PUBLIC PREVIEW03 / INSIDE THE JOURNAL

How my investment journal works

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01

Journal

A record of my decisions and the reasons behind them

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02

Position status

Portfolio overview and position scores

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03

Market & income

Market developments and dividend cash flow

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04

Portfolio risk

Concentration and weak points

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05

Mistakes

What did not work and what I learned from it

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06

My Watchlist

Tickers I follow but do not own yet

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01 / JournalSAMPLE ENTRY
HOLD / MONITOR

A strong quarter is not an automatic buy.

The entry separates the original thesis from new evidence and states what would change the next step.

ORIGINAL THESIS
Quality cash flow and disciplined capital allocation.
NEW EVIDENCE
Results support the thesis, but valuation leaves no room to add.
NEXT STEP
Hold, monitor margins and do not add on a positive headline alone.
RULE

Good news is not an investment decision by itself.

02 / Position statusPOSITION STATUS
POSITION MODEL

A position gets a limit before it gets capital.

Position status combines business quality, valuation, risk and size in one working view.

QUALITY
8 / 10 · resilient cash flow
VALUATION
6 / 10 · no margin of safety to ADD
RISK
Medium · cycle sensitivity
DECISION

HOLD. Increase weight only at a better price or with stronger evidence.

03 / Market & incomeMARKET & INCOME
MONTHLY VIEW

Portfolio return is more than price movement.

The top-down view tracks the environment around decisions and the flow of dividend income.

RATES
Higher for longer · pressure on rich valuations
CURRENCIES
Stronger dollar · impact on euro returns
CASH FLOW
Dividends reinvested by opportunity, not automatically
CONTEXT

Macro does not choose the ticker. It sets the margin of safety I require.

04 / Portfolio riskPORTFOLIO RISK
LIMIT CHECK

The largest position is not always the largest risk.

I assess concentration, shared factors and what could go wrong at the same time.

CONCENTRATION
Limits for one company and one sector
OVERLAP
Several tickers can carry the same cyclical risk
LIQUIDITY
Room for error, volatility and new opportunity
QUESTION

What happens if two theses fail at the same time?

05 / MistakesMISTAKE & LESSON
POST-MORTEM

Chasing yield costs more than it appears.

Mistakes are documented through the assumption, the cost and the rule that survived.

WHAT I BELIEVED
A high dividend yield would offset weaker quality.
WHAT HAPPENED
The payout fell and the price loss exceeded the dividend received.
WHAT I DO NOW
Cash-flow durability first, yield second.
LESSON

Yield is no protection when the company cannot fund it.

06 / My WatchlistWATCHLIST
WAIT / VERIFY

A good business is not automatically a good buy.

A watchlist is not a shopping list. Every idea has a reason, an entry condition and an invalidation risk.

WHY I WATCH
Quality business and growing free cash flow
WHAT I NEED
A better valuation or margin confirmation
WHAT BREAKS IT
Falling returns on capital without a clear cause
STATUS

WAIT. A positive view without the right price is not a buy signal.

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