Philip Fisher on Position Sizing

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How much conviction deserves how much capital.

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1980 · Financial Analysts Research Foundation monograph

Developing an Investment Philosophy (reminiscences, paraphrased)

Fisher argued that the biggest investment errors were errors of omission: failing to buy enough of something you were right about because it felt expensive or already advanced. He advised sizing positions by conviction earned through research, and warned that diversification beyond one's circle of competence was its own form of risk.

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