The Acquirers Podcast

Value: After Hours is a podcast about value investing, Fintwit, and all things finance and investment by investors Tobias Carlisle, and Jake Taylor. We are live every Tuesday at 1.30pm E / 10.30am P.────────────────────── VALUE OPTIONS LETTERThree to five curated ideas every week — cash-secured puts, covered calls, and spreads on businesses we'd want to own at strikes we'd be willing to pay. Every trade includes the business thesis in plain English, the fair-value estimate and its key assumptions, the specific option trade with target premium, and the pre-identified exit criteria.Every idea reviewed and approved by an analyst before it hits your inbox.valueoptionsletter.com/subscribe──────────────────────See our latest episodes at https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcastAbout Jake Jake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/farnamjake1Jake's book: The Rebel Allocator https://amzn.to/2sgip3lABOUT THE PODCASTHi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I launched The Acquirers Podcast to discuss the process of finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations.We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success.SEE LATEST EPISODEShttps://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/FOLLOW TOBIASWebsite: https://acquirersmultiple.com/Firm: https://acquirersfunds.com/ Twitter: ttps://twitter.com/GreenbackdLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisleInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisleABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLETobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer’s Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®. He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon’s Business and Finance The Acquirer’s Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner’s Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World’s Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public company corporate governance, and corporate law.Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer. As a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions he has advised on transactions across a variety of industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Singapore, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Guam. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland in Australia with degrees in Law (2001) and Business (Management) (1999).

Adam Mead, author of The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway, offers a concise mini bio and deep knowledge of Berkshire’s moves. He discusses Greg Abel’s AGM debut and leadership style. They cover recent buybacks, large transactions like Pilot and Allegheny, accounting quirks in acquisitions, and how scale and metrics such as EBITDA, EBIT and cash flow shape valuation debates.

Matthew Tuttle, founder of Tuttle Capital and issuer of thematic and inverse ETFs like SARK, explains how the short ARKK idea began and why regulators raised eyebrows. He discusses launching niche ETFs, hedging strategies, leveraged crypto and MicroStrategy products, and the challenges of selling innovative ETFs to advisors. He also outlines the HEAT framework and highlights investable themes like defense and AI‑resistant firms.

Charles Lemonidas, CIO and founder of ValueWorks LLC, is a deep-value investor focused on distressed, high-yield and special situations. He discusses Rivian’s franchise and runway, Joby’s urban air taxi economics and certification path, Boeing’s turnaround, Amazon’s parts value, energy exposure as a diversifier, and his short on Texas Pacific Land.

Christopher Bloomstrand, founder of Semper Augustus and deep-value portfolio manager known for annual investor letters. He discusses market valuation and a secular plateau for returns. He explores AI capex risks to margins, concentration in mega-cap indexes, and valuation vulnerability in hyperscalers. He also outlines current opportunities like homebuilding, Deckers, Alaska Air, and selective software exposure.

Mark Cooper, portfolio manager at Mac Alpha Capital with a background in academia and value investing. He discusses global small-cap value and long/short strategies. He contrasts today’s high-valuation speculative names with past bubbles. He explains geographic focus, portfolio construction, and how he selects shorts. He questions AI hype and highlights index valuation distortions.

Eric Jorgenson, author and curator behind The Book of Elon, distills Musk’s public ideas into mentor-like lessons. He breaks down Musk’s focus on speed, first-principles thinking, and attacking bottlenecks. They discuss Musk’s factory-level work ethic, the 2008 do-or-die moment, reusable rockets and launch-cost declines, and rapid changes at Twitter/X after the acquisition.

Tim Travis, founder of T&T Capital and deep value investor, discusses private credit structures and why headlines overstate risks. He contrasts asset managers versus BDCs and explains buying BDCs at wide NAV discounts. Tim covers energy names like Devon and Occidental and highlights MLPs and pipelines for defensive yield. He also walks through cash‑secured puts and option strategies for conservative entries.

Value: After Hours is a podcast about value investing, Fintwit, and all things finance and investment by investors Tobias Carlisle, and Jake Taylor. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soldier of Fortune: Warren Buffett, Sun Tzu and the Ancient Art of Risk-Taking⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kindle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)We are live every Tuesday at 1.30pm E / 10.30am P.See our latest episodes at https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcastAbout Jake Jake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/farnamjake1Jake's book: The Rebel Allocator https://amzn.to/2sgip3lABOUT THE PODCASTHi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I launched The Acquirers Podcast to discuss the process of finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations.We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success.SEE LATEST EPISODEShttps://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/FOLLOW TOBIASWebsite: https://acquirersmultiple.com/Firm: https://acquirersfunds.com/ Twitter: ttps://twitter.com/GreenbackdLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisleInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisleABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLETobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer’s Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®. He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon’s Business and Finance The Acquirer’s Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner’s Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World’s Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public company corporate governance, and corporate law.Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer. As a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions he has advised on transactions across a variety of industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Singapore, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Guam. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland in Australia with degrees in Law (2001) and Business (Management) (1999).

Derek Pilecki, small-cap bank specialist and portfolio manager at Gator Capital, explains why regional banks and non-bank financials look cheap and which franchises survive rising rates. He discusses private credit, yield-curve effects, insurance risks, M&A trends, fintech competition, and how to size long/short positions. Short ideas include complex or structurally weak financials.