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3 November 2024 · The Restful Sleep Investor

The case for sleeping well

The case for sleeping well\n\nMost portfolio damage is done by positions that were too large before they were wrong.\n\nA holding sized so that a 60% drawdown is survivable is a holding you can hold through the drawdown. That is the whole edge in small-caps: not prediction, but survival long enough for the thesis to resolve.\n\n### Three rules\n\n1. Size the speculative sleeve as a sleeve, not as conviction.\n2. Write the thesis down before you buy.\n3. Revisit on results, not on price.