Listen to the deep-dive discussion – How Physical Duration Drives Multiplicative Growth (27:34 min) “Time is the friend of the wonderful business, the enemy of the mediocre.” — Warren Buffett * * * The Missing Dimension Duration is one of the oldest tools in finance. Bond investors have used it for decades to measure…
Month: February 2026
The Physics of Compounding – Why Great Businesses Obey Laws, Not Decisions
Listen to the deep-dive discussion – The Physics of Zero Cost Growth (49:08 min) “The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest.” — Attributed to Einstein * * * The Question Nobody Asks Every investor asks the same question: what should I buy? Few ask the better question: why does it compound? The…
What Chris Hohn’s Portfolio Reveals – About the Hierarchy of Tollbooths
Listen to the deep-dive discussion – Chris Hohn’s 53 Billion Dollar Tollbooth Bet. (44:02 min) “The most important thing is high barriers to entry. If you find a company that is going to be a good company long-term, then you should hold on to it because there’s a persistency of these barriers to entry.” —…
The Double Swell Freesurfer – When Two Waves Converge on the Same Reef
Listen to the deep-dive discussion – The AI and ETF Double Swell. (29:30 min) 1. A Taxonomy of Structural Growth In The Freesurfer, we introduced a formula for the rarest kind of business: one that grows without paying for its own growth. We called it A × B. A is the moat—the proprietary toll…
The Way to the Mountain Guide: When the Portfolio Becomes the Position
Listen to the deep-dive discussion – Stop Climbing When You Reach the Summit (29:42 min.) “When you start to confuse Freddie Mac, Sallie Mae, and Fannie Mae with members of your family, and you remember 2,000 stock symbols but forget the children’s birthdays, there’s a good chance you’ve become too wrapped up in your…
The Freesurfer – Growth That Costs Nothing
Listen to the deep-dive discussion – The Freesurfer Stocks That Grow for Free (32:41 min) “The big money is not in the buying and the selling, but in the waiting.” — Charlie Munger I. The Architecture The Infinite Investor framework organizes capital into four functional buckets. Cash (10–25%) is the perpetual option on the…
The Attention Cost – Why Your Smallest Positions Are Your Most Expensive
By Jocelyn Dubé Listen to the deep-dive discussion – The Attention Cost of Bookmark Stocks (16:18 min) “The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.” — Warren Buffett I. The Universal Principle Every decision has two costs. The first is visible: money, time,…
Position Sizing – The Final Act of Conviction
By Jocelyn Dubé Listen to the deep-dive discussion – Position Sizing Matters More Than Stock Picking (31:18 min) “You have your best idea and your tenth-best idea in the portfolio at the same weight. Why?” — The Infinite Investor “The idea of excessive diversification is madness. Going into your seventh one rather than putting…
Cash as the Infinite Option
By Jocelyn Dubé Cash as the Infinite Option The investment industry has a phrase for uninvested capital: “cash on the sidelines.” The metaphor reveals how the industry views cash—as a spectator, waiting to get in the game. During the era of near-zero interest rates, a popular refrain emerged: “Cash is trash.” This framing is not…