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Complexity Investing & Semiconductors (with NZS Capital)

2021/11/3
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NZS Capital的投资理念基于复杂性理论,认为无法精确预测未来,因此更关注公司的韧性和适应性,而非短期增长。他们将投资组合分为韧性投资和选择性投资两部分,前者关注长期稳定增长的公司,后者关注潜在高回报但风险较高的公司。他们认为,长期稳定的增长最终会带来比短期快速增长更高的回报。 在半导体行业,他们更青睐那些拥有广泛产品目录的公司,例如德州仪器,因为这些公司的产品生命周期长,利润率高,并且难以被复制。他们也投资于一些处于领先地位的半导体公司,例如Nvidia,但这些投资属于选择性投资,风险较高。 他们认为,传统的投资风险模型基于正态分布,这与现实世界中的幂律分布不符。他们更关注那些能够带来非对称回报的投资机会,即使只有一小部分投资成功,也能带来巨大的收益。 他们认为,过强的投资信念(conviction)容易导致偏差,应该更关注投资机会的选择性(optionality)。他们强调团队合作的重要性,团队成员之间互相监督,避免个人偏差的影响。 他们认为,TSMC是全球最重要的科技平台之一,但其面临地缘政治风险。他们认为,即使发生地缘政治风险,美国等西方国家也会采取措施保护TSMC,但重建半导体产业链需要很长时间。 他们认为,摩尔定律的精髓仍在延续,但创新方向已转向封装和系统层面。半导体产业链中多个环节都能创造高利润,并非只有少数公司获利。TSMC的开放式创新平台对其成功至关重要,促进了整个半导体产业链的协同发展。

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NZS Capital's investment philosophy, Complexity Investing, is introduced. It emphasizes resilience and adaptability over predicting the future, drawing inspiration from complex adaptive systems and biological principles.
  • NZS Capital admits to not knowing the future and focuses on adaptability.
  • Complexity theory, derived from the Santa Fe Institute, suggests that emergent behavior makes predicting the future difficult.
  • NZS Capital prioritizes resilience, inspired by biological systems like ant colonies, over productivity.
  • They believe hyper-growth can be detrimental and advocate for durable, resilient growth.

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Of our 65+ sources for the TSMC episode, one stood above the rest: a wonderful Knowledge Project episode with Brinton Johns and Jon Bathgate of NZS Capital laying out the state of the semiconductor market. When coincidentally we met Brinton a week later, we knew fate was telling us we had to dig deeper. It turns out NZS has a lot more to teach Acquired than just about semis! Here we dive into their fascinating philosophy of "complexity investing", which was born out of their interactions with the world-famous Santa Fe Institute (of W. Brian Arthur and Increasing Returns fame!)... and of course we also throw in some semiconductor shop-talk for good measure. :)

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