Sophocles Sophocleous, CFA
@fatalpha.bsky.social
📈 Value Investor | Portfolio Manager (AIFM)
🌐 FatAlpha Value: Idea-focused investor conferences
🎙️ "No Fluff, Just Ideas" Podcast
🔔 *Free Insights* https://fatalpha.substack.com
🌐 FatAlpha Value: Idea-focused investor conferences
🎙️ "No Fluff, Just Ideas" Podcast
🔔 *Free Insights* https://fatalpha.substack.com
🌍 Even the cheapest valuation won’t save you from country risk.
🗳️ Ekrem İmamoğlu’s popularity grew too much…
🏆 He beat Erdoğan’s candidate in a landslide for mayor
⛓️ Prosecution wants 2,352 years in prison
👉 For top ideas in more reliable countries: fatalphavalue.com/online
🗳️ Ekrem İmamoğlu’s popularity grew too much…
🏆 He beat Erdoğan’s candidate in a landslide for mayor
⛓️ Prosecution wants 2,352 years in prison
👉 For top ideas in more reliable countries: fatalphavalue.com/online
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🌍 Even the cheapest valuation won’t save you from country risk.
🗳️ Ekrem İmamoğlu’s popularity grew too much…
🏆 He beat Erdoğan’s candidate in a landslide for mayor
⛓️ Prosecution wants 2,352 years in prison
👉 For top ideas in more reliable countries: fatalphavalue.com/online
🗳️ Ekrem İmamoğlu’s popularity grew too much…
🏆 He beat Erdoğan’s candidate in a landslide for mayor
⛓️ Prosecution wants 2,352 years in prison
👉 For top ideas in more reliable countries: fatalphavalue.com/online
Christian Freischutz introduced me to Ole Søeberg back in 2018. He’s joined my Cyprus event every year with strong long-term ideas. He’ll share a new stock pitch at our Online Conference — with live Q&A and investor chat.
👉 fatalphavalue.com/online
👉 fatalphavalue.com/online
November 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Christian Freischutz introduced me to Ole Søeberg back in 2018. He’s joined my Cyprus event every year with strong long-term ideas. He’ll share a new stock pitch at our Online Conference — with live Q&A and investor chat.
👉 fatalphavalue.com/online
👉 fatalphavalue.com/online
12 professional investors will share their highest conviction ideas LIVE!
When? December 4-5
Can't make it? Full recordings available
Extras? Includes our WhatsApp chat, investor forum + extra workshop
Sign up? fatalphavalue.com/online
When? December 4-5
Can't make it? Full recordings available
Extras? Includes our WhatsApp chat, investor forum + extra workshop
Sign up? fatalphavalue.com/online
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
12 professional investors will share their highest conviction ideas LIVE!
When? December 4-5
Can't make it? Full recordings available
Extras? Includes our WhatsApp chat, investor forum + extra workshop
Sign up? fatalphavalue.com/online
When? December 4-5
Can't make it? Full recordings available
Extras? Includes our WhatsApp chat, investor forum + extra workshop
Sign up? fatalphavalue.com/online
🔍 Active investors need 2 things to succeed:
1️⃣ A large pool of ideas to sift through.
2️⃣ A circle of investors to exchange ideas.
💡 We offer both: actionable ideas and a community.
🚀 Join our Online Event: only ideas get pitched & discuss in our WhatsApp chat.
👉 fatalphavalue.com/online
1️⃣ A large pool of ideas to sift through.
2️⃣ A circle of investors to exchange ideas.
💡 We offer both: actionable ideas and a community.
🚀 Join our Online Event: only ideas get pitched & discuss in our WhatsApp chat.
👉 fatalphavalue.com/online
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🔍 Active investors need 2 things to succeed:
1️⃣ A large pool of ideas to sift through.
2️⃣ A circle of investors to exchange ideas.
💡 We offer both: actionable ideas and a community.
🚀 Join our Online Event: only ideas get pitched & discuss in our WhatsApp chat.
👉 fatalphavalue.com/online
1️⃣ A large pool of ideas to sift through.
2️⃣ A circle of investors to exchange ideas.
💡 We offer both: actionable ideas and a community.
🚀 Join our Online Event: only ideas get pitched & discuss in our WhatsApp chat.
👉 fatalphavalue.com/online
$NVDA got to $5 trillion in 78 days!
October 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
$NVDA got to $5 trillion in 78 days!
💥 Stock swings more than ever!
🎢 More leverage = bigger swings: Volatility Shares filed to launch 5x leveraged ETFs tied to Nvidia, Alphabet, and Tesla.
📈 Single-stock option trading hit its highest level since the 2021 meme-stock craze
🎢 More leverage = bigger swings: Volatility Shares filed to launch 5x leveraged ETFs tied to Nvidia, Alphabet, and Tesla.
📈 Single-stock option trading hit its highest level since the 2021 meme-stock craze
October 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
💥 Stock swings more than ever!
🎢 More leverage = bigger swings: Volatility Shares filed to launch 5x leveraged ETFs tied to Nvidia, Alphabet, and Tesla.
📈 Single-stock option trading hit its highest level since the 2021 meme-stock craze
🎢 More leverage = bigger swings: Volatility Shares filed to launch 5x leveraged ETFs tied to Nvidia, Alphabet, and Tesla.
📈 Single-stock option trading hit its highest level since the 2021 meme-stock craze
Looking forward to speaking at the eToro Popular Investor Summit 2025 today. I'll be doing a 1-hour session on various important topics from fundamental analysis, with a focus on showing the relationships between the real world and theory.
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Looking forward to speaking at the eToro Popular Investor Summit 2025 today. I'll be doing a 1-hour session on various important topics from fundamental analysis, with a focus on showing the relationships between the real world and theory.
🔥+20% overnight in $YPF as Milei win in Argentina
🚨40.7% v 31.7% for Peronists with 98% counted
🚨40.7% v 31.7% for Peronists with 98% counted
October 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
🔥+20% overnight in $YPF as Milei win in Argentina
🚨40.7% v 31.7% for Peronists with 98% counted
🚨40.7% v 31.7% for Peronists with 98% counted
ITV, the maker of 'Love Island', is down today as its major shareholder, Liberty Global is selling half of its 10% stake! Revenues have been roughly flat for a few years now while margins are lower. Investors look disappointed as the stock trades at around 9x P/E based on consensus.
October 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
ITV, the maker of 'Love Island', is down today as its major shareholder, Liberty Global is selling half of its 10% stake! Revenues have been roughly flat for a few years now while margins are lower. Investors look disappointed as the stock trades at around 9x P/E based on consensus.
TSMC operating margin expanded from 35% to 49% in 12 years. Note that in 2013, gross margin was 47%. Source: open.substack.com/pub/mbideepd...
October 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
TSMC operating margin expanded from 35% to 49% in 12 years. Note that in 2013, gross margin was 47%. Source: open.substack.com/pub/mbideepd...
Revolut’s current license (which took 3 years to get) remains subject to restrictions during a “mobilisation phase”. FT: “Bank of England officials have sought commitments from the fintech group… that it will build its risk management infrastructure…” I find all this concerning…
October 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Revolut’s current license (which took 3 years to get) remains subject to restrictions during a “mobilisation phase”. FT: “Bank of England officials have sought commitments from the fintech group… that it will build its risk management infrastructure…” I find all this concerning…
2 trials, each with 1,800 patients and lasting three years and four months, across 30 countries were due to end in September. A positive outcome would give the stock a boost.
October 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
2 trials, each with 1,800 patients and lasting three years and four months, across 30 countries were due to end in September. A positive outcome would give the stock a boost.
🚨 The EU fined Gucci, Chloé & Loewe for fixing resale prices at independent retailers. Forced shops to follow “official” discount limits.
👉 Luxury’s business model depends on tight price control & scarcity. The crackdown could reshape luxury economics...
💡More insights → fatalpha.substack.com
👉 Luxury’s business model depends on tight price control & scarcity. The crackdown could reshape luxury economics...
💡More insights → fatalpha.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🚨 The EU fined Gucci, Chloé & Loewe for fixing resale prices at independent retailers. Forced shops to follow “official” discount limits.
👉 Luxury’s business model depends on tight price control & scarcity. The crackdown could reshape luxury economics...
💡More insights → fatalpha.substack.com
👉 Luxury’s business model depends on tight price control & scarcity. The crackdown could reshape luxury economics...
💡More insights → fatalpha.substack.com
AI has been useful to many of us, but one aspect I don’t get is AI music. It’s a huge negative to society. To the music industry it’s a loss of 30-40% from live events. It’s also a loss of creativity, inspiration from your fellow human being, and hard work that you either witness or experience.
October 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
AI has been useful to many of us, but one aspect I don’t get is AI music. It’s a huge negative to society. To the music industry it’s a loss of 30-40% from live events. It’s also a loss of creativity, inspiration from your fellow human being, and hard work that you either witness or experience.
CEOs have overstated the impact of ChatGPT on the jobs market.
From FT: “…AI has not had a more dramatic effect on employment than earlier technological breakthroughs.”
From FT: “…AI has not had a more dramatic effect on employment than earlier technological breakthroughs.”
October 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
CEOs have overstated the impact of ChatGPT on the jobs market.
From FT: “…AI has not had a more dramatic effect on employment than earlier technological breakthroughs.”
From FT: “…AI has not had a more dramatic effect on employment than earlier technological breakthroughs.”
Miniso takes on Pop Mart. The low-cost retailer is creating its own toy characters after hiring 9 artists. Pop Mart’s Labubu helped push its value to HK$440bn—bigger than Mattel + Hasbro combined. Miniso hopes hits like Wakuku + blind boxes can do the same.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Miniso takes on Pop Mart. The low-cost retailer is creating its own toy characters after hiring 9 artists. Pop Mart’s Labubu helped push its value to HK$440bn—bigger than Mattel + Hasbro combined. Miniso hopes hits like Wakuku + blind boxes can do the same.
fatalpha.substack.com
fatalpha.substack.com
Increasing inequality in Indonesia
September 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Increasing inequality in Indonesia
Join us for 40+ investment ideas
Video from '25: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftmZ...
📢 2nd FatAlpha Value (Asia)
📅 Mar 24–26, 2026
👥 Capped @ 50
🏨 5★ Hotel Grand Saigon
💰 Early Bird: €390
🛏 Rooms from €80
🎤 Everyone presents
🌐 Website: fatalphavalue.com/asia
📩 Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Video from '25: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftmZ...
📢 2nd FatAlpha Value (Asia)
📅 Mar 24–26, 2026
👥 Capped @ 50
🏨 5★ Hotel Grand Saigon
💰 Early Bird: €390
🛏 Rooms from €80
🎤 Everyone presents
🌐 Website: fatalphavalue.com/asia
📩 Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Join us for 40+ investment ideas
Video from '25: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftmZ...
📢 2nd FatAlpha Value (Asia)
📅 Mar 24–26, 2026
👥 Capped @ 50
🏨 5★ Hotel Grand Saigon
💰 Early Bird: €390
🛏 Rooms from €80
🎤 Everyone presents
🌐 Website: fatalphavalue.com/asia
📩 Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Video from '25: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftmZ...
📢 2nd FatAlpha Value (Asia)
📅 Mar 24–26, 2026
👥 Capped @ 50
🏨 5★ Hotel Grand Saigon
💰 Early Bird: €390
🛏 Rooms from €80
🎤 Everyone presents
🌐 Website: fatalphavalue.com/asia
📩 Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
London Stock Exchange stock $LSEG underperforming peers. Lex suggests a name change😂
August 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
London Stock Exchange stock $LSEG underperforming peers. Lex suggests a name change😂
As I prepare for my podcast with Robert Karas, I put some thoughts down on 2 stocks he will touch on: JVC Kenwood and Nippon Paint.
open.substack.com/pub/fatalpha...
open.substack.com/pub/fatalpha...
July 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
As I prepare for my podcast with Robert Karas, I put some thoughts down on 2 stocks he will touch on: JVC Kenwood and Nippon Paint.
open.substack.com/pub/fatalpha...
open.substack.com/pub/fatalpha...
Who would have thought?
Tel Aviv 125 is up 22% YTD vs 4% for S&P 500!
TASE which was pitched as an idea by Yoav Zelikovic יואב זליקוביץ at FatAlpha Value (Cyprus) is up 47% YTD, outpacing both! Nice call Yoav!
Events by investors for investors: fatalphavalue.com
Tel Aviv 125 is up 22% YTD vs 4% for S&P 500!
TASE which was pitched as an idea by Yoav Zelikovic יואב זליקוביץ at FatAlpha Value (Cyprus) is up 47% YTD, outpacing both! Nice call Yoav!
Events by investors for investors: fatalphavalue.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Who would have thought?
Tel Aviv 125 is up 22% YTD vs 4% for S&P 500!
TASE which was pitched as an idea by Yoav Zelikovic יואב זליקוביץ at FatAlpha Value (Cyprus) is up 47% YTD, outpacing both! Nice call Yoav!
Events by investors for investors: fatalphavalue.com
Tel Aviv 125 is up 22% YTD vs 4% for S&P 500!
TASE which was pitched as an idea by Yoav Zelikovic יואב זליקוביץ at FatAlpha Value (Cyprus) is up 47% YTD, outpacing both! Nice call Yoav!
Events by investors for investors: fatalphavalue.com
🔥Amazing speakers, great stock ideas!
💻A few hours left for people to register.
fatalphavalue.com/online
💻A few hours left for people to register.
fatalphavalue.com/online
June 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🔥Amazing speakers, great stock ideas!
💻A few hours left for people to register.
fatalphavalue.com/online
💻A few hours left for people to register.
fatalphavalue.com/online
Will NOT happen again in 2025. 2 days left to register for stock ideas and insights from a mastermind group of investors, including Vitaliy Katsenelson, CFA, David Kessler, Andrew Stotz, Evan Tindell, Harvey Sawikin, Berna Barshay, etc. Register before it's too late: fatalphavalue.com/online
June 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Will NOT happen again in 2025. 2 days left to register for stock ideas and insights from a mastermind group of investors, including Vitaliy Katsenelson, CFA, David Kessler, Andrew Stotz, Evan Tindell, Harvey Sawikin, Berna Barshay, etc. Register before it's too late: fatalphavalue.com/online
Social media is filled with self-proclaimed “stock market experts”. Learn from real professionals. Facts on just 4 of the 12 experts:
✅ 19% /yr over a decade
✅ 17% /yr since inception
✅ Twice voted Best Analyst
✅ Multiple awards for top-performing ideas
🎟 From €99 | 🌐 FatAlphaValue.com/online
✅ 19% /yr over a decade
✅ 17% /yr since inception
✅ Twice voted Best Analyst
✅ Multiple awards for top-performing ideas
🎟 From €99 | 🌐 FatAlphaValue.com/online
June 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Social media is filled with self-proclaimed “stock market experts”. Learn from real professionals. Facts on just 4 of the 12 experts:
✅ 19% /yr over a decade
✅ 17% /yr since inception
✅ Twice voted Best Analyst
✅ Multiple awards for top-performing ideas
🎟 From €99 | 🌐 FatAlphaValue.com/online
✅ 19% /yr over a decade
✅ 17% /yr since inception
✅ Twice voted Best Analyst
✅ Multiple awards for top-performing ideas
🎟 From €99 | 🌐 FatAlphaValue.com/online
Meet Jeff Gilbert. His topic: "Frauds, red flags, and accounting scandals – Essential lessons to protect your capital". OPEN for everyone & recorded. Register: fatalphavalue.com/online
Jeff Gilbert, CPA : Exec Director of Investigations specializing in forensic auditing for 15+ yrs.
Jeff Gilbert, CPA : Exec Director of Investigations specializing in forensic auditing for 15+ yrs.
June 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Meet Jeff Gilbert. His topic: "Frauds, red flags, and accounting scandals – Essential lessons to protect your capital". OPEN for everyone & recorded. Register: fatalphavalue.com/online
Jeff Gilbert, CPA : Exec Director of Investigations specializing in forensic auditing for 15+ yrs.
Jeff Gilbert, CPA : Exec Director of Investigations specializing in forensic auditing for 15+ yrs.