In this episode, Scott Becker discusses eight key stories, covering top investment picks like Tempus AI and Eli Lilly, market trends with Peloton and Philip Morris, and leadership rankings with Fortune’s most underrated CEOs.
Chapter 1: What are the key investment picks discussed?
First, one of my best friends is two for two in picking Tempest AI and Eli Lilly and Comfort over the last two years. I should have listened to him when he said these two things, but I'm so stubborn. He's sort of a modern-day E.F. Hutton or Peter Lynch, and that goes back some time, and many of the younger people in the audience might not recognize those names, E.F.
Chapter 2: Who is Jim Keller and what are his investment successes?
Hutton and Peter Lynch, but this friend, Jim Keller, keeps on knocking it out of the park. He also reminded me today that he also invested in SoundTown, which has also been an extra base hit or home run or whatever you want to call it. So again... Once I graduated him in his first two picks, Tempest and Eli Lilly, he didn't have to double down and tell me about his other great pick.
When he told me about the last great pick, he then sounded like two of my closest friends who always text me when they have great golf scores. Enough. I get it. You are all great investors and great golfers. If one more of these guys texts me or calls me after shooting a 78 or a 79, I might lose it. But that's the point today.
Chapter 3: What personal anecdotes does Scott share about his friends?
Again, congratulations to my friend on Tempest and Eli Lilly and Sound Down, I guess. And congratulations to my two buddies who think they're magnificent golfers for their below 80 rounds. I didn't want to hear about it.
Second, this morning I wake up, I go to one of my favorite coffee shops, Pete's Coffee in Winnetka here, and I run into one of my closest friends who says, oh, you're supposed to have dinner with your buddy, this guy, last night. And, of course, this guy he's talking about never takes me for dinner. And this guy's a money manager, and I don't have money with him. Yeah.
Chapter 4: What insights does Scott provide on market trends?
Of course, if I had money with him, I would get on his list of people to go for dinner with, but alas, it's not to be. He reminds me of another friend that I go off with with two other guys. Two other guys are clients of his. He always says to them, almost no matter what shot they hit, and this is not to denigrate their golf games, they're fine. That's a beautiful shot. That's a wonderful shot.
I love how you hit that ball. Now, all I can tell you is he never says to me, great shot. And, you know, again, the comment is, duh, he's a money manager and I'm not a client. I'll stop this analogy here, but the only other place in a profession where you get unearned compliments is a profession I cannot talk about on podcast, on Twitter, on LinkedIn or any place else.
But the reality is no one ever takes me for dinner. No one ever says nice shot. The only person ever says nice shot to me is the golf pro I take lessons from. And I'm not sure it's legitimate. Third, going, getting closer to business.
I had the chance to speak yesterday on core business concepts in building a business and an innovation class led by Mike Hirotakis and Bill Flickinger at the Fire Course held at Flickinger, held at the University Hospitals in conjunction with Neobud yesterday. This was a real privilege. This was based on the universally famous book,
The Entrepreneur's Edge, which I wrote, and it's so famous, it's available at Amazon digitally for 99 cents. It's strange that it's that great a book and still available for 99 cents. Fourth, back to the core business news today, Peloton and Philip Morris are rocking and rolling. Ralph Lauren is also jumping today. Fifth, Fortune names Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella the most underrated CEO.
Next to him is Doug McMillan of Walmart. I think Jessica Cole of Becker's Healthcare should be right there too. Sixth, Mattel, BlackBerry, Tempest AI, and NVIDIA all rose yesterday. Seventh, the New York Times, like the University of Michigan, dropped 12% yesterday. What they have in common is they were both once great institutions. Finally, Snap, Google, and Uber also all dropped yesterday.
Ace, the Walt Disney Company ran by the overrated Bob Iger, did a whole smoke and earnings call yesterday, mayor's earnings call yesterday, but the markets didn't buy it, and the markets aren't responding well to what's going on with that. Finally, PS, three firms cutting jobs, Estee Lauder, Workday, and Julius Baer all for different reasons. And finally, Ford and Collier's falling today.
We're a huge Collier's fans. Great, great people. Great leadership. Ford, not so sure of that. In any event, thank you for listening to the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. Those are eight of the stories we're listening to today or that we're following today. Thank you.
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