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TIP664: The Nomad Investment Partnership Way: Quality In Business and Beyond w/ Kyle Grieve

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Sep 29, 2024

Explore the unique investment philosophy of the Nomad Investment Partnership, emphasizing a patient approach to capital allocation. Learn how they navigate commitment bias and the benefits of focusing on quality over quantity. Discover the power of businesses that share profits with customers and how this model fosters extraordinary returns, as seen with giants like Costco and Amazon. Gain insight into risk management through the 'cone of uncertainty' and the potential hidden opportunities in your portfolio.

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Conviction and Concentration

Deeply understanding a business allows for concentrated, high-conviction positions.
Nomad exemplified this with Costco, Amazon, and Berkshire Hathaway.

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Fighting Commitment Bias

Combat commitment bias by staying objective and willing to change your mind.
Avoid letting any stock become part of your identity.

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Portfolio Management

Treat your portfolio like a conglomerate and track portfolio-wide metrics.
Nomad tracked revenue growth, price-to-value ratio, and return on capital.

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On today’s episode, Kyle Grieve discusses the investing philosophy and concepts from the Nomad Investment Partnership, how they created their fund structure to align themselves with partners, why they settled on inactivity, the powerful effects of businesses that share profits with customers rather than shareholder, how they ended up focusing on the scale economies shared business model, how they dealt with commitment bias, and a whole lot more!

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

04:17 - How Nomad Investment Partnership created their ground rules to succeed in the long term

05:37 - The rare and unconventional way that Nomad wanted to be evaluated by their partners

09:13 - Why inactivity only works with certain businesses, and NOT all businesses

13:48 - The extraordinary returns of Costco, Amazon, and Berkshire Hathaway since the depths of the GFC, and a great insight into what Nomad said about that particular time

15:26 - Why Nomad focused on the scaled economics shared business model

20:29 - How Nomad utilized the concept of a "cone of uncertainty" to better understand risk and help with position sizing

29:12 - Why a deep understanding of a business earlier than the market is so beneficial and allows you to have outsized position sizes that can continue growing at market-beating returns

31:46 - Why your next best investing opportunity might already be in your portfolio

40:41 - Specific questions to ask to help you utilize destination analysis for long-term holdings

43:03 - The four most powerful mistakes that Nick and Zak observed

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

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