Dan Rasmussen

8 statements across 3 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 17, 2020 by Dan Rasmussen · said 12 times in 4 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Feb 17, 2020
Insight
The way to win is choosing the least competitive games
“Better off to build your base case around you not being the smartest guy in the room, and maybe not being the most athletic, and then figure out how to win. And the way to win is to choose the least competitive games.”
Dan Rasmussen Feb 17, 2020 ▶ 1:02:58 Dan Rasmussen – Private Equity Risk and Public Equity Opportunity at Verdad Advisers (First Meeting, EP.15)
Feb 17, 2020 positive
Opinion
Quantitative investors leverage Twitter for superior peer feedback
“I think this is why so many quantitative investors use social media and Twitter especially, is Because the feedback on your ideas is so good, and the knowledge sharing is so good. And so I think that it's like going to the best section of business school.”
Dan Rasmussen Feb 17, 2020 ▶ 1:01:28 Dan Rasmussen – Private Equity Risk and Public Equity Opportunity at Verdad Advisers (First Meeting, EP.15)
Feb 17, 2020 negative
Insight
Most investors are story-driven rather than rule-testing
“And I find that that's actually relatively rare in investing. I think a lot of people are very story driven, and they're very idiosyncratic driven, so they're bottoms up, quote unquote. And they don't say, well, I'm gonna do X, but would X if it were applied a…”
Dan Rasmussen Feb 17, 2020 ▶ 7:02 Dan Rasmussen – Private Equity Risk and Public Equity Opportunity at Verdad Advisers (First Meeting, EP.15)
Feb 17, 2020 negative
Opinion
Executive compensation should not be tied to share price
“And this is more of a political point, but I don't think that executive compensation should be tied to share price. Because the share price is so volatile, and so wild, and it doesn't look like from this data that who the CEO is, is having much of an impact on…”
Dan Rasmussen Feb 17, 2020 ▶ 35:48 Dan Rasmussen – Private Equity Risk and Public Equity Opportunity at Verdad Advisers (First Meeting, EP.15)
Feb 17, 2020 negative
Assertion Supported
CEO pedigree and elite education do not predict stock returns
“Turns out that going to business school empirically does not mean that your stock price does better. Turns out working at an investment bank or top tier consulting firm has no impact on the stock price of the company that you run. Turns out that your track rec…”
Dan Rasmussen Feb 17, 2020 ▶ 35:03 Dan Rasmussen – Private Equity Risk and Public Equity Opportunity at Verdad Advisers (First Meeting, EP.15)
Feb 17, 2020 bullish
Insight
Leveraged equities with multiple expansion deliver outsized returns
“We're going to focus on the ones that are levered because when they get multiple expansion and they're levered, that's where you really make a ton of money.”
Dan Rasmussen Feb 17, 2020 ▶ 28:26 Dan Rasmussen – Private Equity Risk and Public Equity Opportunity at Verdad Advisers (First Meeting, EP.15)
Mar 23, 2020 bullish
Assertion Supported
Mauboussin: Equities rebound strongly three months after a 20% market drawdown
“After a drawdown of 20% in the S&P 500, you wait three months. So now from the beginning of March through early June, and then you get involved. And then they looked at small cap and large cap value, small cap and large cap growth. And what they found essentia…”
Michael Mauboussin Mar 23, 2020 ▶ 25:50 Michael Mauboussin – Consilient Observations in a Crisis (Capital Allocators, EP.127)
Dec 28, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dan Rasmussen's Verdad Advisors interview was the most downloaded in 2020
“And the most downloaded show of 2020, it was first meeting episode 15, Dan Rasmussen, Private Equity Risk and Public Equity Opportunity at Verdad Advisors.”
Ted Seides Dec 28, 2020 ▶ 19:52 Ted Seides - Capital Allocators Year in Review (Capital Allocators, EP.170)
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