Mohnish Pabrai may be best known to the world for his hedge fund or for his books such as The Dhando Investor, but on this site it’s for his relatively new Spinoff Portfolio. Unfortunately, despite strong backtested results, 2018 was a rough year for the portfolio. Four of out five names finished in negative territory for the year,… Read More »
Happy New Year to all of our readers! 2018 is now officially history and it will be remembered as a year of increased volatility that ultimately left some portfolios quite damaged. That includes Mohnish Pabrai’s Spinoff Portfolio and its (backtested) historically S&P crushing results. Pabrai is a legendary fund manager and author of The Dhando Investor. In one of… Read More »
Delphi Automotive’s (DLPH) board of directors formally approved the spinoff of its powertrain business earlier this month and set today, December 4th as the distribution date. Shareholders as of November 22nd will receive 1 share of the new Delphi Technologies for every 3 shares of Delphi Automotive currently owned. Immediately after the spin, the parent company will rename… Read More »
Delphi Automotive (DLPH) announced it was spinning off its powertrain segment back in May in order to better highlight its burgeoning electronics business. Now the two ‘new’ companies have names and oh boy, they’re ‘good’ ones. Lets start with the electronics business will be called Aptiv and will trade under the ticker ‘APTV’. No, no one is being… Read More »