- Sizing
Today, let’s spend some time to talk about some of the important nitty gritty of investing. This is not the usual fun and games - big ideas, cheap value names or best-in-class companies. Everyone loves ideas, what to buy, deep dives. But what actually brings the dough home is good money and portfolio management. As such, we need to talk about sizing and timing and how we should construct our investment portfolio.
There are three crucial aspects: sizing, timing, capacity and a fourth all-important factor: sell discipline. A lot has been said about how an investment will make money when we buy at the right valuation, but real money only comes into our pockets after we sell. So let’s talk practical about that too. First, it is about sizing the bet.