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Valuing Pharma Without Being a Pharma Expert

Oct 26, 2026

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4 min read

Valuing Pharma Without Being a Pharma Expert

A friend asked what I think about NVO

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

The Bitcoin Bottom That Didn’t Wait for Me

Oct 19, 2026

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3 min read

The Bitcoin Bottom That Didn’t Wait for Me

I had a thesis, a price, and three calendar reminders. The market skipped all of it.

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

Looking Away

Oct 12, 2026

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2 min read

Looking Away

How I invest in bursts, and whether it’s skill or luck

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Model Portfolio

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Know When to Hold 'em

Oct 5, 2026

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2 min read

Know When to Hold 'em

My exit from Salesforce after a ~48% gain.

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

The Bet That Doesn't Need You to Be Right

Sep 21, 2026

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3 min read

The Bet That Doesn't Need You to Be Right

What a 30-mile ruler taught me about structural investing

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Stock Picks

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The Three Ways I Compound Capital

Sep 14, 2026

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3 min read

The Three Ways I Compound Capital

And why WING only has one

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

The 25% I Never Got To

Aug 24, 2026

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3 min read

The 25% I Never Got To

A trade that's still good, at a price that's no longer as good

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

Catching a Falling Knife (On Purpose)

Aug 10, 2026

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3 min read

Catching a Falling Knife (On Purpose)

Exposing a contradiction in how I size positions

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

Why Berkshire Bought Google — And Why I Haven't

Aug 3, 2026

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3 min read

Why Berkshire Bought Google — And Why I Haven't

Berkshire got a seat at the table. I only get a stock price.

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

Reading the Radar

Jul 13, 2026

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4 min read

Reading the Radar

The three signals I use to find ideas before they're obvious — and the oil trade that proved it.

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

What Berkshire Saw

Jun 22, 2026

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3 min read

What Berkshire Saw

The $2.65 billion bet that validated my own framework

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

My Investing Blunders

Jun 15, 2026

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5 min read

My Investing Blunders

A postmortem on the trade I won, then lost.

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

The Minimum Effective Dose

Jun 1, 2026

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3 min read

The Minimum Effective Dose

Stop doing too much of the wrong things.

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

Don't Optimize a Cage You Can Escape

May 26, 2026

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3 min read

Don't Optimize a Cage You Can Escape

Most constraints aren't real. They're just assumptions nobody tested.

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

What if investing was a game?

May 18, 2026

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2 min read

What if investing was a game?

Not metaphorically. A

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

The Composition Effect

May 11, 2026

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2 min read

The Composition Effect

What Employee Surveys Taught Me About Stock Prices

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

The Smarter You Are, The Easier It Is to Lose

May 4, 2026

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2 min read

The Smarter You Are, The Easier It Is to Lose

How overthinking costs you money—and why small actions create real insight

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

Where the Market Breaks (And Where I’ll Be Buying)

Apr 27, 2026

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3 min read

Where the Market Breaks (And Where I’ll Be Buying)

How the Yen Carry Trade unwind could create forced selling—and how I’m positioning to exploit the mispricing

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

Why It Pays to Be Tone Deaf (Especially Right Now)

Apr 20, 2026

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2 min read

Why It Pays to Be Tone Deaf (Especially Right Now)

How the attention economy hijacks your time horizon—and leads to bad decisions

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

The Feedback Problem in Investing

Apr 13, 2026

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4 min read

The Feedback Problem in Investing

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

The Case for Beating the Market

Apr 6, 2026

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4 min read

The Case for Beating the Market

What most people get wrong—and why the opportunity still exists

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

The Few Assets That Actually Matter

Mar 30, 2026

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5 min read

The Few Assets That Actually Matter

Why leverage is about structure, not effort

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

What Does Trump Know About Investing?

Mar 23, 2026

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5 min read

What Does Trump Know About Investing?

The overlooked strategy behind his biggest deals

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

Every Investor Plays a Different Game

Mar 16, 2026

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6 min read

Every Investor Plays a Different Game

Capital, scale, and attention create invisible layers of opportunity in the market.

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD

Investor Insights

When the Best Investment Isn’t the Highest ROI

Mar 9, 2026

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2 min read

When the Best Investment Isn’t the Highest ROI

Why efficiency and scale are often in tension

Dakota Crisp, PhD
Dakota Crisp, PhD
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