Cole Smead

Managing Director, Smead Capital Management
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Cole is a member of the investment committee that oversees the management of the firm’s separate accounts and mutual funds. Before joining Smead Capital Management, Cole was a Financial Advisor at Wachovia Securities in Scottsdale, AZ. Cole graduated from Whitman College in 2006 with a ...more
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Good Odds And Odd Goods
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 5:40 AM EDT
Investing is all about making money. It is the realm where you go find out where the odds are good, even if the goods are odd.
In this article: XLE, XLI, XLK, XLV
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Tech Is Bullish On Oil
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 6:45 AM EDT
The news of the shocking OPEC+ announcement of a supply cut is saturating the minds of investors and market prognosticators.
In this article: OIL
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The 2022-2023 Regime Change
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 5:25 AM EDT
The events that began with Thursday’s tumult in financial stocks and precipitated the FDIC takeover of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were swift.
In this article: SIVBQ, SBNY
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Companies Still SOIL-ing Themselves
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 11:23 PM EDT
A better way to define stock-based compensation is to call it secondary stock offerings in lieu of cash expenses (SSOILCE) or what I will abbreviate to SOIL (stock offering in lieu).
In this article: DOCU
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Dial P911 For Value In Porsche And VW
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 5:25 AM EDT
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. We believe there is incredible value in Porsche SE and Volkswagen as investors walk past them on the street while their eyes are trained above watching stocks fall from the sky.
In this article: POAHF, VWAGY
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First World Problems
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 7:22 PM EDT
The inequality of wealth has reached epic proportions over the last couple of years.
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Managing Director
Smead Capital Management
July 2007 - Present (16 years 2 months)
Board Member
Wallingford Boys and Girls Club
May 2009 - March 2012 (2 years 11 months)
Financial Advisor
Wachovia Securities
August 2006 - July 2007 (1 year)

Education

Whitman College
BA
2002 / 2006
History & Economics Activities and Societies: Sigma Chi, Collegiate Baseball.
George Fox University
2002 / 2002

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