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From the Paddock to the Portfolio Financial Lessons from the Racetrack
There is a certain resilience required to navigate financial markets, a certain resilience that closely resembles the quiet, rigorous discipline behind horse racing. In racing, real work happens long before the gates open and winning is rarely about one magical decision, but rather the result of a repeatable process executed daily.
There were no shortcuts, no guarantees, and no amount of emotion that could replace preparation, discipline, and grit. Horses do not care about next week’s headlines. Trainers do not get to skip the process because they woke up feeling lucky.
The routine matters. In horse racing and investing.
Investment Update
A ‘Magnificent’ Change In U.S. Equities Leadership
Every market seems to develop a group of stocks everyone generally agrees on. For the last several years, that group had seven members and a nickname.
Owning them worked. Not owning them cost you. And the longer that went on, the more it started to look like a rule instead of a stretch of very good performance.
This year, the group has been quiet and the market has gone up anyway.
Recognizing a change like that in advance sounds easier than it is. You would have needed to know when the old leadership was ending. Then what would replace it. Then when the new leadership was established enough to act on. We would rather require evidence than depend on getting that sequence right.
This month’s Note digs into the changing leadership in U.S. equities, the cost of waiting for confirmation, and why a systematic invest process does not need to be the first to recognize a new trend.
But first, here’s a summary of the global asset classes utilized in our portfolios and their exposures for September.
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