Mon.Sep 03, 2018

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Conviction, Diversification, and Portfolio Construction

Haystack

Sometime within the last 48 hours, I tweeted about a potential test for an investor’s true conviction in a company he or she invests in. Specifically, I wrote: Investment “conviction” is a really overused term. If you want to test it, most investors’ LPAs permit them to invest 10%, in some cases 20%, and for some funds, no restriction, into one startup.