Start Here: Table of Contents

A guide on how to navigate BlackSwan Investor's newsletter

So you’ve found the BlackSwan Investor Webpage!

Allow me to help you get started. Our Newsletter can be roughly divided into 3 sections: Portfolio, Individual Investments, and Investing Academy.

Portfolio Related

First, start with our Swan Select Portfolio based on the idea of concentrated diversification. Here, we outline 10 great investments we started the year with. Monthly updates are released for this portfolio so stay tuned!

• Initiation of 2025 Swan Select Portfolio

• Month 1 Update of Swan Select Portfolio

• Month 2 Update of Swan Select Portfolio

• Month 3 Update of Swan Select Portfolio

• Month 4 Update of Swan Select Portfolio

Individual Investments

This is the biggest section of the newsletter and where we focus on covering detailed reviews of individual companies. Detailed overview of the investment are laid out in the Investment Thesis. The Investment Updates provide further deep dives into specific aspects of the investment. And the Preliminary Prospect Series covers batches of interesting companies that are under consideration.

• Amazon (AMZN) - Investment Thesis

• Amazon (AMZN) - Investment Update #1

• Uber (UBER) - Investment Thesis

• Uber (UBER) - Investment Update #1

• Paypal (PYPL) - Investment Thesis

• PayPal (PYPL) - Investment Update #1

• Alibaba (BABA) - Investment Thesis

• Alibaba (BABA) - Investment Update #1 (paid subscriber only)

• Chubb (CB) - Investment Thesis

• Chubb (CB) - Investment Update #1

• Chubb (CB) - Investment Update #2 (paid subscriber only)

• Lantheus (LNTH) - Investment Thesis

• Lantheus (LNTH) - Investment Update #1

• Tenet Healthcare (THC) - Investment Thesis

• Valero (VLO) - Investment Thesis

• Valero (VLO) - Investment Update #1 (paid subscriber only)

• JD.com (JD) - Investment Thesis

• Qualcomm (QCOM) - Investment Thesis (paid subscriber only)

• Qualcomm (QCOM) - Investment Update #1 (paid subscriber only)

• Exclusive Stock #1 - Investment Thesis (paid subscriber only)

• Preliminary Prospect Series #1 (paid subscriber only)

• Preliminary Prospect Series #2 (paid subscriber only)

Investing Academy

This section reviews a number of core concepts in investing. Head to Investing Academy to browse which topics may interest you.

• Investing for Beginners - Taking those first steps

• A primer on Dividend Stocks

• Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) - Concepts and Analysis, Part 1 of 2

• Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) - Concepts and Analysis, Part 2 of 2

• How to evaluate stocks - sharing my investment criteria

• A framework for identifying Quality based on 7 Powers by Helmer

• Options Decoded

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Disclaimer: Any information contained here is not intended as, and shall not be understood or construed as, financial advice. I am not a financial advisor and this is only a documentation of my personal investment journey and decisions. It should be noted the author may own positions in the stocks discussed in this blog which could create a conflict of interest. You should always do your own research before making any final decision on investments.