Sample memos
Twelve featured names, same value lens
Static educational examples — not live quotes and not a recommendation. Each memo asks the same Buffett questions: is the business understandable, is the moat real, and is there a margin of safety?
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US
Apple (AAPL)
A cash machine wrapped in a fortress ecosystem — wonderful, but the price usually assumes perfection.
US
NVIDIA (NVDA)
The pick-and-shovel of AI — extraordinary economics meeting extraordinary expectations.
US
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
A holding company that still compounds capital with rare discipline and a fortress balance sheet.
US
Costco (COST)
Membership flywheel and trust — a wonderful business that is almost never cheap.
JP
Toyota Motor (7203.T)
Industrial compounding with a hybrid franchise the market still underweights versus EV slogans.
JP
Sony Group (6758.T)
IP, gaming, and image sensors — several good engines priced as one crowded story.
JP
Keyence (6861.T)
Factory sensing with royalty-like economics — quality so high the market rarely sleeps on it.
JP
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (8306.T)
A mega-bank still trading closer to tangible value than most Western peers.
KR
Samsung Electronics (005930.KS)
Memory cycle plus foundry ambition — a giant that still moves primarily on chips.
KR
SK hynix (000660.KS)
HBM winner narrative — strong cycle beta, thin margin of safety in euphoria.
HK
Tencent Holdings (0700.HK)
China's consumer-internet compounder — policy risk is the permanent price of admission.
CN
Kweichow Moutai (600519.SS)
A cultural luxury brand with rare pricing power — still demands a patient entry price.