Conviction 10
Ten gold medallists from the corners of the market where things are moving fastest right now. Never more than three from one industry, and every month the slowcoaches make way.
Who came in, who left
- InIMAX Corporation - Moviegoers who pay extra for its giant premium screens are watching a system installed in someone else's cinema, and it keeps a cut of each ticket.
- InEverpure, Inc. Class A - Makes the storage systems companies keep their data on, and is now pitching the biggest cloud operators to swap their spinning hard disks for its flash.
- InSandisk Corporation - Its very large, power-saving flash drives store data for AI training, and in some data centres they are taking the place of hard disks.
- OutMotor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries S.A. - its industry has cooled
- OutCenovus Energy Inc. - its industry has cooled
- OutPetroleo Brasileiro SA - its industry has cooled
The ten, and their stories
| Company | Sector | Held since | The story |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Components and Manufacturing | August 2026 | Read · PDF | |
| Electronic Components and Manufacturing | September 2026 | Read · PDF | |
| Banking | May 2026 | Read · PDF | |
| Banking | September 2026 | Read · PDF | |
| Banking | August 2026 | Read · PDF | |
| Insurance | August 2026 | Read · PDF | |
| Electronic Components and Manufacturing | October 2025 | Read · PDF | |
| Hardware | October 2026 | Read · PDF | |
| Hardware | October 2026 | Read · PDF | |
| Hardware | October 2026 | Read · PDF |
What 100 euros became
Simulated: the published rules applied every month from Oct 2020 to Oct 2026, with a 0.1% cost on every trade; the market is every stock we rate, each counted equally. Simulated past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
Past editions
| Edition | What changed | The month before · simulated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | Three gold medallists arrive as the portfolio beats a falling market | +5.4% | Report (PDF) |
| September 2026 | Three gold medallists arrive as banks and insurers join the line-up | +2.9% | Report (PDF) |
| Before our first edition · back issues, reconstructed | |||
| August 2026 Back issue | Half the portfolio changes as five gold medallists arrive | -9.1% | Report (PDF) |
| July 2026 Back issue | Kioxia and TD Synnex arrive as Zijin Mining and Popular depart | +5.1% | Report (PDF) |
| June 2026 Back issue | Three new gold medallists arrive as three others lose theirs | +26.0% | Report (PDF) |
| May 2026 Back issue | Eurobank comes in with gold as Talen Energy loses its medal | +13.3% | Report (PDF) |
| April 2026 Back issue | Half the line-up changes as mining's six-month run leads the field | -11.1% | Report (PDF) |
| March 2026 Back issue | Three gold medallists arrive from fast-moving industries as three names leave | +7.4% | Report (PDF) |
| February 2026 Back issue | Five in, five out as mining's 46% run sets the pace | +14.5% | Report (PDF) |
| January 2026 Back issue | Three gold-medal newcomers arrive as three names leave Conviction 10 | +6.1% | Report (PDF) |
Back issues were reconstructed in October 2026. Each shows what the portfolio's rules, as published today, would have held at the end of that month, worked out from the medals as they stood on that date. They were not published at the time: we have published the portfolio month by month since the September 2026 edition.
The lists, the day they're out
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