This How I Manage My Portfolio
If you could only read one thing about portfolio management, it would be this:
If you could only read one thing about portfolio management, it would be this post.
Most investors are destroying their returns and don't even realize it.
They're constantly buying, selling, rebalancing, and losing sleep over quarterly earnings misses.
All this frantic movement creates the illusion of productivity while silently murdering your returns.
My approach is fundamentally different.
I'm hunting for 100-baggers - stocks that return 100x your initial investment.
And when you're looking for companies that can turn $10,000 into $1,000,000, your strategy needs to be radically different from what most finance professionals are selling you.
The Coffee Can Approach
My portfolio management style is simple: It’s called the "coffee can approach."
Back in the old days, people would put their most valuable possessions in a coffee can and stick it under the mattress.
They wouldn't check it every day.
They wouldn't fiddle with it.
They'd just let it sit there.
That's how I manage my portfolio.
I find extraordinary businesses trading at reasonable prices, buy them, and then I do the hardest thing in investing:
Nothing.
My Portfolio Rules
Here's how I structure my portfolio:
Concentration in my best ideas. I typically hold 10-15 stocks. Any more than that and I'm just creating a closet index fund.
No arbitrary position sizing. My best ideas get the most capital. I don't believe in putting 5% in everything just because some financial planner said that's "prudent."
Minimal turnover. I might go years without selling anything. If I've found a true compounder, selling it would be like ripping out the engine of a Ferrari while it's still accelerating.
Cash on hand. I always keep some powder dry. Market crashes aren't risks - they're opportunities to buy great businesses on sale.
Never use margin. Leverage kills. Full stop.
It’s simple.
But it works.
Stop trying to make it more complicated.
What Makes a 100-Bagger Portfolio Different
Most portfolios are built to track benchmarks. Mine is built to crush them over decades.
For a stock to compound 100x, it needs four key ingredients:
High returns on capital. No business becomes a 100-bagger without consistently earning 20%+ on invested capital.
Reinvestment runway. The business must have places to deploy cash at similarly high returns for years or decades.
Owner-operators at the helm. I want management teams who think in decades, not quarters.
Reasonable starting valuation. You can overpay for growth and still make money, but you'll never get to 100x returns that way.
I don't care about sectors, themes, or what's hot right now.
I care about compounding machines that the market hasn't fully appreciated yet.
Buy right, sit tight, and let compounding do the heavy lifting.
That's Where This Newsletter Comes Into Play…
Here's the reality: extraordinary businesses are rare.
For every 1,000 public companies, maybe 1 or 2 have legitimate 100-bagger potential.
That's why this newsletter exists.
Each month, we share one potential multi-bagger that meets our strict criteria. We don't waste your time with mediocre ideas - only the absolute best candidates with the highest probability of delivering life-changing returns.
For serious investors only, our subscription price is $300 annually or $50 monthly. We're offering a 25% launch discount for early subscribers.
You can get that here if you want:
To be clear: we don't want subscribers who are looking to make a quick buck. We want those who are serious, long-term oriented investors looking to find those exceptional companies that will drive the outperformance of their portfolios for years to come.
Thanks for reading,
Nico
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE. I MAY BUY OR SELL THESE OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES AT ANY TIME. I MAY NOT TELL YOU IF AND WHEN I BUY OR SELL. THESE STOCKS MAY BE ILLIQUID AND YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT IF YOU BUY THEM. THIS IS NOT TAX, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL ADVICE. I AM NOT YOUR FIDUCIARY. THIS IS THE INTERNET AND YOU'RE LISTENING TO A GUY WITH A KEYBOARD.