“We hold about 40… biggest positions tend to be sort of eight to six… I like being thematically diversified, which is very unfashionable today.”

In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · John Armitage: How He Invests, Building Egerton, and What Worries Him About AI

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Maintain a portfolio of about 40 stocks, with the eight to six largest positions held as small, theme-diversified bets

40 stocks; 6-8 biggest positions

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