Marco Benvenuti
๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค-๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ˆ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ: I invest using a block-based structure, only ๐”๐‚๐ˆ๐“๐’ instruments (EU standard), ๐ง๐จ ๐‚๐…๐ƒ๐ฌ. I pursue growth with ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ and ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐›๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐Ÿงฉ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž (๐›๐ฒ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ฌ) โ€ข ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ โ€” leading companies/themes with strong expansion. โ€ข ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž โ€” broad, diversified world equity ETFs. โ€ข ๐’๐ญ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ & ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ โ€” defensive sectors and REITs/ETFs for stability. โ€ข ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ โ€” government & investment-grade exposure to lower volatility. โ€ข ๐‚๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ โ€” small, controlled allocation. โ€ข ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐ (๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ) โ€” used only on pullbacks, not always in position. ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ? Each block has a role (growth, stability, defence, diversification) and a target weight. This keeps the portfolio readable and easy to replicate. ๐Ÿšฆ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก. In this phase I keep allocations close to pro-growth targets without giving up protection. ๐Ÿ“Š ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐›๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ (๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž) โ€ข Growth: ~44% (band 39โ€“49%) โ€ข Global equity core: ~14% (12โ€“16%) โ€ข Stability & defensives: ~23% (20โ€“25%) โ€ข Bonds: ~16% (12โ€“19%) โ€ข Crypto: ~3% (2.5โ€“4%) โ€ข Gold: 0% (0โ€“1.5% tactical) โœ… ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐›๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ (discipline > opinions) โ€ข ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐ค: max 10% of the portfolio. โ€ข ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐›๐ž๐ญ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ฏ๐ž (more volatile names): max 30%. โ€ข ๐“๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐„๐ˆ๐“ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: max 6%. โ€ข ๐‚๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ: 2.5โ€“4% of the portfolio. If a rule is close to being breached, I rebalance automatically back toward the limits. ๐Ÿ” ๐‘๐ž๐›๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  โ€” ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง & ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ โ€ข When: periodically, and whenever a block moves outside its band (meaningful drift). โ€ข How: I shift weights in tranches (quick but disciplined) back toward targets. โ€ข Transparency: I post what I changed and why, so copiers can follow along. ๐ŸŒง๏ธ ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ (๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž) If volatility rises or equities enter drawdown, I add +3.5% to Bonds and reduce the more aggressive (High-Beta) sleeve proportionally. ๐Ÿงญ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ (๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ-๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ ) โ€ข Equity trend & volatility. โ€ข Equity/Bond relationship and how defensives are holding up. โ€ข Liquidity and product costs. Goal: stay within the strategy rules, not chase every wiggle. โœ… ๐ˆ ๐๐จ / โŒ ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ˆ ๐๐จ : diversification, UCITS instruments, rebalancing, clear rules. ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐: leverage & CFDs, over-trading, binary event bets, excessive concentration. ๐Ÿ‘ฅ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ โ€ข ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ: clear blocks, transparent weights. โ€ข ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: the strategy doesnโ€™t swing with headlines. โ€ข ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: growth with protection; no performance promises. Tip: ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ. โธป ๐Ÿ“… ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐&๐€ โ€ข I post regular updates on weights, bands, and decisions. โ€ข Questions? Drop them in the commentsโ€”Iโ€™ll reply and fold useful points into future posts. โธป ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ: ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ/๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ. ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ. $SPX500 $NSDQ100 $NVDA (NVIDIA Corporation) $MSFT (Microsoft) $PLD (Prologis Inc) $JNJ (Johnson & Johnson) $META (Meta Platforms Inc) $PANW (Palo Alto Networks) $O (Realty Income Corp) $RTX (Raytheon-Technologies) $01211.HK (BYD Co Ltd) $BTC $GOLD $AMZN (Amazon.com Inc)