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Brian McCormick

Sold my startup. Now managing my own portfolio full-time. Finding undervalued businesses.

Why AI Has Me Bearish on Adobe, But Not Duolingo

Dec 27, 2025

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14 min read

Why AI Has Me Bearish on Adobe, But Not Duolingo

Why the Owl survives the AI apocalypse, but Photoshop might not

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
Does UiPath's Maestro Have Product Market Fit? Here's What The Data Tells Us

Dec 3, 2025

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20 min read

Does UiPath's Maestro Have Product Market Fit? Here's What The Data Tells Us

Analysis of Fortune 100, 500, and 2000 companies shows three distinct AI strategies and where UiPath Maestro fits

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
Jim Cramer's 10 Failed Dot Com Bubble Stocks & Why They Failed. Part One: The Data Center Flop of Exodus Communications

Dec 2, 2025

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16 min read

Jim Cramer's 10 Failed Dot Com Bubble Stocks & Why They Failed. Part One: The Data Center Flop of Exodus Communications

What Cramer’s Failed Dot-Com Picks Teach Us About the Risks in Today’s AI Infrastructure Boom

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
7 Ways to Combat Confirmation Bias in Investing

Aug 29, 2025

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9 min read

7 Ways to Combat Confirmation Bias in Investing

Learn from Wall Street's costliest blunders from this psychological trap

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
3 Reasons the Stock Market Underestimates Root Insurance, and Why It Might Be Wrong

Aug 18, 2025

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7 min read

3 Reasons the Stock Market Underestimates Root Insurance, and Why It Might Be Wrong

Why Wall Street may be misjudging this quiet insurtech

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
Root Insurance: The Embedded Car Insurtech - Deep Dive Stock of the Month

Aug 11, 2025

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14 min read

Root Insurance: The Embedded Car Insurtech - Deep Dive Stock of the Month

Can Root's hyper-efficient partnership model create a dominant moat in the auto insurance industry?

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
Lemonade Insurance Q2'2025 Earnings Preview

Jul 18, 2025

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12 min read

Lemonade Insurance Q2'2025 Earnings Preview

What I'm watching and expecting for $LMND's second quarter results

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
Tempus AI: The OS of Precision Medicine - Deep Dive Stock of the Month
LockSimple

Jul 15, 2025

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18 min read

Tempus AI: The OS of Precision Medicine - Deep Dive Stock of the Month

Tempus is building a data flywheel to power the next generation of medicine

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
Why Inflation Will Come Down

Jun 18, 2025

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5 min read

Why Inflation Will Come Down

Their "higher-for-longer" plan ignores the clear collapse in shelter inflation, the single biggest part of CPI

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
How Upstart Solves the Community Banking Crisis

Jun 17, 2025

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7 min read

How Upstart Solves the Community Banking Crisis

A widening data gap is threatening main street banks. Technology is the lifeline

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
Why We View Beta and Stock Market Risk All Wrong

Jun 3, 2025

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4 min read

Why We View Beta and Stock Market Risk All Wrong

The reason Warren Buffett says to beware of reliance on stock market beta

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
The Banking Industry's Value Chain Is Unbundling: Future Winners & Losers Are Emerging

May 31, 2025

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6 min read

The Banking Industry's Value Chain Is Unbundling: Future Winners & Losers Are Emerging

As the value chain splits, Robinhood's aggregation & Upstart's underwriting may define future fintech success

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
Insurance Disruption: Why It Failed For Decades & Why Now Is The Tipping Point

May 28, 2025

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10 min read

Insurance Disruption: Why It Failed For Decades & Why Now Is The Tipping Point

How a fully matured digital ad market is now fueling true disruptive potential in insurance

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
Easy Guide: Pull C-Suite Ownership & Insider Sales in Seconds

May 27, 2025

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8 min read

Easy Guide: Pull C-Suite Ownership & Insider Sales in Seconds

The official and quick way to pull management share ownership & sales

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
How Information Overload Leads Investors Astray

May 26, 2025

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5 min read

How Information Overload Leads Investors Astray

The "super investor" secret to success? Patience in an age of instant reactions.

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
Why Lemonade Could Be the Next Multi-Bagger in Insurance

May 23, 2025

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13 min read

Why Lemonade Could Be the Next Multi-Bagger in Insurance

This $2B AI-first disruptor is taking on century-old insurance giants

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
The Generational Shift in Distribution That Will Define the Next Decade of Winners

May 19, 2025

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8 min read

The Generational Shift in Distribution That Will Define the Next Decade of Winners

While markets reward legacy profits, modern distribution-native companies are gaining ground

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
$LMND Bear Case Debunked: Why Palantir AI Won't Save Legacy Insurers

May 12, 2025

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7 min read

$LMND Bear Case Debunked: Why Palantir AI Won't Save Legacy Insurers

Why legacy insurers are destined to fall behind in AI

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
Geico's Wait and See AI Strategy Revealed at Berkshire Meeting Puts Lemonade Ahead

May 4, 2025

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7 min read

Geico's Wait and See AI Strategy Revealed at Berkshire Meeting Puts Lemonade Ahead

Geico risks repeating Blockbuster's fate through its current AI complacency

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
The Truth About Lemonade's Finances & Cash Position

May 2, 2025

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7 min read

The Truth About Lemonade's Finances & Cash Position

Peeling Back the Layers: Lemonade’s Losses Aren’t What They Seem

Brian McCormick
Brian McCormick
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