Category Archives: Investing

Automodular Corp – Special situation investment: 25% expected return

Posted on May 3, 2014 by alecmazo

Summary Special situation uncorrelated with market fluctuation. 25-30% upside in 9-12 months via a liquidation scenario. Further potential upside in GM litigation. THESIS Automodular Corporation (OTCPK:AMZKF) shares are worth C$2.71-$2.86. Market price is $2.15 CAN, a 24.5-30.7% margin of safety … Continue reading →

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JOE’S JEANS – Small Cap Valuation

Posted on June 7, 2013 by alecmazo

Investment Thesis: Joe’s Jeans (114m cap on 6/7/2013) may want to model itself after 7forallmankind and True religion (TR), which were bought out by VF Corp and a private equity firm for $773m and $826m respectively. The problem is, the competition … Continue reading →

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European Union & banks are married at the hip

Posted on April 13, 2013 by alecmazo

European Union & Banks The banks act as natural intermediaries facilitating the flow of funds in open economies of the Euro zone. Some countries like Belgium have a structural surplus and are thus net exporters and some countries like Netherlands have … Continue reading →

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Santander Bank – a little scuttlebutt & different point of view

Posted on April 11, 2013 by alecmazo

BANK SANTANDER (Spring 2013) Santander is safer than you may think. Here’s an unconventional way of looking at 9 major banks and their earnings in the past 10 years. Based on the following table, Santander seems to be one of … Continue reading →

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Noble Corp. Valuation Report from my Stanford GSB alphanomics team.

Posted on November 1, 2012 by alecmazo

Spring 2012  Alphanomics Final Project Denis Teplyakov, Pratik Budhdev, Juan Carlos Toro, Mike Kelley, Mark Williams, Alec Mazo [Noble Corporation] Valuation Report Final Group Project – Detailed Analysis of Noble Corporation (Oil Driller) Recent Statistics Recent Price       … Continue reading →

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Investment Ideas – published in the Stanford GSB Reporter

Posted on March 2, 2012 by alecmazo

-by Alec Mazo In the last edition of GSB Reporter I provided a quick value investment thesis for two companies: Cummins and Baidu. This time I want to build on those companies to demonstrate two more ideas that could begin … Continue reading →

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Portfolio Construction – published in the Stanford GSB Reporter

Posted on March 2, 2012 by alecmazo

Portfolio Construction by Alec Mazo After spending some time brainstorming various topics of interest relating the Sloan class to the GSB, I knew that I could highlight any one of my classmates and tell their unique stories in this column. … Continue reading →

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