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.
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
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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