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Warren Buffett Compounders Portfolio

A business-owner portfolio focused on high-quality compounders, durable moats, disciplined capital allocation and cash optionality.

Asset allocation

Quality Compounder Equities
55%
Operating Businesses
25%
Insurance Float & Fixed Income
10%
Cash Optionality
10%

History

Warren Buffett's investing evolved from deep-value securities influenced by Benjamin Graham toward ownership of exceptional businesses at reasonable prices. Through Berkshire Hathaway, the model combined public equities, wholly owned operating companies, insurance float, cash reserves and long holding periods. The distinctive feature is not simply value investing; it is compounding through high-quality businesses and patient capital allocation.

Philosophy

This is a compounder portfolio. The investor thinks like a business owner, not a trader. Good assets are companies with durable competitive advantages, capable managers, high returns on capital and reinvestment runways. Cash is not a drag when it preserves optionality for rare fat pitches. The risks are concentration, key-person judgment, valuation discipline and long periods of underperformance versus fashionable growth markets.

Performance

How this allocation behaved across modern markets

Annual rebalancing, local bond and cash proxies where relevant, and optional inflation adjustment through CPI.

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1976-2024Log scale
182x50.8x14.2x3.95x1.10x19761988200020122024

CAGR

11.2%

1976-2024

Max drawdown

-25.4%

Volatility

13.3%

Worst year

-24.4%

2008

Implementation

Local products and proxies

Global · Warren Buffett Compounders Portfolio implementation

Long-term individual investor

Use broad, low-cost funds or ETFs matching each asset class.

Account notes: Implementation depends on local account types and tax wrappers.

Costs: Prefer low-cost, liquid vehicles.

Rebalancing: Annual rebalancing or tolerance bands.

Tax: Country-specific tax treatment should be reviewed before implementation.

Product names are implementation examples for research. Availability, taxation, share classes and suitability should be checked with the investor's broker and tax situation.

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