Managing Partner at Compound Michael Dempsey explains how understanding structural themes can reduce the need to pick individual winners. “In 2024, I made this basket that I called the ‘AI obvious basket.’ It was 30 names roughly equal weighted. It drastically outperformed and I haven’t changed it in two years.”

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@mhdempsey ok

@mhdempsey this!! betting the theme over the name skips the hardest call in investing

@mhdempsey Buying a thirty token AI basket is just microcap diversification with extra steps.

@mhdempsey This has worked for like 15 years

@mhdempsey Acha

@mhdempsey Equal weight is underrated when the theme is right and winners rotate

@mhdempsey The basket beats the hero trade more often

@mhdempsey Giỏ AI đó có bao gồm cả mấy cái memecoin hype không hay chỉ là blue chip thực sự?

@mhdempsey yo armé lo mismo con un basket de L2s en 2023, ni miré los nombres después

@mhdempsey The obvious basket works until the thesis breaks. We see the same thing with liquidity. Projects rent depth for a term instead of buying it permanently, because the need is temporary and the cost of permanent is treasury you never get back.