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Concentrated risk = generational wealth?

Risk-seeking investors don't care about derisking gimmicks

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Brent Sullivan
Jan 15, 2026
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In this post, the author calls Stanley Druckenmiller the GOAT and says things like “diversification is where conviction goes to die,” etc.

This is a surprisingly common view.

Morgan Stanley published a piece last year on many behavioral aspects of holding concentrated positions (HOPES for Concentrated Equity: A Multi-Strategy Approach), including the “eyeroll” table.

The eyeroll table is great, but missing one thing…

I really like this paper.

Except it leaves out one big thing…

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