Mike Mitchell on his big bet on lumber and GreenFirst $ICLTF
Yet Another Value Podcast - A podcast by Andrew Walker
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Mike Mitchell, the king of lumber fintwit, discusses his big bet on GreenFirst. Key topics include how Mike found GreenFirst (back when it was Itasca Capital), how he came to know and trust the management team, why he's so bullish on lumber, and why the thinks the deal to buy Rayonier's lumber assets is such a good one.Note that GreenFirst is a microcap Canadian company and much riskier than your average stock, so please remember nothing in this podcast is investing advice and to do your own due diligence.*During the podcast, Mike mentions smoking ribs for Kyle. Kyle has assured me that Mike's ribs are excellent.Mike's thread on ICLTF: https://twitter.com/ignorenarrative/s...My GreenFirst background tweets: https://twitter.com/AndrewRangeley/st... Chapters0:00 Intro1:55 GreenFirst overview and background6:45 Who the heck closes a deal on a Saturday?7:15 How Mike came to know and trust management13:35 Mike smokes ribs for Kyle*17:20 Discussing the various bear cases surrounding the FGF universe20:45 Comping FGF to some of the early John Malone transactions22:50 Betting on great management teams28:00 Lumber fundamentals overview37:45 Some more discussion on the complexity of lumber prices41:40 What drove the recent lumber price crash?44:15 Can ICLTF make money with lumber prices where they are currently?49:35 If ICLTF is buying assets so cheap, why is Rayonier selling?56:20 Viewing the rights offering through the bull and bear lens1:06:15 GreenFirst's new management team (the people who will actually operate the assets)1:10:25 Comping the assets GreenFirst is buying to other industry deals1:14:00 What happens if lumber prices and utilization don't improve?