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Trump 2.0 has been a whole different animal

Some highlights from this weekend’s Event Driven Monitor

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The Event of the Week

Over the past month, we have been astounded by the progress made by Trump, and in particular, DOGE. We sorta expected a repeat of Trump 1.0, where he’d tweet at various cable TV personalities and then go golfing. Trump 2.0 is a whole different animal. He’s empowered his people, and they’re doing stuff.

…yet we expected Trump to choose them all.

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Kuppy’s Tweet of the Week

 


Chart and Kliff Note of the Week

13D Monitor: BP & PSX- Start of the week we found out that Elliott Management built a stake in British oil major BP, nearing 5% ownership. WSJ reported that Elliott wants to trim the fat and cut spending on unprofitable renewable projects. Later during the week, Elliott disclosed a $2.5bn position at Phillips 66 and set up a website, find here. TLDR Elliott wants the company to conduct an operational review, consider divestments and add independent directors to the board.


Strategic Alternatives Monitor: Elme communities announced results and mentioned they “initiated a formal evaluation of strategic alternatives in an effort to maximize shareholder value”. ELME did FY24 Core FFO of $82m and guiding for 1.5%-3.5% NOI growth (same store) and we like that they are looking at strat. alts, but they have large exposure to Washington DC metro, buyer beware…

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