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VALE on the committee board

VALE is on the committee board as a typed US ticker. Isolated masters still write from SEC companyfacts when they exist; trusts and foreign issuers may show an empty fact card instead of invented ratios.

What isolated seats argue

Unlocked seats write alone on VALE: value vs growth vs kill-shot. The clerk assembles after. Empty seats stay empty. This page is not a rating.

Filing & structure checks

Confirm share class, listing venue, and whether EDGAR has us-gaap facts for VALE before treating multiples as real. Not advice.

VALE

Observer · 3 seats

Independent briefs, then clerk assembly · 3 isolated prompts + 1 assembly pass · filing facts from SEC EDGAR (cached 7 days) — not investment advice, no buy button

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Preview seating. Paid desks are 16 / 29 / 48 / 61. $49 is Associate (29), not 61. Partners is the same 61 with more compute.

Isolated briefsAssembly1. Era Trend List2. Cycle Position + Thermometer3. Dual-Track Candidate Pool4. Investment Proposal5. Entry Plan6. Exit Discipline

Filing facts · SEC EDGAR

VALE S.A. · 20-F FY · FY2012 · ended 2012-12-31 · CIK 0000917851

Public filing · not a live quoteFY2012P/E · P/B · P/S cached model input
Revenue (FY)
$48.8B
Revenue YoY
-21.8%
Net income
$5.5B
Diluted EPS
ROE
7.4%
LT debt / equity
0.41
P/E
P/B
1.07
P/S
1.62
Cached price
$15.28
Mkt cap (est.)
$79.2B

Filings from SEC companyfacts (us-gaap). P/B, P/S from cached price × diluted shares vs filings. Not a live quote. Not a live quote, not advice, not a buy button. Missing numbers stay blank; P/E shows n/m when diluted EPS ≤ 0.

Isolated briefs
3 seats · no peeking

Each master researches VALE alone

Same file, different rules. Each brief states a view and why. Briefs are written in isolation so one loud narrative cannot drag the room. The clerk reads them only after they exist. Never “you should buy.” There is no buy button.

Warren Buffettskeptical

Skeptical — the burden of proof is on the bull case. Owner test on VALE: P/E not on file, P/B 1.07, ROE 7.4%, net income $5.5B. Region: Brazil.

Question: “Research VALE as a US-listed emerging-market name.”. Owner earnings lens on VALE. Plain Midwest English, folksy metaphors, long-horizon. Hard rule: Circle of competence: if the business cannot be explained simply, pass. Numbers on file: P/E not on file; P/B 1.07; ROE 7.4%; net income $5.5B; revenue YoY -21.8%. On file: 20-F FY FY2012; revenue $48.8B; revenue YoY -21.8%; net income $5.5B; ROE 7.4%; LT debt/equity 0.41; P/B 1.1; P/S 1.6; price $15.28 cached. A low multiple that needs a hero story is not a margin of safety. A rich multiple with durable ROE can still be a business — but then price is the risk. Underwrite frame: Pass for now. EM overlay: Brazil · Iron ore / copper. Cycle name. Templeton-style: price versus pessimism, not a story stock. Kill-shot unique to this listing: China steel demand breaks and the dividend is the only thesis.. Isolated: I am not averaging a country ETF view with this name.

Peter Lynchskeptical

Skeptical — the burden of proof is on the bull case. Classify VALE before cheering growth. revenue YoY -21.8%. P/E not on file. Region: Brazil.

Question: “Research VALE as a US-listed emerging-market name.”. Classify before multiple. Six-category company classification system.. revenue YoY -21.8%. P/E not on file. revenue $48.8B. On file: 20-F FY FY2012; revenue $48.8B; revenue YoY -21.8%; net income $5.5B; ROE 7.4%; LT debt/equity 0.41; P/B 1.1; P/S 1.6; price $15.28 cached. Fast growth with no category is how you buy a story. Stalwart growth with a broken category is how you overstay. Underwrite frame: Pass for now. EM overlay: Brazil · Iron ore / copper. Cycle name. Templeton-style: price versus pessimism, not a story stock. Kill-shot unique to this listing: China steel demand breaks and the dividend is the only thesis.. Isolated: I am not averaging a country ETF view with this name.

Charlie Mungerskeptical

Skeptical — the burden of proof is on the bull case. Invert VALE first. What has to be false for the bull to die? Region: Brazil.

Question: “Research VALE as a US-listed emerging-market name.”. Invert VALE. Invert: how would this thesis get killed? List the kill-shots before the romance. On file: 20-F FY FY2012; revenue $48.8B; revenue YoY -21.8%; net income $5.5B; ROE 7.4%; LT debt/equity 0.41; P/B 1.1; P/S 1.6; price $15.28 cached. Name what must be true for the bull: earnings quality, leverage (0.41), and whether footnotes hide the cycle. If I cannot name the kill path, I am not doing the job. Underwrite frame: Pass for now. EM overlay: Brazil · Iron ore / copper. Cycle name. Templeton-style: price versus pessimism, not a story stock. Kill-shot unique to this listing: China steel demand breaks and the dividend is the only thesis.. Isolated: I am not averaging a country ETF view with this name.

Committee tables and charts

Counted from isolated briefs. Ratios are filings or cached model input — not a live quote, not a rating, not a buy button.

Stance mix

3
  • constructive0
  • cautious0
  • skeptical3
  • inconclusive0

Cycle scenario fan (%)

0255075100BoomRecoveryStagflationRecession

Valuation and filings (P/E, P/B, …)

MetricValueNote
P/EP/B, P/S from cached price × diluted shares vs filings. Not a live quote.
P/B1.07P/B, P/S from cached price × diluted shares vs filings. Not a live quote.
P/S1.62
ROE7.4%
LT debt / equity0.41
Revenue (FY)$48.8B
Revenue YoY-21.8%
Net income$5.5B
Diluted EPS
Clerk assembly

Then the briefs are stacked — not averaged

constructive
0
cautious
0
skeptical
3
inconclusive
0

Where they agree

  • Emerging-market work uses the US-listed window. Policy, FX, and listing structure sit beside filings.
  • Quality seats treat “would I own the whole company?” as the filter, not next-quarter beat.
  • This preview triangle is quality, growth classification, and inversion. It is a sample, not the full committee.

Where they split

  • A country growth story is not the same test as a franchise. Templeton-style pessimism and quality screens are not merged.
  • Value/quality seats ask whether it is a business worth owning; growth seats ask whether the story is still underappreciated. Those are different tests.
  • Debate seats write kill-shots before any clerk summary. They are not asked to “meet in the middle.”

Cycle, timing, exit, and quant seats are dark on this plan. A three-seat sample cannot locate the cycle or size a position.

Assembly is a second isolated pass over the briefs. Masters did not read each other. Research simulation — not advice, not a buy button.

Analyst unlocks 16 independent seats (16 isolated prompts + 1 assembly pass).

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Split after isolation

Counted from independent briefs only — not a vote, not a recommendation.

100%
0 constructive 0 cautious / inconclusive 3 skeptical
Step 1 · Where does capital flow over the next decade?

Era Trend List

Trend research (Wood, Laffont, and the rest of the era desk) is locked on Observer.

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Step 2 · Where are we in the cycle?

Cycle Position Report

Cycle desk (Dalio, Marks, Templeton) is locked on Observer.

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Step 3 · What to buy — why this ticker is in the pool, or not

Why this name (dual track)

Value / Quality track

Warren Buffett

VALE: screened alone against Moat & Management Final Review.

Growth / Opportunity track

Peter Lynch

VALE: screened alone against Ten-Bagger Hunter.

Step 4 · Bull case vs. red-team interrogation — after isolation

Investment Proposal

Debate starts only after independent briefs exist. Red team still does not see a shared draft.

Charlie MungerDebate chair · inversion: the best way to kill this thesis

Warren BuffettFinal review · 10-year hold test

Full transcript, risk list, and sizing stay on higher seats.

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Step 5 · When to buy, and how much

Entry Plan

Timing desk (O’Neil and the tape seats) is locked on Observer.

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Step 6 · When to sell

Exit Discipline

Exit desk (Livermore, Darvas, Bogle accountability) is locked on Observer.

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Quant Risk Control

Quant (Thorp Kelly sizing, then the full seven on Committee) is locked on Observer.

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