Todd Combs' investments since assuming a new leadership role at JPM's $10.1B security and defense-focused fund (Source: WSJ)

Source: https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/jamie-dimon-jpmorgan-investing-defense-091cfc4c?mod=Searchresults&pos=1&page=1

Even though Todd Combs is no longer at BH, I thought some of us might be interested in what he's been up to since his departure. I was going to post screenshots but I can't figure out how to post images on this sub.

Edit: $10B fund, not $10.1B

From the article:

"The bank hired Berkshire Hathaway's star investment manager, Todd Combs, to run the $10 billion fund. JPMorgan decided to not put its own money into L3Harris, but it has so far invested in a gold mine in Idaho and a San Diego-based manufacturer of fighter drones powered by artificial intelligence called Shield AI. Dimon has said he wants to eventually allocate $20 billion or more to the fund."

And later on...

"From the $10 billion national-security fund of the bank's own capital, JPMorgan said it has invested $2 billion into companies. It put $75 million into the stock of Perpetua Resources, a mining company that is extracting gold and antimony from an abandoned quarry in Idaho. Antimony is a critical finishing material for bullets and other types of weaponry. Perpetua has also received a $3 billion loan from the U.S. Export-Import Bank, controlled by the Department of Commerce. The fund also invested undisclosed amounts into Databricks, a data storage company that has also been a longtime client of JPMorgan's investment bank to raise stock and borrow debt."

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u/Old-Organization9873 — 3 days ago
▲ 19 r/LCMS

How is it that the LCMS can operate a K-12 school in Shanghai, China, but not have any churches there?

TIL that the LCMS operates a school in Shanghai, China. If they can operate a school, why wouldn't they operate a church or churches?

Note that the LCMS has churches in Korea and Taiwan , so they clearly have the wherewithal to maintain a church presence in East Asia.

(But also, does anyone know why the LCMS can even operate in China? Especially an entire school? I was under the impression that they were fairly strict about Christianity.)

Edit: according to hearsay from some redditors, they "lie about their connection to Christianity" and have "toned down" the Christian rhetoric. A handful of Reddit posts suggest that it is a very well regarded international school in China -- could that be a reason for their continued operation?

u/Old-Organization9873 — 20 days ago
▲ 5 r/brooks

Good podcast interview with Jim Weber, the previous CEO of Brooks. TIL the company used to be cash flow negative and spread across multiple sports - Jim Weber is the one who doubled down on running and made it the behemoth it is today! Some interesting anecdotes and jabs at Nike -- a fun listen

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u/Old-Organization9873 — 1 month ago