Starboard 9% position fits into the thesis. Between that and $DALN agreeing to a buyout, good start to Q3 for Middle Coast Investing. investmentcut.pro/assessing-tr...

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Reassessing TRIP Amid Starboard’s Filing - The Investment Editor's Cut

FOREWORD: Tripadvisor, Inc, the operator of the Tripadvisor travel platform, as well as travel tour company Viator, and dining platform The Fork, is no stranger to takeover rumours. However, after TRI...

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The post has winners, losers, and changes, while this link includes my performance disclosures. Stay safe out there! More 'fun' ahead, one way or another. middlecoastinvesting.com/performance-...

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Performance Disclosures - Middle Coast Investing

The performance disclosures for Middle Coast Investing, including discussion of calculation, use of net returns, and more.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

My performance is here. Apple hurt the overall performance, while the core portfolios were doing even better, relatively, until a June earnings bump or two.

Table showing Middle Coast Investing Portfolio performance in Q2 2025 vs. the overall market. S&P 500 is up 5.5% year to date, and the Russell 2000 is down 2.5% (as of June 30th); our overall U.S. portfolios are up 3.9% and our core U.S. portfolios are up 7.5%. Our European portfolio is up 18% vs. the Euro Stoxx 50 at 8.3% and the DAX at 20.1%.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Happy to share my Q2 letter for Middle Coast Investing. Markets have more than recovered since Liberation Day, but I suspect more heavy stuff is to come I talk about the positives and negatives out there, my portfolio, and a few position changes: middlecoastinvesting.com/middle-coast...

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Middle Coast Investing Q2 2025 Letter: All Better Now? - Middle Coast Investing

The last three months have been noisy ones, both in markets and the world at large. For all that, those months left U.S. stocks at all-time highs. Our accounts also did well, not dropping as much as m...

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I got to watch about five minutes of NBA Finals game time while in an airport, which was enough time to make four puckered lips ‘oof’ faces after Pacers shots (two threes and two McConnell shots).

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

One possible benefit of AI in search is to kill a lot of the worst SEO practices (longer articles padded with fluff, redundant headers, the use of the 'breaking news blog' format that divorces headline to content connection), though, really, it will probably get worse in some way.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

So plenty of stars in these three episodes but damn if Valencia doesn’t look good again.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

With the market finishing above April 2nd levels Friday, I decided to break a video format back out. I hit: • 3 reasons that might explain the recovery • 2 things investors should keep in mind. Summing up to The Stock Market 5, a new weekly (?) video series: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmWK...

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The Stock Market 5: How Are We Back From Liberation Day?

YouTube video by A Short Investing Guide

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Friday esmorzaret/almuerzo My tongue was salt pickled by the peanuts for hours.

Pancetta eggs onions potatoes half sandwich with peanuts cake with salt in background.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

The true star of episode 6 of Andor is Valencia.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are up since the beginning of April (Russell 2000? Not so fast). We should be careful about slam dunking based on market prices. The market is going to market. Plenty more bumps ahead, because that's who's in charge. I don't know what's going to happen. Prepare and hope.

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iinvested.bsky.social @iinvested.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

1Q'25 Middle Coast Investing on #$ECG, #$SON More fund letters here: lettersandreviews.blogspot.com/p/4th-quarte...

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I finally sat down long enough amidst everything to write my quarterly letter. I'm a stockpicker, but start off with macro stuff because (gestures) • The predictable volatility • The surprising indifference • The unpredictable slapdash decision-making • How we're adjusting Have a read below:

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Middle Coast Investing Q1 2025 Letter: Before And After The Liberation Day Crash - Middle Coast Investing

After a bumpy but not terrible Q1 for Middle Coast Investing, and a Liberation Day crash to start Q2 that has been bad for everyone, one of my favorite movie quotes comes to mind. The movie is Vision ...

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Love to reduce economic activity and tax receipts to reduce the deficit…double negative math is unstoppable.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I just can't believe* we're doing the whole 'sectors move on tweets' thing again. *I can wholly believe it. It's just, not even history repeating as farce. SIgh.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Only leaving Valencia: man has to put his suitcase through security again because he has to take his paella pan out and put it in a separate tray

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Photos from Fallas 2025, the annual 19 day festival in Valencia.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Thought one from listening to the Mar a Lago Odd Lots episode: accommodationist capitalists will twist themselves into supporting communism before admitting that trump and musk have no idea what they are doing

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Our black cat is taking way too much advantage of us having just seen Flow.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I’m excited to share my Q4 2024 letter from Middle Coast Investing. Here are our results. We finished the year strong, beating both the S&P 500 and the Russell, though ultimately, we lagged the S&P and had a more reversionary performance after 2023’s success. (Our results are in bold)

A table presenting investing results for Q4 2024, full year 2024, and the four years preceding, compared to the S&P 500, Russell 2000, S&P 600, and Nasdaq (as well as a European portfolio compared to the Euro Stoxx 50 and the DAX).

Our core portfolios finished 2024 at 11.2%, ahead of the Russell 2000 (10%) but behind the S&P 500 (23.3%).

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Happy new year! I'm pleased to share my first piece for Middle Coast Investing year-end posts. Two to come in the next week. The first is about the political outlook and why I think volatility is back on the menu (not necessarily derogatory). middlecoastinvesting.com/2025-market-...

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2025 Market Preview: The Return of Volatility, Unpredictability - Middle Coast Investing

In this 2025 market preview, we discuss why the recent market trend might continue, but also why it's worth preparing for volatility.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I have the $SJM investor day on in the background just in case (FD: long) and mostly for white noise. But between 'cats are finickier than dogs' as business strategy, mystery twinkies, and a 'c'est magnifique' for an Uncrustables commercial in Montreal, it's funnier than expected.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Spam group DMs to join a bitcoin option trading group on Skype provokes a sort of time warp feeling.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I've given out figuring out what's happening on this 'chart'. What am I missing?

A chart or graphic with Projected growth on x axis and unit volume on y axis and a lot of bubbles of different sizes representing more/less value, with the heading 'Strategic Segmentation'. Indeed.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

A little Thanksgiving morning food prep

A vat of garbanzos con embutidos and a few bowls to pack with said garbanzos.

A world central kitchen trailer (English and Ukrainian, not Spanish or Valenciano)

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

I biked to the worst of this week’s Spain flooding (5-7 km from where I live) today and it’s still a huge mess: busted cars, piles of ruined furniture, mud everywhere. Also inspiring to see 1000s of people going to help with water, brooms, buckets, and whatever else. Look for the helpers.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

When you need that foamy, yellow fuzz aura.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 10/05/2024

Friday esmorzaret/almuerzo in Valencia.

A large porchetta sandwich with a beer and a cafe del tiempo for brunch.

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Daniel Shvartsman @danielshortman.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

A little on the nose but if the album fits

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