Rebellious Allocations

Bastion Fiduciary portfolio manager John Rotonti and Morningstar analyst Nicolas Owens discuss GE’s corporate history, its large and growing installed base and recurring revenue business model, competitive position in the commercial aircraft (and defense) engine market, its competitive advantages operating in a global oligopoly, management team, growth opportunities, balance sheet, margins, and re...

Bastion Fiduciary founder and CEO Cale Smith discusses the Strait of Hormuz, the price of oil, why natural gas is America’s moat, how the AI infrastructure buildout runs on nat gas and additional demand for nat gas driven by reindustrialization, electrification, and LNG exports. Cale also discusses how he analyzes energy businesses, his focus on long-term free cash flow per share growth, how he va...

Bastion Fiduciary portfolio manager John Rotonti and Morningstar analyst Nicholas Lieb discuss Cinta’s corporate history, business model, competitive position in the uniform rental and related markets, its competitive advantages, management team, growth opportunities and acquisition engine, pricing power, recurring revenue, margins and returns on invested capital, risks, and more.

Bastion Fiduciary portfolio manager John Rotonti and Morningstar senior analyst Will Kerwin discuss Teradyne's corporate history, business model, competitive position in the semiconductor test and robitcs markets, its competitive advantages, management team, growth opportunities, pricing power, margins and returns on invested capital, risks, and more.

Bastion Fiduciary portfolio manager John Rotonti and Morningstar analyst Krzysztof Smalec discuss Linde’s corporate history, business model, competitive position in the global industrial gas market, its competitive advantages, management team, backlog (2/3 of which is renewable/decarbonization projects), growth opportunities, long-term take-or-pay contracts, pricing power, margins and returns on i...

John Heins, Director of the C.T. and Kelley Fitzpatrick Center for Value Investing at the University of Alabama and owner and publisher of Value Investor Insight, discusses teaching value investing, designing a value investing curriculum, hosting an annual value investing conference, and publishing a highly-recognized investing newsletter for the last 20 years.

Bastion Fiduciary portfolio manager John Rotonti and Morningstar senior analyst Brett Castelli discuss GE Vernova’s corporate history, business model, competitive position in the power and electrification end markets, its competitive advantages, management team, growth opportunities, pricing power, margins and returns on capital, risks, and more.  

Bastion Fiduciary portfolio manager John Rotonti and Morningstar analyst Nick Lieb discuss Eaton's corporate history, business model, competitive position in the electrical and aerospace end markets, its competitive advantages, management team, growth opportunities, pricing power, margins and returns on capital, risks, and more.

Bastion Fiduciary portfolio manager John Rotonti and Morningstar analyst Nick Lieb discuss Vertiv’s corporate history, business model, position in the AI infrastructure ecosystem, competitive advantages, management team, growth opportunities, pricing power, margins and returns on capital, risks, and more.

Morningstar tech analyst Will Kerwin joins Rebellious Allocations to discuss networking's role (including as a bottleneck) in the AI infrastructure buildout, Arista's networking hardware and software portfolio, the competitive landscape, growth opportunities, and Arista's "wide" moat and "exemplary" management. 

Eric Markowitz, Director of Research at Nightview Capital discusses his investing philosophy, the importance of identifying industry change in the quest for value, AI as the new electricity, slowing down the research process, getting comfortable with short-term underperformance, and more.

Todd Wenning (Part 1), founder of KNA Capital, shares his thoughts on trucking and freight industry inflection points, Old Dominion’s business model, competitive landscape, moat trends, management, corporate culture, and more.

Will Kerwin, technology analyst at Morningstar, shares his thoughts on KLA Corp’s business model, competitive landscape, technology transition, chip manufacturing, KLA’s moat, management, corporate culture, and more.

Todd Wenning (Part 2), founder of KNA Capital, shares his thoughts on what is happening in the plumbing and heating industry, Ferguson’s business model, competitive landscape, moat, management, corporate culture, and more.