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The so-called “Magnificent Seven” stocks, for example, are currently valued as if they hold the patents to gravity itself. At a combined price-to-earnings ratio hovering around 28, they seem to be betting heavily on humanity’s continued ability to ignore basic economic principles. As the late, great Warren Buffett (a man who clearly understood the universe’s inherent unfairness) observed, popularity and sensible investment rarely coincide. The truly productive positions, as a general rule, are the ones everyone else has forgotten about, or, preferably, never even considered. (This is largely because the universe is a profoundly illogical place, and things only become valuable when someone decides they are. It’s a system fraught with peril, frankly.)

Let’s look at which one might not lose quite so much money, eventually. Investing in quantum computing is a bit like betting on the first manned mission to Alpha Centauri. It could happen. It’s just…unlikely to make you rich before you’re dust.

Lamb Weston, for the uninitiated, isn’t some quaint family farm. It’s a global behemoth in the frozen potato industry. Think of it: a company dedicated entirely to turning perfectly good potatoes into various shapes and sizes, then freezing them for your convenience. It’s a remarkable feat of engineering, really. And a testament to our collective desire for instant gratification. They supply restaurants, grocery stores, and anyone else who feels the urge for a quick fry. Revenue for the trailing twelve months clocked in at $6.47 billion, a figure that, when you think about it, represents an awful lot of potatoes. Net income was a respectable $392.30 million, which, presumably, doesn’t all go towards potato-themed bonuses.

Real estate, particularly, felt the pinch. It’s a creature of the rate, sensitive to every shift in the wind. And the pandemic… well, that was a blow. Empty storefronts, shuttered theaters, a world holding its breath. It felt, for a time, like the end of an era.

The filing with the SEC – a document as cold and clinical as a coroner’s report – reveals this accumulation occurred during the final quarter. It isn’t merely the acquisition, however, but the weight of it. This stake now constitutes a disturbing 18.3% of Kawa’s reportable U.S. equity assets. A fifth of their fortune, entrusted to the cold, calculating logic of brick, mortar, and the precarious future of scientific endeavor. It speaks, does it not, to a profound lack of faith in… everything else?

Last year was, shall we say, generous to Robinhood. Revenue doubled, profits soared, funded accounts swelled. A veritable cornucopia of capital! They’ve even dabbled in event contracts and tokenization – embracing the future, they claim. As a shareholder, I concede, they’re pulling the right levers. But let’s be frank: the price has become…ambitious. Forty-two times forward earnings? One begins to suspect the market is valuing hope, not fundamentals. A rather precarious foundation, wouldn’t you agree?

The twenty-fifth of February looms, a date etched in the calendars of those who traffic in such ephemeral things as stock valuations. Nvidia will unveil its quarterly earnings, and the vultures – I mean, analysts – will descend, eager to pick over the bones of the report. They speak of earnings per share, a figure so precise, so utterly divorced from the messy reality of commerce, that one suspects it is calculated by a committee of ghosts. A projected increase of seventy-one percent, they say. Seventy-one percent! As if a company could simply will itself to grow at such a rate, as if it were a particularly robust turnip.

The entirety of Kawa’s position – 2,094,404 shares – has been relinquished. One cannot help but ponder the deliberations that led to this decision. Was it a cold calculation of valuation, a premonition of shifting market currents, or a more subtle reckoning with the inherent volatility of even the most seemingly solid of enterprises? The fund’s prior allocation – nearly twelve percent of its reportable assets – suggests a conviction that, at some juncture, waned. It is a lesson often relearned: even the most promising of ventures demands constant vigilance, and the weight of a substantial holding can become, in time, a burden rather than a benefit.