A public record of capital allocation decisions.

Sea Limited: Three engines. All accelerating at once.

Down 71% from peak, trading at 21× forward earnings. Q1 2026 was the first quarter in Sea's history where Shopee, Monee, and Garena all grew 40%+ simultaneously. The market is pricing a TikTok takeover of Southeast Asia that may never fully arrive.

Price: $103.30 Bull: $260 Base: $165 Bear: $42
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Charter Communications: The most levered bet on American broadband.

Down 66% in 12 months. Trading at 5× EV/EBITDA on a $55B revenue cable business with 29.5M broadband subscribers and $5B in annual free cash flow. The market is pricing in a debt spiral from FWA and fiber competition. The bull case is that DOCSIS 4.0, Spectrum Mobile, and the Cox merger change the narrative — and that at 5×, every turn of re-rating is worth $225 per share.

Price: $134.71 Bull: $600 Base: $270 Bear: $50
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JD.com: China's largest retailer. Almost free.

$34B market cap. $30B in cash. $187B in revenue. Retail margins at all-time highs for 16 consecutive quarters. The market is paying for food delivery losses and ignoring a business that generates record operating profits every quarter. At 5× EV/EBITDA on the core retail operation, with the cash pile nearly equal to the entire market cap, the asymmetry is rare.

Price: $25.24 Bull: $81 Base: $42 Bear: $15
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China Momentum: The Lookback Problem.

Short-term momentum loses 90% in China. The 6-month lookback that works best in US markets is deeply negative on A-shares. We test every lookback from 3 to 24 months on 5,444 stocks and show why the signal only turns positive beyond 12 months — peaking at 21 months. The regime filter is not optional. Without it, any configuration draws down 90%.

Sharpe: 0.38 CAGR: +13.0% Optimal lookback: 21m 5,444 tickers
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Can the VIX Reduce Momentum Drawdowns?

The MA drives returns. The VIX protects against tail risk. Adding a VIX > 25 & rising exit cuts max drawdown from −31% to −22% at less than 0.5% CAGR cost. 28 variants tested across thresholds, moving averages, percentile ranks, and combined filters.

Verdict: MA200 wins DD reduction: −9pp 28 variants tested
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Momentum: parameter sensitivity & the 6-0 discovery.

Systematic sweep across six parameter dimensions — MA period, concentration, lookback, market cap, skip month, and filter ablation. 6-month pure momentum (6-0) dominates conventional 9-1 across every metric. Not a Mag7 proxy: only 0.6 of 20 positions per month are Magnificent Seven stocks. 8 charts, 16 sections.

Sharpe: 0.83 CAGR: +20.4% Alpha: +11.9% 254 months
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Momentum: four variants compared across three market caps.

Jegadeesh-Titman 12-1, 6-1, 12-2, and Novy-Marx intermediate tested at >$200M, >$1B, and >$5B with monthly and annual rebalance. Plus value exclusion filters and MA200 overlay. Mom 6-1 >$5B delivers +13.5% CAGR. With exclusion filters and MA200: Sharpe 0.87, max drawdown −28%.

4 variants 3 market caps Best: +13.5% CAGR Sharpe: 0.87
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We tested seven valuation metrics. Most are broken.

P/E, P/S, P/B, P/FCF, EV/EBITDA, Shareholder Yield, and Dividend Yield — each tested independently on quarterly TTM data (2005–2026). P/S is the only factor that works consistently (+6.1% spread). P/B is inverted (−3.8%). Shareholder Yield is strongly inverted (−7.4%). Year-by-year breakdowns, rolling 3- and 5-year windows, regime analysis.

7 metrics 2005–2026 P/S: +6.1% SY: −7.4% P/B: −3.8%
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Value Composite 1, 2 & 3: the returns the book promised don't hold up.

O'Shaughnessy's Value Composite promised 18–21% CAGR. Three versions tested with quarterly TTM fundamentals (2005–2026). With annual rebalance (12 portfolios averaged): VC2 delivers +5.6% to +9.8% depending on market cap. Monthly rebalance improves to +10–12%. Real alpha exists but is a fraction of the book's claims.

3 composites 2005–2026 Book: 18–21% Reality: +5.6–12.1%
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