Update from the PM – December 2025
Volatility returned in Nov: Bitcoin -20%, S&P 500 -5%, Tech down while Healthcare & Energy surged. Amid the noise, Alphabet soared +14% on Gemini 3’s AI breakthrough. Bubble fears? We break them down.
Update from the PM – November 2025
Earnings season is here: Meta & Blackstone show strong fundamentals, yet stocks dip on short-term narratives. Do short-term moves matter when long-term AI-driven growth is clear?
From Transistors to Transformations: Building AI’s Digital Backbone
As AI demand explodes, the industry has pivoted to something even more powerful: advanced packaging technologies that deliver up to 40x better performance than traditional scaling.
Update from the PM – October 2025
Global equity markets are more complex than ever—traditional metrics like P/E ratios can mislead in a world of rapid change. First-principles thinking is key to spotting real opportunities.
Update from the PM – September 2025
As AI makes novel discoveries, facts become outdated much faster. As investors, we will need to adapt even faster to uncover the many mispricings (i.e. opportunities) that will result from this new reality.
Update from the PM – August 2025
Despite the unbelievable rate of technological advancement, we continue to believe that investment analysis anchored in first principles – the importance of durable competitive advantages, understanding flywheels, and maintaining price/value discipline.
Why Competitive Advantages Matter – And How Flywheels Make Them Stronger
How do companies like Spotify and Blackstone dominate their industries? Montaka’s “flywheel” model reveals the self-reinforcing cycles that strengthen competitive advantages—and how investors can spot them early.
Update from the PMs – July 2025
As Montaka marks its 10-year anniversary, we reflect on the enduring value of flywheel businesses—those that share economics with customers to drive compounding growth.
Update from the PMs – June 2025
Despite volatility driven by US tariff uncertainty, we remain focused on long-term opportunities—from the rise of alternative asset managers targeting retirement funds to the transformative power of AI coding agents.
Revolutionary ‘coding agents’ are creating even more upside for big tech
When Andrew Macken asked an AI coding agent to recreate his app in minutes—for free—he realized software development will never be the same. From Alphabet to Meta, companies are already using AI to cut costs and accelerate innovation. Here’s what investors need to know…