Telescope Investing

My Portfolio

Everything I own today, every decision I’ve made since my first stock pick in Nov 2006, and how it has done against the same money in the index. Updated 22 October 2026.

21.0%
a year since my first stock pick
money-weighted, after costs, 20 years
18.1%
NASDAQ-100
the same money, on the same days
14.2%
S&P 500
the same money, on the same days
48×
your money
what £1 in Nov 2006 became, time-weighted
10×20×30×40×50×20072011201520192023My portfolio 48×NASDAQ-100 25×S&P 500 12×

What I own

By share of the portfolio. ★ marks high conviction.

HoldingThemeWeight
Cash & short-dated bonds
23.6%
$GOOGLAlphabetAI / Cloud
11.7%
$ISRGIntuitive SurgicalHealthcare
9.5%
$AMZNAmazon★E-commerce
7.8%
$RKLBRocket LabSpace
6.6%
$MELIMercadoLibre★E-commerce
5.5%
$TSLATesla★Autonomous Vehicles
5.1%
Private companies (VC)
4.2%
$SPCXSpaceXSpace
3.5%
$CRWDCrowdStrikeCybersecurity
2.8%
$PANWPalo Alto NetworksCybersecurity
2.8%
$NVDANVIDIA★Semiconductors
2.6%
$AXONAxon★Defence
1.8%
$ASTSAST SpaceMobileSpace
1.6%
$SESea LtdE-commerce
1.4%
$UBERUberAutonomous Vehicles
1.1%
$NUNubankFintech
1.1%
$TMDXTransMedicsHealthcare
1.0%
$NVONovo NordiskHealthcare
0.9%
$ADYENAdyenFintech
0.9%
$GRGGreggsUnclassified
0.7%
$BNBrookfield CorpEnergy
0.7%
$IRENIris EnergyAI / Cloud
0.7%
$LMTLockheed MartinDefence
0.5%
$IBEIberdrola SAEnergy
0.5%
$CWENClearway EnergyEnergy
0.4%
$CEGConstellation EnergyEnergy
0.4%
$BEPCBrookfield RenewableEnergy
0.4%
$NKTRNektar TherapeuticsHealthcare
0.2%

By theme

Fixed income
16%
E-commerce
15%
AI / Cloud
12%
Healthcare
12%
Space
12%
Cash
8%
Autonomous Vehicles
6%
Cybersecurity
6%
Venture capital
4%
Semiconductors
3%
Energy
2%
Defence
2%
Fintech
2%
Unclassified
1%

Latest decisions

  • 19 October 2026Sold$PLTR

    Moat rests largely on a deployment playbook that the AI labs are copying + an integration layer that coding agents are making cheap, so even if revenue holds, the multiple may compress towards services-like economics. Government revenue is better protected, but commercial growth may slow as mid-sized customers find they're able to turn to in-house builds or lab-led deployments using state-of-the-art models

  • 8 October 2026Bought$BN

    Mix of infrastructure, power generation, data centres, property and industrials, recurring asset management fees and access to cheap, long-term . Scale and financial strength could turn a private credit crisis from a risk into an opportunity to pick up distressed assets while competitors retreat if there's a crunch

  • 30 September 2026Sold$CRWD

    CRWD valuation has run away again, my AI trade is playing out too well. Reduced to a 3% allocation

  • 11 September 2026Bought$CEG

    Reliable nuclear generation with long-term contracts from data-centres and other large-load customers

  • 11 September 2026Sold$IIND

    AI threatens India’s services-led growth model, while stalled manufacturing and reform leave little fallback, risking persistent rupee weakness that erodes foreign investors’ returns

  • 10 September 2026Bought$SPCX

    Adding slowly. Would like to get to a 3-4% position by year end.

  • 3 August 2026Bought$UKT-1.25-2027

    UK Treasury 1.25% 2027 (TG27)

  • 31 July 2026Bought$SPCX

    Adding slowly at improving value points. Would like to get to a 3-4% position by year end.

  • 22 July 2026Bought$ASTS

    Went deep in 7 hour podcast, concluding that I want to own more ASTS. Much of the technical risk now passed, the business model is superior to competitors, regulators are likely to be on their side (ref anti-Musk)

  • 22 July 2026Sold$UKT-1.5-2026

    UK Treasury 1.5% 2026

  • 25 June 2026Bought$UKT-3.75-2027

    UK Treasury 3.75% 2027

  • 19 June 2026Sold$CSH2

    Amundi Smart Overnight Return GBP UCITS ETF (CSH2)

  • 19 June 2026Sold$ERNS

    iShares £ Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF (ERNS)

  • 19 June 2026Sold$IGL5

    iShares UK Gilts 0-5yr UCITS ETF GBP (Acc)

  • 19 June 2026Sold$IIND

    India ETF

  • 12 June 2026Bought$SPCX

    SpaceX IPO

  • 4 June 2026Bought$IBE

    World's largest renewable (85% emission-free) fleets of powerplants. Dividend play (3.5% yield), but fits my view of the energy challenges the world will need to face-up to once strategic oil reserves deplete in Q3

  • 2 June 2026Sold$WISE

    AML investigations in US (of sponsor bank) plus Europe within 10 days. High probability of FCA opening own investigation. This will overhang stock for several years, and might permanently impact the economics if greater spend on compliance required. More importantly though, company no longer fits portfolio mission of "making the world a better place through technology and innovation". Through its failure to fully adhere to AML regs, it may well have enabled financial crime.

  • 29 May 2026Bought$AXON

    Restarted accumulating this leader. Valuation seems reasonable, well positioned in anti-drone which will be increasingly important, and still early in the international growth story

  • 13 May 2026Sold$RKLB

    Reducing exposure marginally for portfolio diversification

Every company I’ve owned →
28 held now and 124 sold, winners and misses: what each pick did against the S&P 500, and the reasoning behind every buy and sell.

Figures to 22 October 2026, shown as one portfolio in percentages and multiples. Money-weighted returns count when money went in and out; time-weighted growth doesn’t. Past performance is not a guide to future returns. Nothing here is financial advice.