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Milestone 400k

Hello, friends of joyful investing,


I’d like to share another milestone with you—one that came sooner than expected:


The portfolio has surpassed the 400k mark.


First off: This is just a snapshot. Markets aren’t a one-way street, and things can easily swing back in the other direction. Still, I’m happy about it and am consciously savoring the moment.


My strategy: Quality Growth with a strong moat


I continue to follow a quality growth approach. I look for companies with

• a strong, hard-to-attack moat (network effects, switching costs, technology leadership, market standards),

• high and stable margins that demonstrate the business model’s pricing power,

• high return on equity and the ability to profitably reinvest earnings,

• tailwinds from global megatrends such as AI, the cloud, cybersecurity, the digitization of payments, and healthcare.

My goal is actually quite simple: to invest in outstanding companies and then watch them grow as compounders over the years. Trade less, hold more.


Deliberately Concentrated

The concentration in the portfolio is intentionally high. I am convinced that companies like $NVDA (-2,53%), $GOOGL (-1,87%) , $MSFT (-0,88%) , $META (-1,88%) , $AMZN (-1,99%) , $AVGO (-2,1%) , $CRWD (-2,55%) , $ANET (-2,52%) and $ASML (-2,29%) will continue to benefit significantly from these megatrends in the future. This is complemented by high-quality companies with near-monopoly positions such as $V (+0,35%) , $MA (+0,32%) , $SPGI (+0,37%) , $MCO (-0,72%) and $CTAS (+0,56%) , which consistently deliver high margins.


Conclusion

Patience and conviction pay off when you invest in the right companies.

I’m sticking to my strategy and seeing how things play out.

What do you think: focus on quality, or is a broad diversification better? I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

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It'll be interesting for you if the AI bubble bursts...
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@Epi you think it will?
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@Epi In my opinion, the problem with AI isn’t the hyperscalers—Alphabet, Amazon, NVIDIA… they’ll continue to be very successful for a long time to come. The problem is that these days every crappy company is jumping on the AI bandwagon, and many of them are sure to disappear!

But personally, I’m not too worried about it—for the past 3–4 years, I’ve been hearing the same thing over and over: “It’s going to crash next year.” And even if it does, strong companies will come out on top sooner or later 💪
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@Epi You sound like a know-it-all with all this stuff you keep saying. He's done everything right over the past year and doubled his money. Period. All this whining about the AI bubble has been going on for two years now, and it's getting annoying.
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@Pot_Of_Greed He knows just as little as everyone else. If we assume that Google and the like have a general idea of what they're doing, this will continue for a while longer. They aren't investing trillions just for fun. Whether there will be an abrupt crash or a gradual slowdown remains to be seen.
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Many of the hyperscalers are fairly valued—please don't forget that. Despite their AI capital expenditures, they're still posting outstanding and rising margins! Even if the AI bubble bursts, these companies will continue to be highly profitable.

Unfortunately, there are many doomsayers out there, and they're all getting too much attention!
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@BVLGARI Selling the shares you currently hold would mean betting against Google’s management—because you think you know better, and Epi, Gerd Kommer, and Kryptowolf suspect an AI bubble. Have fun with that. Of course, there are plenty of other good options out there, and there are great stocks elsewhere as well (without having to exit the tech sector and, incidentally, lose out on the power of compound interest). And if you’re older, there’s nothing wrong with ETFs (I have a few myself, though tech makes up the bulk of my portfolio).
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Fortunately, we have Johanna as our top-of-the-top expert, who shows us all how the world works. You don’t have to buy into every single idea Gerd Kommer, Epi, and the others put forward, but a little respect for other opinions wouldn’t hurt even among the absolute financial elite. After all, you don’t have to follow them, but you could at least accept them.
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@Olli68 I don't lecture anyone, and when others do it all the time, it gets on my nerves. You don't have to act like some kind of expert either—at the end of the day, investing doesn't take much: just a little common sense, keeping your eyes open, and knowing how to do some basic percentage calculations.
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@BavarianLion Just something I read once: Nvidia is actually a supplier, if you think about it. Companies like Apple used to have many suppliers, and then suddenly a new one came along.
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@BVLGARI fairly? They take a lot of fictive plusses on their own AI positions that they pump up themselves by always joining the next funding round of those money losing companies. I don't like it. Having a PE between 22-28 doesn't mean they are healthy, you have to look further into their numbers than that and if half or more of the EPS comes from those fictive surpluses, their PE is in fact way overblown at 50-60...
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Can quality also be widely distributed?
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Very inspiring—congratulations on your success! What I'm wondering is, how do you manage to keep going during tough times? Rock-solid theories, I'm assuming.
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Congrats on the 400k 🥳🎉.
I personally like your strategy a lot! The mix of highly concentrated tech/AI and quality companies with near-monopoly positions is a risky one, but that risk is well calculated and intended. I personally would have added $ASML to the list of near monopoly companies. I still think that $NVDA $AVGO and $META have some room to grow. Growth with a cushion just in case 👍🏼 I like it
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Congratulations, well done—your success proves you right. If you still have a few years to go before cashing out, stick with individual stocks that have a strong market position; they’ll continue to hold their own, at least in the medium term. No matter what a few so-called “super-smart” capital market strategists might say.
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Strong performance—you've done a lot right! Have you ever thought about taking your profits, or do you just let it run?
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@Chris-1989 I'm just going to let it go!
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A great portfolio with good entry points!
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