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Our Memory Shortage Portfolio Is Now Up 829% — What Happens Next?

A little over two weeks ago, I wrote about a portfolio that had returned +516.8%.

The AI Chip Testing Bottleneck Behind a +126.7% Portfolio

For most of the AI boom, the semiconductor investment map was fairly easy to understand.

The Overlooked AI Shortage Behind a +516.8% Portfolio

Hard drives were supposed to be dying.

The 4% Problem

Hendrik Bessembinder, at Arizona State, has spent years asking a question that sounds almost silly until you look at the data: if the stock market creates enormous wealth in aggregate, why do most individual stocks fail?

Buy High, Sell Low - The Multibagger Series — Part 2

If you missed it, read it after this one rather than before.

How Public Companies Lie to You — Legally

Here’s a comfortable lie most retail investors believe: “It’s publicly traded, so it’s regulated, so it’s transparent.”

The Volatility Laundering

There’s an accusation that has been circulating in the serious corners of asset management for a few years now, sharpened mostly by Cliff Asness of AQR.

The Double Trigger: Why Every Multibagger Is Two Bets, Not One

I spent years being right about companies and wrong about returns.

Our 10 Theses: Mid-Year Scorecard

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The Uninsurable Economy

Cat bonds (catastrophe bonds) returned about 10.2% over the year to July 2026.