🗣️ Investor Talk #38: Manuel Cunha

Founder - MVC Investing

Welcome to Investor Talk — where we interview successful investors to uncover their journeys, strategies, and the lessons they've learned. Get inspired by real stories and gain valuable insights to sharpen your own investment approach.

Every interview follows the same set of sharp, insightful questions — such as “What is your investment strategy?”, “What are your highest conviction stocks?”, and “What’s the biggest investment mistake you’ve made?”

In this edition, we have the pleasure of interviewing:

Name: Manuel Vieira Cunha @mvcinvesting
Age: 23
Residence/Country: Portugal
Invests since: Early 2020

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
My journey into entrepreneurship began at age 10 when I met a football player from my favorite club and created a fan page for him on Facebook. This hobby grew into managing multiple fan pages, including one that became Portugal's largest sports-related page, with over 250,000 likes. By the time I was 12 or 13, I started monetizing my audience by creating a website with daily news updates, attracting over a million monthly views and earning solid payments through Google AdSense.

Despite this success, I faced several challenges, including scams and the deletion of my largest fan page when the player left the club. These setbacks taught me valuable lessons, and I continued exploring other side hustles. During my first year studying Economics in college, I became interested in investing, driven by the idea that the money I had saved should work for me. While my family saw the stock market as risky, I immersed myself in learning through books and YouTube videos, eventually starting to invest after I turned 18.

Investing quickly became a passion, leading me to pursue a Master's in Finance with a specialization in Equity Research. I also passed the CFA Level I exam and earned a scholarship to take Level II in 2025. After graduating, I turned down job offers to focus on building an audience as an independent equity analyst. Whether this path will pay off remains to be seen, but I’m committed to investing in my education and embracing a philosophy of continuous learning.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆?
My current strategy focuses on building a concentrated portfolio of my highest-conviction small-cap stocks.