Brett Barakett

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May 20, 2024
Disclosure
Tremblant Typically Holds Portfolio Stocks for Two to Three Years
“As I said earlier, we own 25, maybe 30 stocks and our holding period is usually two to three years on a name.”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 56:53 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024
Disclosure
Tremblant Eliminated Multi-Year Profit Bleed-Out Economics for Departing Partners
“Because somebody exits a firm, And they were getting X percent of the economics. And then there's a bleed out for a number of years where, you know, three or five years where they get some portion of those economics. You have enough of that. And then the peopl…”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 59:21 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024
Disclosure
Tremblant Holds 20 to 25 Stocks With Positions Capped Around 5%
“For me, 20, 25 names is probably about right. We can do a lot of research. So you say, well, we should have two to four percent positions. We don't really outsize massively anything. A big position for us might be five percent.”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 44:26 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024 bullish
Opinion
Return of Real Cost of Capital Makes Shorting Environment Phenomenal
“Well, now there's finally a real cost of capital again. And we think it's a phenomenal shorting environment. Why? Because there's a whole bunch of people that are carrying a ton of debt that was basically for free, which is not for free anymore. And so what we…”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 26:02 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024
Disclosure
Tremblant Capital Managed $72 Million in AUM by August 2001
“And so I think on August first, I think we had seventy two million AUM, which was pretty good.”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 19:39 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024 negative
Insight
Talented Analysts Quit if Top Managers Micromanage Their Investment Decisions
“What I found is people who are talented don't want to keep going to the quote head person and saying, Hey, I think we should buy da da da. And the person who spent three hours on it is saying, Hey, this is really compelling. And the head guy's like, nah, I don…”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 50:41 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Only Two of 800 HBS Grads Entered Hedge Funds in Early 1990s
“I think in my year, 800 people graduated HBS. I think, off the top of my head, I think roughly two went into hedge funds.”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 11:03 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024 neutral
Insight
Founders Must Define a Strict Failure Plan and Runway Upfront
“Know in advance what the failure plan is, and so what I concluded was that I'd fund the business for 24 months, and if by month 25, I was not cash flow break even, then I should shut down.”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 18:25 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024 negative
Opinion
Barakett Remains Skeptical of AI Consumer Surveys Versus Real Polling
“I'm still a little suspect on this. AI can do that for you. You can say, tell me what an 18 to 24 year old would think about this brand or this product, and the AI will tell you. I'm still old school enough. I want to do the survey. I want to ask actual people…”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 35:43 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024
Disclosure
Tremblant Compensation Ties First to Fund Results, Then Individual Contribution
“Everybody at the firm gets paid first on how we perform for our clients. And secondly, on the relative contribution to that performance.”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 57:35 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024
Insight
Tremblant Sells Rigidly on Price Target Realization or Thesis Change
“You sell when it hits your price target, and nothing else has changed. It feels good when it goes up. I think it's gonna go higher. Really? Your opinion? Or is that a fact-based decision? You gotta be fact-based. You gotta stay rigid. So you said the stock was…”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 49:34 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024
Disclosure
Tremblant Targets Stocks That Can Double in Three Years or Less
“We're not interested in good ideas. Like, Hey, I think if this, and this happens, we can make 15%. It's like, well, that's good, but we're long-term investors. And so we're looking for things that we think can double or more in three years or less.”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 43:11 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024 bearish
Insight
ZIRP and Zero Short Rebates Made Long/Short Equity Less Attractive
“And so when money's for free and there's no rebate anymore, particularly after Oh eight in hindsight, long short to a degree became less attractive.”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 24:25 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Tremblant Reached Nearly $1 Billion AUM Within One Year
“By our one year anniversary, we had just under a billion dollars AUM and then we grew from there.”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 22:09 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024 negative
Insight
Wall Street Analysts Naively Underestimate Operational and Supply Chain Friction
“In my travels on Wall Street and in finance and sell side and buy side, people's assumptions about, oh, well, you just do this. Take those machines and put them over here. Take the equipment out of wherever, China, and just move it to the Philippines. It's lik…”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 12:32 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
May 20, 2024
Disclosure
Tremblant Employees Cannot Be Promoted Without Demonstrating They Develop Internal Talent
“You cannot get promoted here unless you can show that you're developing people because we want to develop talent internally, and that's worked out really well for us over time”
Brett Barakett May 20, 2024 ▶ 1:00:25 Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
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