Listen to the deep-dive discussion – Why Moody’s beats the Coca-Cola moat (19:37 min) “We lived in a torrent of money, and we were constantly deploying it.” — Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, 2016 What if the torrent deployed itself? I. Two Holdings, One Portfolio Warren Buffett has held Coca-Cola since 1988 and…
Category: Sizing
The A Paramount – When Growth Dissolves Into the Toll
Listen to the deep-dive discussion – Why invisible growth breaks valuation models (27:31 min) “The best business is a royalty on the growth of others, requiring little capital itself.” — Warren Buffett * * * I. The Dissolution In “The Freesurfer,” we established that certain rare businesses ride structural waves at zero cost. The…
The Big One – When the Double Swell Freesurfer Meets Multiple Expansion
Listen to the deep-dive discussion – When the Best Growth Costs Nothing (19:42 min) “That wave was a wave we didn’t know existed. We hadn’t seen waves like that.” — Laird Hamilton, on the Millennium Wave at Teahupo’o * * * I. When Growth Is Free Every business can be decomposed into two forces….
The Convergence Model
Listen to the deep-dive discussion – How Convergent Businesses Grow for Free. (36:02 min) “When somebody says, ‘Any idiot could run this joint,’ that’s a plus as far as I’m concerned, because sooner or later any idiot probably is going to be running it.” — Peter Lynch, One Up On Wall Street “In my…
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 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…