Florian Hoffmann arbeitet als hedge fund partner in Frankfurt, Germany, verbunden mit Global Alpine Partners. This profile serves affluent and high-in…
Florian Hoffmann arbeitet als hedge fund partner in Frankfurt, Germany, verbunden mit Global Alpine Partners. This profile serves affluent and high-in…
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Hedge Fund Partner · Global Alpine Partners
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Position sizing is the quiet art that separates a good year from a painful one. In the last few weeks I have watched several sophisticated allocators get seduced by the same narrative — that liquidity is abundant, that volatility is a dip to buy, that the macro backdrop is clear enough to size up. I do not share that confidence. Why liquidity is the real constraint When markets move fast, the first thing that disappears is not information — it is the bid. Position sizes that looked reasonable on a calm Tuesday become impossible to exit on a stressed Thursday. I have seen this play out across credit, rates and even private equity secondaries. The lesson is not new, but it is worth repeating: your edge is not your view, it is your ability to stay in the game. Three rules I apply before any allocation I ask what the position would do to the portfolio if the thesis is wrong by 30% — not by 5%. I check whether the position can be unwound within a week without moving the market against me. If not, I cut it in half. I stress the macro scenario that everyone is ignoring — the one where central banks are late, not early. Volatility is not an invitation to gamble. It is a reminder that risk is a function of size, not conviction. The best allocators I know do not have better ideas than the rest of us. They simply survive the moments when ideas are wrong. In Frankfurt, where the conversation often turns to European credit and the search for yield, I notice the same pattern: investors reach for duration or complexity precisely when they should be reaching for cash. Discipline is boring. It is also compounding. For those managing substantial portfolios, the question is not whether you have a view on rates or inflation. It is whether your position sizes reflect the uncertainty of that view. If they do not, you are not investing — you are hoping. Stay rational. Stay liquid. Stay sized for the world as it is, not as you wish it to be. This note reflects my personal perspective on portfolio construction and does not constitute investment advice.
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