Intro

What shapes our thinking

How we think about investing

Investment philosophy
Begin with patterns

Our investment philosophy begins with patterns

When similar causes repeat, they often produce recognisable outcomes

Recurring pattern in nature
Patterns in world

Our world is full of patterns

We live in a world of recurring cycles & patterns

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Human behavioural patterns

Behavioural finance study reveals behavioural pattern

Emotions, incentives and mental shortcuts influence repeated investment decisions

“There are distinctive patterns in the errors people make. Systematic errors are known as biases, and they recur predictably in particular circumstances.”

— Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman with his book
Behavioural patterns to economics & market cycles

Stock-market patterns are intricately connected to human behaviour

Behavioural patterns leads to Patterns in business decisions leads to Business cycles

Behavioural patterns leads to Valuation cycles

Business + valuation cycle leads to Stock-market cycle or pattern

Behavioural patterns lead to patterns in business decisions and business cycles, and to valuation cycles; together they form the stock-market cycle
What & why of a pattern

Understanding fundamental driver behind a pattern

A meaningful pattern explains both the repeated outcome and the reason it may persist

WHAT

Day-night cycle every day

WHY

Earth rotates on its axis

Uncovering patterns using research & tech

Technology enables finding recurring patterns, at scale

Extensive research & machine intelligence help separate enduring relationships from coincidence and noise

Current stage

300,000+ ideas

A broad universe of transparent rules

System around recurring pattern

Systems around useful recurring patterns

Recurring relationships allow decisions to become more structured and less dependent on intuition

Fibonacci pattern in nature
Systems create & manage investment strategies

We turn long-term patterns into investment strategies

FidelFolio studies persistent capital-market relationships and converts the strongest evidence into systematic portfolios

Long-term market cyclesResearch & validationInvestment strategies