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"An investment philosophy on ‘complexity investing’ from NZS Capital"
Investment philosophy on "complexity investing" from NZS Capital, emphasizing the need to embrace extreme events, balance resilience and optionality, and focus on quality, growth, and understanding change in portfolio construction.
static1.squarespace.comNZS Capital poses that the economy and the stock market are best studied as complex adaptive systems akin to biology. They emphasize investing in companies that are adaptable, long-term focused, innovative, possess long-duration growth, and maximize non-zero-sum outcomes. The approach involves fewer, larger positions in companies highly adaptive to disruption, high levels of quality, growth, and context, and smaller positions in companies with a wide range of potential outcomes.
Five Lies That Can Ruin Your Life
bowtiedbull.substack.com
Conviction
The document delves into the importance of conviction in business ownership, detailing the role of explicit and implicit convictions in investing decisions and the concept of Quality in company assessment.
greenlealane.comwonderful essay on conviction in investing and life
Market-Expected Return on Investment Bridging Accounting and Valuation
Counterpoint Global Insightsmorganstanley.comInvesting isn’t an IQ test, it’s a test of character
Tim Ferriss • Morgan Housel — The Psychology of Money, Picking the Right Game, and the $6 Million Janitor (#576)
The better the investor, the simpler the questions. When I started, I was obsessed with jargon, complex questions and spreadsheets. Now I ask things like “what does it do?”, “why do people buy it?”, and “why are you selling?”. And I never do more math than I can fit on a napkin.
What they tell you:
If you invested $100 in Apple's IPO and and held shares until today, that investment would be worth about $100,000.
What they don't tell you:
If you invested $100 in Apple's IPO and held shares until today, you would've endured 23 declines of 20% or more.