Guy Spier - Aquamarine Capital Investment Strategy & Portfolio Analysis

How Aquamarine Capital allocates capital, manages risk, and constructs its portfolio — based on SEC 13F filings.

As of Mar 31, 2026, Guy Spier's Aquamarine Capital portfolio reflects a highly concentrated, high-conviction, thematic approach across 12 reported 13F positions. Portfolio returns are primarily driven by a small set of mega-cap compounders, with the top five holdings accounting for approximately 75% of total exposure and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New alone contributing ~23%. While the portfolio includes 12 positions, economic outcomes are highly concentrated in a narrow set of large-cap financial names, indicating a meaningful divergence between structural diversification and return concentration. Exposure to high-growth and technology-oriented segments remains limited relative to peers, with performance instead anchored in durable, cash-generating businesses across financials and unknown. The portfolio exhibits extremely low turnover, reinforcing a long-term capital allocation approach centered on high-conviction, long-duration holdings. Distinctive traits include Long-Term Holder, Moderately Concentrated, Economically Concentrated.

Investment Style

Value, growth, quality, and behavioral classification from latest 13F holdings.

Highly Concentrated High Conviction Thematic Value

Primary type: Value Investor

Traits: Long-Term Holder, Moderately Concentrated, Economically Concentrated

Turnover profile

Buy & Hold

Holding horizon

Long-Term

Portfolio Construction

Concentration and position sizing in the latest filing.

Portfolio construction is highly concentrated: top three names represent 53.7% of assets, top five 74.5%, and the largest single position is 22.6%.

Top 3 weight

53.7%

Top 5 weight

74.5%

Top 10 weight

97.4%

Largest position

22.6%

Top holdings: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New, American Express Company, Bank of America Corporation, Mastercard Incorporated, Ferrari — view full holdings

Sector Preferences

Where capital is allocated by sector.

Capital is tilted toward Financial Services and Unknown, with 6 sectors represented in the latest filing.

Leading sectors: Financial Services, Unknown, Technology

View full sector allocation

Risk Framework

Concentration, diversification, and turnover tolerance.

This investor accepts high single-name risk (largest position 22.6%, top ten 97.4%) and low economic diversification (HHI 0.06). Turnover tolerance maps to a buy & hold profile.

Largest position

22.6%

Top 10 weight

97.4%

Max sector

77.4%

Diversification

Low

Strategy Evolution

How the strategy changed between the two most recent filing periods.

Mar 31, 2022 → Jun 30, 2022

  • Top-five concentration rose from 73.6% to 74.5%.
  • Dominant sector mix shifted from Financial Services, Technology to Financial Services, Unknown.
  • Quarter-over-quarter portfolio weight turnover: 3.2%.

For trade-level changes, see the Activity page. View activity.

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