🗣️ Investor Talk #59: Cole Grinde
Cole invests in companies with great products that can scale, grow, and innovate.
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In this edition, we have the pleasure of interviewing:
Name: Cole Grinde @GrindeOptions
Age: 29
Residence/Country: United States
Invests since: 2014
Introduction
I first became interested in investing at the age of 15 after watching an interview with Warren Buffett during a library class in high school. From that moment on, I was hooked. The first stock I ever bought was Microsoft, which turned out to be great timing with Satya Nadella taking over as CEO.
Over the years, I’ve had many different jobs, including working as a cook, in office coffee service (OCS), construction, and various side jobs before moving into sales. Through it all, I’ve always been invested in the stock market and continued learning more about investing.
What is your investment strategy?
My investment strategy is simple. I look for companies that have a great product or service and are either already profitable or getting close to profitability. In most cases, I also prefer founder-led companies.
Once I find a company that checks those boxes, I want to see it continue to grow, scale its business, and keep innovating. Those are the types of companies I enjoy following and investing in for the long term.
How many stocks are currently held in your portfolio?
Today, my portfolio consists of around 17 individual stocks.
Which sectors do you mainly focus on?
I’m primarily focused on the AI, robotics, renewable energy, consumer packaged goods (CPG), fintech, space, and semiconductor sectors. These are the industries I spend most of my time researching and following as an investor.
What are your 3 highest conviction stocks?
My three highest conviction stocks are $TSLA, $SOFI and $IREN as of now.
$TESLA - Tesla
$SOFI - SoFi
$IREN - IREN Limited
What is the stock in your portfolio with the highest return?
My highest-returning stock in my portfolio is Rocket Lab $RKLB, which is up more than 400%.
What is the biggest investing mistake you have made?
I’ve made a few mistakes over the years, which I like to think of as paying tuition to the school of hard knocks. Companies like Planet 13, Tattooed Chef, BitMine Immersion, Eos Energy, and a few others didn’t work out the way I had hoped.
Those experiences taught me valuable lessons as an investor. Thankfully, I’ve also had core positions in other companies that performed very well and more than made up for those mistakes over time.
If you could give one piece of advice to investors, what would it be?
My best advice is to keep following your own intuition and gut feeling because it’s often correct.
Cole’s Favorites
📖 Favorite book: The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham.
🎧 Favorite podcast: The Joe Rogan Experience and Modern Wisdom.
💬 Favorite quote: “Life needs to be more than just solving problems every day. You need to wake up and be excited about the future.” - Elon Musk
👤 Favorite FinX account: Amit @amitisinvesting
Where can we find more info about you?
You can find me on 𝕏: @GrindeOptions
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