Terry Smith's Early Investments Fundsmith's change in strategy Terry Smith is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of the UK-based fund $Fundsmith Equity ETF(ETFT)$ . Earlier this month, a letter published by Terry caused a subsequent flurry of commentary concerning a deviation in his investment style. Terry is a quality-focused investor. His strategy is to run a concentrated and low-turnover portfolio of quality companies trading at a reasonable valuation. In his most recent letter, he announced that he's going to make a slight tweak to this approach: We will take more account of momentum — both fundamental and share price — in our investment decisions. In particular, we will be much less willing to deploy the time-honoured technique of buyin

These companies have something unusual and rare in common. Their FCF has high and predictable growth (2nd and 3rd column), while their FCF yield remains fairly constant (4th column). In other words, their share price appreciation has been through FCF going up, not a re-rating leading to FCF yield contracting. $Republic(RSG)$ $Nordson(NDSN)$ $Allegion PLC(ALLE)$ $Travelers(TRV)$ $Medpace(MEDP)$ $Intercontinental Exchange(ICE)$ $Primerica(PRI)$ $Hartford Insuranc

When I look at $MSCI Inc(MSCI)$ I see three things: 1. A great company with strong financial metrics 2. An attractive valuation 3. A share price that hasn’t done anything for 5 years To me this could means one of two things: 1. The market is right and in the future profitability and business quality will deteriorate 2. The market is wrong and is underestimating future profitability and business quality If it’s the latter, a catalyst will be needed to convince the market that MSCI deserves a higher share price. I agree it’s subjective. But two objective points are (1) its FCF yield is now at a long term high. And (2) other companies of this quality are trading at lower FCF yields.

Passive investors love the $S&P 500(.SPX)$ . What they don’t realise is that the criteria for entering and exiting the index isn’t quite as passive as you would expect. The distinction between the S&P 500 large caps and the S&P 400 mid caps isn't always clear. Here I plot market cap vs revenue. It’s interesting to see that there are S&P 400 companies that have a larger cap and greater revenue than some S&P 500 companies.

The outperformance of semiconductor $VanEck Semiconductor ETF(SMH)$ companies isn’t a new thing. However, 2-3 years of outperformance are normally met with a mild correction afterwards. 2026 could be the fourth year in a row of outperformance, suggesting 2027 could see a correction - not that markets listen to historic trends! PS: Here’s my framework for determining whether a company is investable: 1. Financials - I look for consistently high returns on capital, high FCFps growth, margin expansion, and affordable debt. 2. Qualitative - Here I look for high market share, a mission critical product, a business not overly reliant on raw materials and expensive to maintain physical assets. 3. Valuation - I infer how much growth the market is pricing in

Over the last few years, $AutoZone(AZO)$ and $O'Reilly(ORLY)$ have always consistently appeared fairly high up on my screens. It’s not a sector I would personally invest in, but their levels of compounding have been impressive. Here’s my framework for determining whether a company is investable: 1. Financials - I look for consistently high returns on capital, high FCFps growth, margin expansion, and affordable debt. 2. Qualitative - Here I look for high market share, a mission critical product, a business not overly reliant on raw materials and expensive to maintain physical assets. 3. Valuation - I infer how much growth the market is pricing in, I then analyse whether that’s realistic or not. Most investo

$KLA-Tencor(KLAC)$ is one of the highest quality companies in the S&P 500 $S&P 500(.SPX)$ . But is it now too expensive? Many investors pay attention to the wrong variables. Here’s a list of what doesn’t matter, what matters somewhat, and what actually drives returns: Doesn’t really matter: •Market cap •Country company is listed •Share price •Dividend yield Matters somewhat: •Sector •FCF yield •Revenue growth •Insider ownership / owner operator Matters the most: •Return on capital •Margin expansion •Pricing power •Reinvestment runway What would you add? 😍 Been eyeing Tiger merch but short on Tiger Coins? Now's your chance. 🎁 We’ve selected 4 high-demand items across practial, lifestyle, and learni

🏰 Monopolies $Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM)$ - advance semi fab $ASML Holding NV(ASML)$ – EUV lithography $VeriSign(VRSN)$ - domain name registry $Fair Isaac(FICO)$ – credit scores $Intuit(INTU)$ – tax preparation software $Thermo Fisher Scientific(TMO)$ – ultra-high-end mass spec $Illumina(ILMN)$ – high-throughput DNA sequencing $CoStar(CSGP)$ – U.S. commercial real estate data $Sherwin-Williams(SHW)$

Weekly Macro Themes Report (preview) - Global Equities, Software stocks, Bitcoin, US Dollar Here's the topics & takeaways from the latest Weekly Macro Themes report: 1. GSV vs ULG: relative value favors Global, Small, Value vs US, Large, Growth, but on all three counts a turning point in relative performance remains elusive (still only stop-start progress). 2. Global ex-US Equities: the global vs US rotation trade has stalled, but remain constructive on global vs US given extremes in relative value, improved earnings, anticipated USD weakness, and technicals. 3. Software: remain bullish on software stocks given bullish technicals and major reset in valuations. 4. Bitcoin: remain bullish given seasonal tailwinds, bullish technicals, supportive leading indicators, and all set against the

There are levels to quality investing. Level 1: Profitability - e.g. $Coca-Cola(KO)$ Level 2: Strong band - e.g. Hermes Level 3: Mission-critical product + high switching costs - e.g. $Microsoft(MSFT)$ Level 4: High returns on capital - e.g. $Fair Isaac(FICO)$ $Costco(COST)$ Level 5: Strong pricing power - e.g. $Apple(AAPL)$ Level 6: High barriers to entry - e.g. $Alphabet(GOOG)$ $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ Level 7: Network effects - e.g. $Visa(V)$

An important screen for finding quality companies lies at the intersection of (I) high global demand for a product, and (II) only a small number of providers serving the market. The semiconductor equipment companies are a great example. There’s huge global demand for compute, which requires semis, which requires the equipment that manufactures them. That’s why I’m long $KLA-Tencor(KLAC)$ $Lam Research(LRCX)$ $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ There’s also huge demand for payments, and $Visa(V)$ and $MasterCard(MA)$ are two of the most important providers of payment services. When high demand and a small

The Q2 ‘26 earnings season continues, with portfolio companies $KLA-Tencor(KLAC)$ and $MasterCard(MA)$ announcing results over the last couple of days. Massive acceleration is appearing: • FICO: 16% ➡️ 39% Rev Growth • Comfort Systems: 121% EPS growth Here's a full breakdown of the results so far for the Long Equity portfolio. Which one of these is a "must-own" asset for the rest of 2026? $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ $Visa(V)$ $MasterCard(MA)$ $Fair Isaac(FICO)$ $Cadence Design(CDNS)$ PS: Having a barrier to entry

LONG EQUITY - APRIL UPDATE A strong start to 2026 with double-digit returns, driven by high-quality compounders and semiconductor exposure. Solid cash returns and robust free cash flow growth continue to underpin portfolio performance and reinforce a disciplined long-equity strategy. Performance YTD: +10.6% Top performers: $Comfort Systems USA(FIX)$ & $Lam Research(LRCX)$ Top detractors: $Fair Isaac(FICO)$ Cash ROC =39% FCF CAGR = 26% 😍 Been eyeing Tiger merch but short on Tiger Coins? Now's your chance. 🎁 We’ve selected 4 high-demand items across practial, lifestyle, and learning, now with a lower redemption threshold!

The Q2 ‘26 earnings scoreboard is looking incredibly green. Massive acceleration appearing in the latest results: • FICO: 16% ➡️ 39% Rev Growth • Cadence: 6% ➡️ 19% Rev Growth • Comfort Systems: 129% EPS growth Here's a full breakdown of the heavy hitters in the Long Equity portfolio. Which one of these is a "must-own" for the rest of 2026?👇 $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ $Fortinet(FTNT)$ $MasterCard(MA)$ $KLA-Tencor(KLAC)$ $Fair Isaac(FICO)$ $Visa(V)$ $Cadence Design(CDNS)$ $C

$Constellation Software, Inc.(CNSWF)$ There are two fundamental questions when valuing a company (IMO). 1. What do I think the company’s future growth looks like? 2. What does the market think its future growth looks like? If you think the market is being overly pessimistic, then the company is in undervalued. How do you approach valuation? I've been working on my dashboard, capturing what I see as the 6 most important numbers for determining business quality. What would you add?