Growth Capital Management for
An Alternative To Conventional Thinking About Publicly-Traded Investments
You made your money over many years through hard work, smart moves, and patience. Now you need your money to work for you. Not flashy presentations and portfolio theory, not counting on large institutions to put your interests ahead of their own. You want disciplined business investing and a personal relationship with the decision-makers who are investing their capital alongside yours.
CONVENTIONAL GROWTH INVESTING ISN’T WORKING
Modern portfolio theory worked in the ‘80s and ‘90s, but since the dawn of the new century, investors have struggled to hold onto returns made in the bull market years. Even after another tremendous rally from 2009-2018, growth strategies haven’t compounded at even 5% annually for the better part of the last twenty years.* The whole point of long-term growth investing is to compound at true growth rates, not to ride the markets up and down every few years.
DURABLE GROWTH RETURNS REQUIRE A BUSINESSLIKE APPROACH TO THE PUBLIC MARKETS
TriniD Capital combines the best elements of private equity investing with the liquidity and reach of the public markets. Through relentless exploration and analysis, we invest in strategic businesses and special situations where we find large gaps between price and value. In addition to a thorough understanding of the businesses—including drivers of risk and return—the TriniD investment strategy is built on:
Absolute return objective, flexible approach — Our mandate is double-digit annualized compounding over 3-5 year cycles. This operates as our “north star” for all investment decisions. We have flexibility to reach across style boxes, up and down the capital structure, hedge, and hold cash in the disciplined, value-biased pursuit of that absolute return.
Time Arbitrage — Everything we do, from research to stock selection to our trading process is geared to take advantage of our 3-5 year investment horizon. Our partners understand that great investments often take time to develop. That can mean lower returns for a period in order to be positioned for durable gains over time.
Unique macroeconomic worldview — Quantitative valuation metrics are combined with observed global economic conditions to inform our risk analysis, identify themes, and shape our overall portfolio composition.
Alignment of interest and access to the manager — At TriniD, our capital is invested alongside yours, and the boutique model gives investors a direct personal relationship with the person making portfolio investment decisions.
*For the 19 years ended 12/31/2018, the S&P 500 returned 5.6% annually, including dividends. Subtracting 1% for fees, most investors struggled to compound their growth investments at even 5% per year. Our experience in looking at many strategies and investor returns confirms this estimate as the top-end average.