Title: Talk Your Book: The Anti-AI Portfolio
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→ WHAT IT COVERS John Neff from Acree Capital discusses their concentrated 16-stock portfolio that avoids Big Tech, focuses on financials, and maintains 4-10% annual turnover with 10-15 year holding periods. → KEY INSIGHTS - **Anti-AI Strategy:** Companies with customer intimacy, ecosystem dominance, and proprietary data become more valuable in AI era, not less - focus on vertical market software over horizontal platforms. - **Portfolio Concentration:** Use three-legged stool framework: business quality/competitive advantage, management caliber/culture/incentives, and reinvestment priorities focusing on organic growth and strategic acquisitions over dividends. - **Financial Sector Focus:** Own payment networks and credit raters, not traditional banks - Mastercard/Visa represent oligopoly positions without credit risk, while Moody's rates rather than extends credit. - **Private Markets Opportunity:** Wealth channel represents potential doubling of alternative asset AUM as retail investors gain access to private equity/credit previously limited to institutions. → NOTABLE MOMENT Neff reveals their investment philosophy uses buy targets but no sell targets, explaining how they can hold positions like Mastercard since 2010 and Moody's since 2012. 💼 SPONSORS [{"name": "Acree Capital Management", "url": "https://acreecapital.com"}] 🏷️ Concentrated Investing, Anti-AI Portfolio, Financial Services, Private Markets