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Assertion Partly supported
Sternlicht: Lordstown Motors committed fraud and lied about vehicle orders
“They front run the trade. They lied about their orders. They made up the car. It was a fraud. The model they showed the street was not active.”
Barry Sternlicht Oct 4, 2021 ▶ 54:26 Barry Sternlicht – Masterclass in Real Estate in a Post-COVID World (Capital Allocators, EP.216)
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Tesla produces equal or more Scope 1 and 2 emissions than GM
“On scope one and two, for example, Tesla has the same or even more emissions per unit volume than do GM and Ford.”
Tony Davis Jun 29, 2020 ▶ 31:33 Sustainable Investing 7: Tony Davis – Hedge Fund Perspective at Inherent Group (Capital Allocators, EP.145)
Assertion Supported
Grantham: Pre-revenue QuantumScape was briefly worth more than General Motors in 2020
“It exploded to a 131 by the end of twenty-twenty. For a second was worth more than General Motors. Years away from having any sales.”
Jeremy Grantham Mar 23, 2026 ▶ 42:25 Jeremy Grantham – Bubbles, Value Investing, and the Long Game at GMO (EP.493)
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Mauboussin: GM and GE remain top 20 lifetime wealth creators
“For example, you think about the leaderboard, the top 20 greatest wealth creators of all times, and it would include some suspects you would guess, which would be Apple and Microsoft and Amazon and Alphabet and so forth, but it also includes things you might n…”
Michael Mauboussin Feb 19, 2024 ▶ 36:44 Michael Mauboussin - Pattern Recognition and Public Markets (EP.370)
Assertion Supported
Howard Hughes Medical Institute's committee included Yale's David Swensen
“Here we had a very select number, maybe three folks on the investment committee. Folks that, Ted, you know, and David Swenson, who was there from Yale. We had the CIO from General Motors and the former CIO at IBM.”
Wayne Wicker Mar 19, 2018 ▶ 17:30 Wayne Wicker - Managing for Millions who Matter (Capital Allocators, EP.44)
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