Nick Train has spent more than 40 years in investment management. In this wide-ranging conversation, he reflects on what four decades in markets have taught him about patience, conviction, valuation and the importance of owning great businesses for the long term.
We explore active versus passive investing, why Nick believes more people should own equities, and why concentrated portfolios require both conviction and humility.
Nick also discusses the opportunities he sees within the UK stock market, including businesses such as Experian, Rightmove and RELX, and why artificial intelligence may strengthen some established digital businesses rather than simply disrupt them.
We talk about Diageo, difficult periods of performance, Warren Buffett’s influence on Nick’s investment philosophy, and perhaps one of the hardest questions in investing: how do you know when patience is still the right response and when the evidence is telling you that you are wrong?
We also explore the advantages of investment trusts as Finsbury Growth & Income Trust celebrates its 100th anniversary.
A thoughtful and unusually open conversation about investing, experience, mistakes, patience and the value of a handful of really big ideas.
Books mentioned
One Up On Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market — Peter Lynch with John Rothchild
Investing Against the Tide: Lessons from a Life Running Money — Anthony Bolton
Stocks for the Long Run — Jeremy J. Siegel
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