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Power Plays with Luis Sanchez, Founder of LVS Advisory

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Feb 20, 2026

Luis Sanchez, founder of LVS Advisory and portfolio manager focused on event-driven and global growth strategies. He discusses a high-conviction Power Thesis around U.S. electricity shortages from AI and data centers. Short takes cover merger arbitrage optimism for 2026, microcap energy plays like LNG and nuclear services, and finding misunderstood compounders outside crowded large-cap tech.

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ADVICE

Prioritize Hard Catalysts For Certainty

Use hard catalysts for near-term certainty and reserve growth investments for longer horizons.
Prefer situations that convert a catalyst-led turnaround into a durable high-quality business.

ANECDOTE

Talon Energy: Event To Core Growth

Talon Energy was bought post-bankruptcy as an event trade and later became a core growth holding after execution on data-center co-location.
The position migrated from the event book to the growth book as the thesis matured.

INSIGHT

Power Thesis: Structural US Electricity Shortage

Bottom-up company diligence revealed a macro power shortage: projected US shortfall ~50 GW by 2030.
That structural gap underpins rising electricity prices and winners across nuclear, LNG, and infrastructure.

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In this episode of the Planet MicroCap Podcast, I’m joined by Luis Sanchez, Founder of LVS Advisory, to discuss his firm’s differentiated event-driven and global growth strategies, and why he sees compelling opportunities emerging outside the crowded large-cap tech trade. Luis walks us through his high-conviction “Power Thesis,” which identifies a massive structural shortage in U.S. electricity driven by AI and data center demand, and highlights key beneficiaries across nuclear, LNG, and energy infrastructure.

We also explore why LVS is optimistic about merger arbitrage and corporate restructurings in 2026, how he’s positioning around global dislocations and misunderstood compounders, and why today’s concentrated market environment may be creating one of the most attractive opportunity sets for disciplined, catalyst-driven investors. We mention a number of companies and sectors during this conversation, and I’m not a shareholder in any of them.

For more information about LVS Advisory, please visit: https://lvsadvisory.com/

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and Background
02:45 Investment Strategies Overview
06:01 Event-Driven Investing Insights
09:10 Merger Arbitrage Opportunities
11:50 Market Outlook for 2026
15:11 Catalysts vs. Quality Businesses
18:02 Case Study: Talon Energy
20:54 Power Thesis and Macro Insights
24:08 Characteristics of Quality Investments
30:47 The Role of LNG in Global Energy Markets
39:05 Investing in Microcap Energy Companies
47:44 Exploring Nuclear Energy Opportunities
50:42 Future Trends in Housing and Media Investments

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